Tue.Dec 06, 2022

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5 Smart Money Hacks to Help You Budget for the Holidays

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With the economy making everyone extra cautious about spending , I really wanted to give myself the gift of not worrying about money this holiday season. But even with inflation going down, I knew I could be setting myself up for disappointment. How can anyone on a budget relax about money during the holidays? Of course, we can make attempts like embracing self-care.

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Three Culture-Building Steps To Create A World-Class Company

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When executives prioritize and nurture their company’s culture, they can lead the brand with a purpose that instills confidence in workers, customers, and partners. . World-class companies with passion and purpose (like Costco, Ikea, and Commerce Bank) develop a significant and sustainable competitive advantage over their counterparts. . You can’t manage what’s not measured, so it’s important to conduct a survey to measure values to get a baseline for the current state of your company.

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New Year’s Resolutions by Enneagram Type: Which Number Are You?

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New Year’s resolutions are a chance to fire up the willpower that waned in the previous year. They’re a chance to resolve to make ourselves do better, live more fully and stop holding ourselves back. That resolve can go a long way—but only if it’s backed up by action items that are tailored to who we are and what motivates us to change. Using the Enneagram, we can set goals and craft New Year’s resolutions with an understanding of why we act the way we do and what it will take for us to tr

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Common Desk Signs Deal To Expand Midtown Houston Location

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Houston-based Rice University’s real estate arm has signed a deal with Common Desk as demand for flexible offices continues to grow across Texas. . Common Desk, which is owned by WeWork, will expand its presence at technology hub the Ion, bringing its total square footage to 86,400 in a 10-year deal. . Demand for coworking has yet to find a level playing field, with WeWork itself recently shuttering 40 low-performing locations across the U.S.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The Case Against ‘Faking It Until You Make It’

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The popular phrase, “ fake it till you make it ” probably started, like most things, from a positive line of thinking. The idea is simple enough: Pretend to be what you want to be; in time, you’ll stop pretending. Seems logical, right? Or at least a good way to psychologically prepare yourself to try new things? It turns out that’s not really true. The problem with the “fake it” suggestion is the underlying insinuation that you’re somehow not enough.

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Finding a Voice in the Future of Work

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I remember it vividly, my first pitch meeting at The Columbia Missourian , the student-run newspaper at the University of Missouri. Beats were assigned based on skill set—something typically determined by a reporter’s existing portfolio. For me, an introverted homeschooled kid without high school paper experience, it meant whatever was left: the health and safety beat.

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Newly Formed Coworking Company To Go Public Through A Combination Agreement

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Following the mass merger of APAC flexible office companies The Cluster, Common Ground and the Hive to create The Flexi Group, the newly formed company is taking its plans even further. . The Flexi Group will enter into a business combination agreement with blank check company TG Venture Acquisition Corp following unanimous board member approval, taking Flexi Group public. .

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Flexible working should be the norm for as many people as possibe

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The UK government has announced that all workers will now gain the right to request flexible working as a day one right – as to after 6 months of employment in the previous legislation. This move is a very welcome one, yet not enough to make flexible working a norm for all workers. To ensure that workers are truly able to access flexible working arrangements, we need to tackle the flexibility stigma still rampant in the UK.

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64% Of Small Businesses Will Not Cut Salaries To Prepare For A Recession

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A new survey shows that businesses are turning to price hikes before slashing employee benefits and salaries as the world braces for a recession. . According to the Principal Well-Being IndexSM study by Principal Financial Group, 70% of employers are expecting a recession to hit in the next six months, a 5% increase from July’s levels. . In order to prepare for an economic downturn, 64% of small businesses and 49% of large companies said they would not cut salaries.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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How to get started as a virtual assistant with zero experience

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Get started as a virtual assistant with no experience or skills. I started as a beginner VA 6 years ago and I’m here to show you it’s possible for you too. Just over 5 years ago I launched my own VA business (after months of DIYing and almost quitting). I had no clue where to start, find clients or what to offer as a service. But I kept going… I’ll never forget that first post I shared announcing I was now a Virtual Assistant looking for clients.

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Why This NYU Professor Is Sounding The Alarm On The Office “Apocalypse”

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The pandemic single-handedly dismantled what downtown cities in the U.S. look like. . Prior to the pandemic, office occupancy sat at 95%, but that number has tumbled to around 47% as employees become increasingly remote and distributed. Because less workers are coming into cities for work, offices are losing money while surrounding businesses struggle to stay afloat. .

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Men Made Up 18% Of Stay-At-Home Roles As Women’s Workplace Participation Grows

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Historically, women have been expected to take on the bulk of childcare responsibilities, but research indicates that men are increasingly becoming stay-at-home parents. . According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, men who are of prime-age (defined as 25 to 54) are participating less and less in the workforce. More specifically, 88.5% of these men were actively looking for work or working last month, a dip of 9 percentage points. .

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