6 keys to thriving at work and life
Success on the job doesn’t happen by itself. Getting ahead at work takes, well, work. Follow these back-to-basics tips from the BioSpace website.
Pro tips for managing multiple executives
Thanks to the upheaval in the workforce, many companies are cutting their administrative staff, leaving those stressed-out remaining admin pros to support multiple managers and executives, whether in person or virtually.
It’s important not to get flustered by these additional responsibilities. There are ways to make things easier.
It’s important not to get flustered by these additional responsibilities. There are ways to make things easier.
Pitch your creative ideas!
Do you have creative ideas that may be of interest to your company? Maybe you’ve discovered an unmet need, identified a process that could be improved or conceived of a new innovative product. Whatever it may be, consider pitching it to management! Remember these tips when organizing and refining your thoughts.
Forcing sick employees back to work
Does anyone think it’s a good idea for employees to do anything other than isolate for the required amount of time if they are sick with a highly contagious airborne virus?
Play our brain-burning thesaurus game
If you’re someone who likes words, a thesaurus is a wonderful thing. Here’s a little exercise we’ll call “reverse thesaurus.”
“Are they funny?”
We recently heard of one of the boldest new-hire onboarding documents ever.
Tame your disorganized, over-collaborated Word documents
When too many collaborators create a disorganized report, get it back under control using styles.
Best practices: Editing and being edited
Supporting someone who writes many reports or creates a lot of media content can be challenging. They may be really good writers, but every good writer knows that editing is vital. If this task falls to you, setting both of you up for success can make this process consistent and one of continuous improvement.
Teams can do that?
Q. I’ve found a list template that works for me in Teams, but I don’t need all the columns. How can I change it to fit what I need?
Fired from ‘The Facts of Life’!
Here’s writer and humorist Andy Borowitz on being hired to scribe for the ’80s sitcom “The Facts of Life.”