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the popcorn calamity, the chair battle, and more stories of dramatic reactions to small changes at work

Ask a Manager

My all-time favorite was when the COFFEE MAKER broke and several of my colleagues genuinely believed the New Phone System was somehow responsible. Well, not taken away but the person who’d pop it retired and despite many emails asking for others to volunteer to do it, no one signed up. Copier started jamming? Printer ran out of toner?

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Tactics for Career Development: Winning Strategies to Help You Up the Ladder

GetFive

A better time for that question is when you’ve been on the job for a while and you’ve seen for yourself what it’s like to work for the company, who is getting promoted, what kinds of achievements and behaviors get rewarded, and how you might climb to the next rung on the ladder. Retirement isn’t the end of the line.

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“Take care of yourself during this time.” Suzanne Sibilla and Parveen Panwar, Mr. Activated

Thrive Global

Take care of yourself during this time. Get the proper rest, eat healthy, and stay physically active to stay healthy and well during this time. 6 Powerful Steps to Thriving in Uncertain Times. At the time, I was also a Stress Management Consultant with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.)

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How to Learn From Experience

Conversation Matters

Learning from experience requires setting aside time to learn, but equally important, it requires being in conversation with peers with whom learners can reflect on their own experience and contrast that with the experience of others. Think of it as gestation time. Spaced conversations also allow time for trust to build among peers.

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3 Reasons Why Combining Voluntary Benefits with an HDHP is a Win for Brokers

InfinityHR

An HSA allows for employees and/or their employees to contribute funds, free from federal taxes , to an HSA to help fund medical expenses and/or to help save up for use during retirement. percent from 2007 through 2017, while over the same period, HDHPs that lacked HSAs rose from 10.6 Time and Attendance. percent to 18.9

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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

To date, Knowledge Management has primarily been in the service of cost cutting or its twin, time saving. The realization about how my own work is changing has led me to think that the time is ripe to move KM to a new level and has encouraged me to write this post. But,” they said, “we only want you to talk for 15 minutes.”

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How the Great Resignation Has Impacted 10 Industries

Kazoo

Wages for low-income workers have seen their sharpest uptick since the 18-month-long Great Recession that started in 2007, and companies are starting to offer large signing bonuses and even free college tuition to their workers. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times // Getty Images. Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times // Getty Images.