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How To Create A Future Of Work Free From The Sunday Scaries

Allwork

A LinkedIn survey reflects this phenomenon, finding that 66% of professionals experience the Sunday Scaries, and 41% report the pandemic has triggered or worsened these feelings. It could be unclear expectations, too much on one person’s plate, or a culture that celebrates a ‘no white spaces’ calendar above all else.”

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New Report Highlights the ‘Sprawl’ of the ‘Infinite Workday’

Success

are already reviewing emails to set their priorities. On average, workers receive 117 emails each day, most of which are skim-read in under a minute. Microsoft’s telemetry data reveals that, on average, employees are interrupted every two minutes by digital distractions such as meetings and email alerts.

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7 Behaviors That Will Make People Want to Work With You

Success

Respect your colleagues’ time Meer calls this concept “calendar psychology.” Another way Meer says you can respect your co-workers’ time is to add a one-line summary at the top of a long email. Leaders can create simple check-ins or surveys to learn how team members prefer to receive feedback and appreciation,” says Issa.

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Microsoft research lays bare the rise of the ‘infinite workday’

Workplace Insight

Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index Special Report, Breaking down the infinite workday , warns that the traditional boundaries of the working day have dissolved under a flood of emails, messages and meetings. are triaging overflowing inboxes, and the average employee receives 117 emails a day—most scanned in under a minute.

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What Employees Really Want This Holiday Season

Energage

When you take the time to survey your team, you gain invaluable insights into their needs, priorities, and frustrations. When asked how meetings could be improved, employees commented:  “A lot of the time, these are things that can be handled via email.” “As a manager, I have too many meetings.

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Is the decline of reading poisoning our politics?

Vox Open Sourced

But before long, a little voice in your head will whisper, “Click away for just a second” — just long enough to take a quick glance at your email or Instagram feed or group chat or 401(k) or chatbot’s answer to “how to tell if a mole is cancerous” or Amazon results for “ joint-smoking garden gnomes.”

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

In 2015, Jasmine Freeman sent out a survey to our webinar attendees and asked them to identify one thing that was standing in the way or was a barrier in their relationship with their manager. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. Consolidate emails/list. Shared calendar.