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Planning to Work Abroad? Here’s What You Need to Confirm with Your Employer First

Success

But he realizes most face a learning curve, and he suggests nomads should be ready to make sacrifices, since they’re the ones choosing to travel across different time zones. Your colleagues are going to expect a certain amount of timely responsiveness,” says Koopman, who has worked with more than half of the Fortune 500 companies.

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

Success

Business leaders, then, must think about whether their workplaces are conducive to employee happiness and health. 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.

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Common Courtesy in the Workplace

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? Do you neatly put all labels, papers, etc. on the printer table and then a few minutes later, you come back to a messy area?

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

It certainly raises the question of what more can be done, including in terms of workplace design, to boost engagement levels amongst these employees. Key findings from the global workplace design report include: Employee engagement positively correlates with workplace satisfaction. Traditional work styles persist.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. A person I know does this all the time.

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October 15th, Blog Action Day: Poverty

Laughing all the Way to Work

I previously wrote an article on Charities in the Workplace and have seen an increase in the participation in charities at offices I have worked in. One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. We all participated by writing to our sponsored child and contributed money towards supporting her.

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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