Wed.May 11, 2022

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Episode 422: Loretta Breuning talks about Status Games

Productivityist

It’s been nearly 6 years since I first had the pleasure of speaking with Loretta Breuning. This episode has been months in the making and I’m happy to have her back to chat about her book Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop. Loretta is a Professor Emerita of Management at California State University and the author of many personal development books including Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin Levels and the aforementioned

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Airbnb CEO Says Companies Are “At A Disadvantage” If They Oppose Remote Work

Allwork

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky recently made headlines after unveiling his company’s new hybrid work policy. Now he says that companies who forgo these arrangements could fall behind in the competition for talent. . “The most talented people aren’t in San Francisco anymore … and they’re not here in New York,” said Chesky. “The most talented people are everywhere now — and if I need engineers, designers, product managers or marketers, they’re getting so distributed that if you limit your talent pool

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6 Steps to Maximizing Your Strategic Partnership with Your Executive Assistant

Office Dynamics

Executives working in strategic partnerships with their assistants… Get more done Are more fulfilled in their roles Can take a vacation without worry Are confident nothing is falling through the cracks Are more successful in their roles Assistants working in strategic partnerships with their executives… Get more done Are more fulfilled in their role Love … 6 Steps to Maximizing Your Strategic Partnership with Your Executive Assistant Read More »

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How to Boost Online Sales

Success

You don’t have a website just because everybody else does. Your business’s online hub should actively help you make money. It’s great to have people coming to visit you, but if they aren’t buying anything, what’s the point? “When I ask small-business owners, ‘Is your website helping or hurting you?’ a lot don’t know the answer,” says Derek Halpern, founder of SocialTriggers.com and an online sales conversion expert.

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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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Wellness Company Life Time Brings Its First Coworking Space To Brooklyn

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Fitness facility company Life Time and JDS Development have announced that they will come together to provide a fitness and coworking space at The Brooklyn Tower in New York City.? . This marks the first Life Time Work coworking space in the city and will bring the firm’s well-known athletic club to the Downtown Brooklyn building. The space is expected to open in 2023. .

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Inflation’s Pace Has Slightly Slowed, But Still Grew To 8.3% In April

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The pace of inflation has slightly slowed for the first time since August of 2021, but it still grew 8.3% from this time one year ago according to the April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.? . The Dow Jones forecasted that the CPI would grow to 8.1%, greatly alleviating the pressure from March’s 8.5% increase.?

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The truth about motivation, engagement and the employment of motivated idiots

Workplace Insight

The current obsession with engagement and motivation is evident every time you read the business media these days. This is understandable in many ways, not least because it seems true that firms and employees are often working in an atmosphere of mistrust. But one thing that is often noticeable when a profession such as HR gets itself into a debate of this nature is the gap that can exist between practitioners and everybody else offering a view.

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Industrious Acquires Two Flexible Office Companies As Part Of Global Expansion

Allwork

Workspace provider Industrious has announced two significant acquisitions that will substantially expand its global presence. . The $100 million acquisitions of the Great Room and Welkin & Meraki will expand the company’s footprint by around 1 million square feet, growing its presence in Belgium, France, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Singapore, and Thailand. .

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From commuting to computers, finding balance in the hybrid workplace

Workplace Insight

A recent survey from AT&T and Dubber found that 81 percent of respondents believe hybrid work will be the foremost working model by 2024, with 56 percent of work done off site. A striking 100 percent of respondents believe a hybrid work model will help attract young talent. While there are numerous benefits to being able to work from home, as the pandemic continues on, time has brought some of the challenges of remote work to light, serving as a reminder that balance is key to a hybrid work

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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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Apple’s Strict Return-To-Office Strategy Leads Chief Of Machine Learning To Resign

Allwork

Even higher ups at Apple are unhappy with its return-to-office policies. . Ian Goodfellow, director of machine learning at Apple, has revealed that he would be resigning from his position. His desire for more workplace flexibility among his team drove his decision, according to a note written to employees. . Apple began ushering employees back into the office last month after nearly two years of remote working arrangements.

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Toxic! How to End Workplace Bullying Now by Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

During an interview that the candidate felt was going very well, she said to the executive, “So, I heard you are a yeller. If you offer me this job and I accept it, you cannot yell at me. No yelling at me alone or in a meeting.” Then, she watched his shocked reaction, at first. After a moment, the executive said, “I can agree to that. When can you start?”.

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How Educapital Is Using Education To Prepare For The Future Of Work

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Venture capital firm Educapital has revealed it is seeking $160 million in funding to help boost educational technology (edtech) startups and companies with a focus on the future of work. . The company recently secured $105 million in funding and is already thinking of its next step. . “We created the firm four years ago. We were the first European edtech fund,” said Marie-Christine Levet, cofounder of Educapital.

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7 Challenges Successful People Overcome

Success

It’s truly fascinating how successful people approach problems. Where others see impenetrable barriers, they see challenges to embrace and obstacles to overcome. Their confidence in the face of hardship is driven by the ability to let go of the negativity that holds so many otherwise sensible people back. Martin Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania has extensively studied this phenomenon, and he found that success in life is driven by one critical distinction: whether you believe your fail

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Government Workers Are Burned Out: 71% Believe More Flexibility Is The Answer

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Workplace burnout typically emerges during eras of great stress and pressure from higher ups, and the pandemic created the perfect recipe for a poor workplace experience. . 49% of government workers are likely to leave their organization in the next year compared to 30% of private sector workers. Although the source of these stressors come from various aspects of both work and personal life, 71% of government workers said that pivoting to a four-day work week could help them. .

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