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Google Docs Integrates Gemini AI: Smarter Writing and Custom Tools to Boost Your Business

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Google announced an integration of its Gemini AI tools across Workspace this week, enabling users to access custom AI assistants, known as “Gems,” within key productivity apps. Gemini’s integration eliminates the need to switch tabs or search through multiple chatbots to find the right tool.

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Microsoft Warns AI Can’t Cure “The Infinite Workday” Without Systemic Workplace Change

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People start checking their emails before they even get out of bed. During core working hours, people are getting interrupted by messages or emails every two minutes on average — that’s 275 interruptions per day — Microsoft found. With teams working across time zones, the number of meetings taking place after 8 p.m.

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5 Common Problems that Surface Among Remote Teams and How Leaders Can Solve Them

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Remote leaders must hone their communication skills to a higher level than office-based counterparts, says Jen Phillips, a remote operations leader who has led teams across regions, time zones and job types. Problem: Communication breakdown A single misplaced period in an email. A Slack message that lands wrong.

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8 Tools To Help Build An Efficient Asynchronous Workflow

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With the right asynchronous work tools, everything from task management to video conferencing and note-taking flows and works seamlessly. Slack boasts that using the app reduces emails by 32% and meetings by 27%, which could be a major benefit for teams looking to cut down on unproductive activities.

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

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Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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Instead, they can be a helpful tool toward achieving more balance, but not by themselves. The first step might be asking your own team what tasks are considered time-sucking for them; that is, tasks that take away from your team’s ability to focus on larger, more specialized projects. Their answers can be revealing.

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Leading Remote Teams? 3 Ways to Avoid Confusion and Burnout

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a team meeting with a follow-up email and chat message). One of the major advantages of having an in-person team is that everyone is in the same time zone and works roughly the same hours every day. Do they need to be online at certain times of the day? How long should it take to respond to a non-urgent email?

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