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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

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Anyway, here is a treat for you—one which we just added to our membership resource center but you can get here for free—to help avoid those recorded messages asking for information before passing you off to a real human being: GetHuman.com!

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Time Is Your Most Valuable Resource—Don’t Waste It

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We have an infinite wealth of information, connections and resources at our fingertips, thanks to the internet and smartphones. But what we don’t have is an abundance of time or unlimited attention spans, both of which are scarce resources. When you start treating your attention as your most valuable resource, you’ll protect it.

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Five Ways Managers Can Drive Well-Being at Work

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Each month, participants set up a half-hour phone call with an employee in another office. I am the CEO, but at the same time, Im balancing my mom Ive clearly declared to anyone that if the phone rings, and I see it is the retirement community where my mother is, I answer the phone [and] I step out of the meeting, she says.

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Want A Promotion? Don’t Believe Your Manager When They Tell You To Unplug

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An employees decision to turn off their work phone and avoid checking email over the weekend may cost them a promotion. The cost of losing somebody [and finding] their replacement can be staggering, depending on the complexity of the role, Wes Burke, chief human resources officer at Care.com, told Fortune last month.

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A 7th Grade Project Is Providing Resources for North Carolina Victims of Helene

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Saving lives via Facebook updates Since western North Carolina has largely lost power, water and cell service, finding information and resources has been challenging. She slept through the worst of the storm Thursday night and was woken by an alarm on her phone around 5 a.m. on Friday. “I

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Innovation Depends On Intentional Design For Hybrid Work

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Enablement Provide resources and environments that give employees the tools to be productive and creative, particularly for individual and smaller teamwork, providing specific zones (not team neighborhoods) for both. When executed well, this model can be effective.

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So you wanna be a Virtual Assistant (VA)?

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Thankfully Sydni Craig-Hart, founder of EAtoVA.com —a VA coaching service—, was more than willing to get on the phone with us and answer our questions.

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