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10 Leadership Values that Shape Exceptional Leaders

Success

An effective leader is one who motivates employees toward common goals. It is less about the title they hold and more about how they make people feel empowered to contribute their best effort in the work environment. Becoming an effective leader takes work; it doesn’t stop once the leadership position has been achieved. A leader should always seek feedback and look for ways to improve.

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Confidential Software Company Offices – Sofia

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Move Architects is proud to unveil the successful completion of our latest interior design and project management endeavoran extensive renovation and transformation for a prominent, undisclosed leader in the tech industry. Located in Sofia and spanning an impressive 2,400 sq.m., this project was executed with precision and vision, with the design phase completed in just two months and full implementation in under three.

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Here’s the best way to quit your job without burning bridges

Work Life

The average person changes jobs every two years and nine months, according to a survey by the career advice website Career Sidekick. If you work for 40 years, that translates to about 15 jobsand 15 resignations. While the conversation can feel difficult, its important to be thoughtful about how you say goodbye, says Melody Wilding , author of Managing Up: How to Get What you Need from the People in Charge and human behavior professor at Hunter College in New York City.

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Most organisations now think they reduced their office space too much in the wake of the pandemic

Workplace Insight

Most UK businesses now believe they got their office space strategies wrong in the wake of the pandemic. According to The Office Occupiers Report 2025 from Irwin Mitchell nearly two-thirds of the organisations surveyed now believe they may have downsized their office space too much over the past few years. Consequently, 45 percent are planning to expand their office footprint within the next 12 to 18 months, compared to just 10 percent considering further reductions.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Building a Winning Employee Development Strategy

Quantum Workplace

As businesses move faster and change more often, employee development cant be treated as a side project. Organizations must build talent as deliberately as they build products and services.

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Strike Up the Band

Success

For a fifth-generation Colorado native who grew up on a small ranch just north of Colorado Springs, the dream of being associated with the music industry seemed like a long shot for JW Roth. Instead of finishing high school, Roth opted to get a GED and then worked nights at the Douglas County Sheriffs Office. He eventually started working two jobsin the Denver Police Department and as a salesperson at Universal Foods.

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How AI is making workplace gender gaps worse

Work Life

Generative AI is radically reshaping the job marketcreating new roles, changing some, and phasing out others. But heres one effect of the transformative technology thats not as widely talked about: Its deepening long-standing workplace gender gaps. A double disadvantage According to a recent report from the World Economic Forum and LinkedIn , women systematically face a two-part problem in the ongoing AI transformation.

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Suntory Global Spirits Offices – Singapore

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Suntory Global Spirits 18,000-square-foot office embodies the brand’s premium identity, creating a collaborative and flexible workspace designed for 150 employees to enhance teamwork and innovation. A world leader in premium spirits, Suntory Global Spirits has long been celebrated for its craftsmanship and storied heritage. This legacy inspired the design of their new office, where every element reflects the brand’s essence.

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Hot desking: Hot (or not?)

Ask Cody

What is hot desking? In today's rapidly evolving work environment, hot desking has emerged as a popular office trend that reflects the shift towards more flexible and dynamic workspaces. At its core, hot desking is a system where employees do not have assigned desks. Instead, they choose from available workstations on a first-come, first-served basis each day.

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Expert-Backed Strategies for Managing Auto Debt

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Many households in the U.S. are becoming overwhelmed by a potentially surprising debt category: auto loans. According to the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, auto loan balances in the United States top $1.66 trillion. Thats a large tally, but economists arent just raising a red flag on the total amount borrowed.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Human–machine harmonization to upgrade biopharma production

McKensey

Biopharma companies are under pressure to boost their output, but complex, fragile production processes are holding them back. AI and analytics could offer a cure for the industrys ills.

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This is how you empower your team while maintaining strategic oversight

Work Life

Effective leadership isnt a one-size-fits-all endeavor. It requires adaptability, self-awareness, and a deep understanding of when to step in and when to step back. Leaders often struggle to find the right balance between empowering their teams and maintaining strategic oversight. But theres a way that you can do both. By adopting the practical 2×2 leadership framework that Ill get into in this article, leaders can assess their approach based on two critical dimensions: Degree of Empowermen

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Holcim Offices – Brisbane

Office Snapshots

PMG proudly delivered Holcims new Brisbane office, a project that reflects a refreshed new brand identity and builds on the success of previous projects in North Sydney and Norwest locations. Holcim sought to: Ensure the standard of workplace design was extended to the Brisbane office. Unite their teams on a single floor plate. Create a new office environment that attracts employees back to the workplace, with a space that supports collaboration, social interaction, and focused work.

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How to Tell If Your Return-to-Office Plan Is Failing

fm:systems

Struggling with low attendance and poor engagement? Learn how to spot and fix a failing return-to-office program with data, tools, and real-world insights.

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Design thinking in HR: A people-first approach to solving complex challenges

Insperity

In an era where employee experience, agility and innovation are business differentiators, HR leaders are increasingly turning to design thinking to drive better outcomes for both employees and the organization. But what does design thinking actually look like in HR? And how does it differ from traditional problem-solving approaches? Lets explore how design thinking is reshaping HR and why adopting this mindset can help elevate your entire people strategy.

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Don’t get stuck in a rut—update how you operate

McKensey

As new business challenges and realities emerge, leaders must revisit how, when, and where they are spending their time and energy.

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2 easy mindset shifts that will boost your confidence

Work Life

At a recent fundraising event, I stood backstage with a young woman waiting to give a speech in front of 550 people to honor her alma mater. She was visibly nervous; I watched as she paced, taking deep breaths to calm the adrenaline that was flooding her body, twisting her hands, and looking toward the stage door as if she might try to make a run for it.

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‘Immersive Expeditions’ Transport You Around the World Via Unforgettable Virtual Reality Experiences

Success

Friday is here at last, which means its time to trade your corporate to-dos for weekend fun. So, what would help you relax and recharge tonighttaking in the latest movie, dining out at a local restaurant or exploring the heart of Paris during the Impressionist era and mingling with famous artists? While Paris is always a good idea, jetting there after work for just one night, not to mention the time-travel element, seems unlikelyuntil now.

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How to Nail Your HR Wiki Setup Without Getting Buried in Repetitive Questions

Attendance Bot

If your Slack DMs are a graveyard of Whats our PTO policy again? and Where do I find the benefits guide?, youre not alone. As companies scale, so do the repeat questionsand they all seem to land on HRs plate. Thats why HR wiki setup isnt just a nice-to-have anymoreits the secret to keeping your team sane and your processes scalable. Done right, internal documentation for HR becomes your always-on assistant.

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How to Maximize Fit Between Coach and Coachee

I/O at Work

Coaching is most effective when coaches are matched to coachees based on personal preferences rather than superficial similarities, and when coaches focus on goal-setting rather than rapport.

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Beyond Physical Health: Addressing Emotional and Financial Wellness in the Workplace

Workplace Wellness

When you think about employee wellness, what comes to mind? Gym memberships? Step challenges? Today, leading companies are realizing that the best wellness programs go far beyond physical health. Emotional and financial well-being are critical and addressing them can dramatically improve workplace morale, productivity, and retention. A holistic wellness strategy shows employees that they are valued not just for what they produce, but for who they are.

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The dark side of ambition

Work Life

Ambition is one of the most defining forces in human affairs a psychological engine that propels individuals beyond the realm of survival into the arena of creation, disruption, and transformation, and significantly predicts educational attainment, career success, job performance, and income. At its core, ambition is the refusal to accept the status quo, the internal pressure to stretch personal limits and societal boundaries.

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It’s Time for Psychologists to Become Activists

Mad in America

From The British Psychological Society : “As a forensic psychologist, I left the NHS when I realised I was complicit in a system that silenced the most vulnerable and marginalised people in our society. Weekly ‘equality group’ meetings, supposedly created to challenge inequality and oppressive practices within the Trust, felt like hollow tokenistic gestures.

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How to Start a Side Hustle That Turns Your Passion Into Profit

Success

Were all feeling the pinch on our wallets. Between the wild price of eggs and the increased cost of living year after year, Americans are looking for additional sources of income to improveor at least maintaintheir quality of life. Some of us are turning to side hustles. A recent Bankrate survey found that 36% of U.S. adults earn extra income outside of their regular jobs, with 28% making over $500 monthly.

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The top colleges for computer science majors in the U.S.

Spiceworks

The rapid pace of change in technology, wide-spread interest in artificial intelligence, and growing demand placed on graduates to ‘deliver’ have combined to make choosing the best college.

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HDS Mischievous Scale: Spotlight on…

Business Psych Blog

When we think about individuals who score high on the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) Mischievous Scale, words like risky, manipulative, fun, impulsive, and charming, often spring to mind. These are all qualities that are commonly associated with people who fit the Mischievous profile, but what do these descriptors really mean when placed in a business context?

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This is how leaders can turn employee activism into opportunities

Work Life

Many leaders view employee activism as a disruption or threat. They see it as something to contain, avoid, or manage behind closed doors. This perception isnt surprising because activism challenges established hierarchies, questions the status quo, and introduces unpredictability into organizational life.Yet a 2007 study has shown that employees who feel heard are more engaged, innovative, and committed to their organizations success.

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Kermit Cole: Dialogical Therapy and Quantum Theory Walk Into a Bar…

Mad in America

H ello, my name is Bob Whitaker, and today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kermit Cole. We’ll be speaking about a philosophical enterprise that Kermit is now deeply engaged in. That is, broadly speaking, how humor can help in creating a shared experience that is helpful to the healing process. Kermit, in his experiences of being with people in psychotic states, has seen humor as a moment when a connection can be made.

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How boards can tackle geopolitical risk

McKensey

Three experts discuss the challenges corporate boards face in managing growing geopolitical risk, and how to tackle them.

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Is there really such a thing as work-life balance in IT?

Spiceworks

If you believe the grindbro orthodoxy, the only way to get ahead at work is to put in 120 hours a week. Now, I’m a workaholic’s workaholic who has been working 50-plus-hour weeks for decad.

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People Are Turning to AI for Therapy—But Is It Safe?

Success

What if you had a therapist available to you any time of the day or night, and you never had to coordinate your schedules to book an appointment or worry whether they accepted your insurance for payment? On top of that, what if you felt instantly comfortable opening up to them and they were always present for you, no matter how many times you sought their counsel?

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Are the feds about to start hounding you over your student loans?

Work Life

After a five year reprieve, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is coming for defaulted federal student loans. The ED has not collected on defaulted loans since all payments on federal student loans were paused as part of the Covid-19 emergency relief effort in 2020. Student loan payments resumed on September 1, 2023 for all 42.7 million federal student loan borrowers.

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Are Psychiatrists More Mad Than Their Patients?

Mad in America

T his question is not a joke. It has come up repeatedly when I discuss how absurdly harmful mainstream psychiatry is with like-minded colleagues, e.g. critical psychiatrists or psychologists. Madness is characterised by delusions. An Oxford dictionary defined delusion as an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument.

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A generational shift: The future of foreign aid

McKensey

Recently announced ODA reductions create a clear call to action, including in initiative prioritization, productivity improvements, and reassessing the design of the current system.

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Ensure Multifactor Authentication is Enabled for All Microsoft 365 Users

AdminDroid

Why are we sounding the alarm on this today? Because in many organizations, there are still users walking around without any MFA methods. Yes, you read that right! No second layer of protection at all. That’s like using bubble wrap as body armor. But hold up, you can fix this! The solution is simple: ensure all users can complete multifactor authentication in Microsoft 365.

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