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How Company Leaders Can Offer Caregiver Support to an Employee

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Caregivers provide unpaid support for someone who has a chronic illness or a disability, or for an aging individual who needs care. There are around 53 million caregivers in the United States today. And many of those individuals balance full-time work with their caregiving responsibilities. As the demographics in our country continue to change, more and more caregivers will emerge.

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Forced Back To The Office? Here’s How To Remain Fit And Healthy

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Staying fit and healthy in an office environment is entirely possible with some planning and dedication. Workers should recognize the necessity of regular activity to offset the health risks of prolonged sitting, by standing and moving every hour, taking active lunch breaks, and performing simple desk exercises. Companies should consider offering gym memberships or wellness programs as perks to promote physical and mental well-being, thereby boosting employee satisfaction and productivity.

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Looking to Excel in Your Career? Business Coach Melanie Towey Recommends Starting with Self-Investment

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As a certified EOS Implementer® and business coach, Melanie Towey wants you to unsubscribe from what you think you know about success. She wants you to be a little uncomfortable in going to a place of your own truth, not the truth set for you by society. This is what she asks of the women in her Denver-based networking happy hour group UNSUBSCRIBE, and it’s what she asks of the leadership teams she helps become more functional and cohesive through the work she does in her own company.

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Future-proofing Workspaces: Top Tactics To Align CRE Choices With Business Needs

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The commercial real estate landscape is experiencing a notable shift towards shorter and more flexible lease terms post-COVID, with an emphasis on adaptability to changing business needs. Real estate decisions must align with broader organizational objectives, considering factors like cost reduction, spatial needs, and talent attraction, necessitating a comprehensive evaluation of the total occupancy costs and flexible lease terms.

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Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional

Unlock your full potential with our comprehensive guide on productivity. This detailed resource explores the three fundamental pillars of effective task management: Todo List Mastery, Time Management, and Habit Optimization. Learn to capture and prioritize your tasks effectively, schedule them using proven strategies like the Pomodoro Technique, and maintain your productivity through consistent habit tracking.

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Why is Business Automation a Game Changer for Entrepreneurs?

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If you’ve been a reader here for any length of time, you’ve probably seen me write about automating business processes. But what exactly does that mean? Business automation transforms repetitive tasks from energy drainers into time savers by handing them over to a system. It’s like having a silent, ultra-efficient assistant who works 24/7—no coffee breaks needed!

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Managing your Executive’s Social Media as an Executive Assistant

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Managing your Executive's Social Media as an Executive Assistant In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, social media management is no longer the exclusive domain of marketing specialists. Increasingly, Executive Assistants are finding themselves in a pivotal role, helping and managing your Executive's social media as an [.

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There are Abundant Jobs, But Hiring is Slowing in the U.S.

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The U.S. Labor market data is showing promising signs of resilience as the latest data from the Department of Labor reveals the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week. The updated data shows that the jobless claims for the week ending May 18 dropped by 8,000 to 215,000 — down from 223,000 the previous week. The Associated Press reports the updated figures show that the labor market remains robust despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it down throug

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ChatGPT produces half-baked answers most of the time, but people trust it anyway

Workplace Insight

A new study from researchers at Purdue University has found that 52 percent of ChatGPT’s responses to programming queries were ‘riddled’ with misinformation. Even so, people were more likely to trust its answers because they found the application to be so damn polite and well-spoken. It’s the Buster Scruggs of AI. The team examined ChatGPT’s attempts to tackle 517 programming questions.

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North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate U.S. Remote Work Environments Using Stolen Identities and AI

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Over the course of three years, North Korean IT workers took advantage of remote work environments to infiltrate U.S. companies and divert funds to their country’s nuclear missile program. According to the U.S. Justice Department , an Arizona-based woman named Christina Chapman helped North Korean IT and other foreign-based IT workers — who posed as U.S. citizens and residents — in a scheme that landed them work at over 300 U.S. firms.

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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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Remote work overseas could lead to double tax for firms, employees and digital nomads

Workplace Insight

The rise of remote work, fuelled by the pandemic, may serve up a hidden danger for employees. Accountants warn that employees who relocate abroad while working for a UK-based company could end up paying income tax in both countries, on top of social security contributions in their host nation. This situation arises from the increased flexibility offered by many companies.

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People less likely to evaluate peers negatively if facing evaluation themselves

Workplace Insight

New research from ESMT Berlin finds that individuals strategically select the colleagues they evaluate, and the evaluation they give, based on how they want to be perceived. Linus Dahlander, professor of strategy and Lufthansa Group Chair of Innovation at ESMT Berlin, alongside colleagues from Purdue University and INSEAD, investigated the impact of how people evaluate peers based on the behaviours of Wikipedia members, for which peer evaluations are transparent.

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Generative AI could help UK workers save 19 million hours a week by 2026

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New research from Pearson claims to show the potential of Generative AI to boost workplace productivity by helping UK workers to save ’19 million hours a week’ on routine and repetitive tasks. The new instalment of Pearson’s Skills Outlook series, ‘Reclaim the Clock: How Generative AI Can Power People at Work’ – looks ahead to 2026 and claims too identify the top 10 job tasks with the most time saved by using the technology, in five countries (Australia, Brazil, India, UK and U

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