Allwork

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

People who suffer from Alcohol Use Disorder often have higher absenteeism in the workplace, and it also could negatively impact workplace productivity and overall work quality Effective strategies include openly discussing alcohol use using appropriate language, while offering Employee Assistance Programs, professional counseling, and education services as part of company-wide wellness initiatives.

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Medical Health Promotion 2022 290

Success

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Female entrepreneurs are denied on business loan applications more frequently than men and also often end up with lower loan amounts and higher interest rates. This disparity makes it less surprising that there is a $1.7 trillion worldwide financing gap for female founders. Despite this gap, businesses owned and controlled by women make an incredible impact on the United States economy.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the Big Four accounting firms , brought the topic of employee privacy back into the limelight after it announced last week that it will track the locations of its 26,000 U.K. employees to ensure compliance with its new office attendance policy. The firm’s updated hybrid work environment mandates that staff spend at least three days a week in the office or with clients.

Policies 290

Policies Collaborate Environment Goals 290

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

When most people think of career advancement, they imagine some kind of physical ladder, illustrating a straight upward path to the sky! However, the reality of career progression is often more complex and nuanced. I have long advocated that the image we should conjure is more like that of a jungle gym—you can move up, down or sideways. Depending on the situation and what you’re looking for, a move in any direction can be a strategic form of advancement that puts you on a path to achieve your lo

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Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

Skills

Allwork

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The U.S. Justice Department is challenging Google’s dominance in the online advertising market in a trial that could entirely change the digital advertising workforce, job creation, and competition within the industry. This trial represents the second significant antitrust lawsuit against Google in less than a year and could have far-reaching implications for digital work environments.

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Google Social Media 2008 Filing 279

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A new report claims that data centres will generate around 2.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide by the end of the decade. This figure is three times higher than it would have been had the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) not occurred. The report, published by Morgan Stanley titled Global Data Centers: Sizing & Solving for CO2, suggests that the combined emissions from the construction of new facilities and their energy consumption will amount to

Google 115

Google Goals Learning UPS 115

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The working environment profoundly affects how we feel at work. But can the right office furniture and layout also boost creativity, efficiency and collaboration? AJ Products , a leading furniture solutions provider and workplace wellbeing specialist, decided to find out. They collaborated with University Academy 92, a higher education institution co-founded by the Class of ’92 and Lancaster University, to test their Active Office concept.

Ergonomics 98

Ergonomics Health Collaborate Environment 98

Allwork

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Flexible workspace provider Convene is set to open its largest flexible workspace at 30 Hudson Yards in New York City, with a strong focus on providing event spaces. The new 72,000-square-feet on the 24th floor of the 101-story tower, plus 2,770 square feet on the ground floor for a dedicated lobby, targets the rising trend of providers offering spaces that cater to corporate events within coworking environments.

2025 262

2025 Environment Networking 262

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

New York accounted for a third of all leasing activity globally in the legal sector in the first half of 2024, says Savills , equating to over 1.4 million sq ft of space, out of a total of 4.3 million sq ft across the world’s 15 largest legal markets, reflecting its position as the world’s principal legal hub. Together, US cities accounted for 69 percent of overall H1 law firm office leasing activity in the world’s largest legal markets, reflecting the dominance of American firms in the sector o

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Legal UPS Salary International 52

TED Talks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Why are some people really funny and others. not so much? Comedian Chris Duffy shows how you can sharpen your sense of humor and start laughing every day — by seeing the world like a kid. Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward? Fill out our survey ! Become a TED Member today at [link] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

2025

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I was chatting to somebody last week about the person in the US who died at their desk, unnoticed for over four days. The instinctive and understandable response was to ask if the story is apocryphal. Sadly, not. Sixty-year-old Denise Prudhomme had clocked into work at the Arizona office of Wells Fargo at 7 am on Friday, August the 16th. Her death some time that day went unnoticed until the following Tuesday afternoon, when a colleague discovered her body slumped over her desk in a cubicle.

Learning 105

Learning Cubicle Management UPS 105