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Lockers: The New Unexpected Star Of Workspace Design

All Work

The construction industry accounts for 38% of all CO2 emissions. It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods. FSC® : Preserving forests.

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Projects from Portugal, Belgium and France winners of the 2023 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence   

Workplace Insight

The awards set out to recognise outstanding built environment projects in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, celebrating excellence in land use practice across the entire development process, from planning and construction to economics, management, sustainability and resiliency, community impact, and architecture and design.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

Success

Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. Results: As of 2018, there were 11 retailers within Minnehaha Mile proper. In 2013, I opened my retail store in a blighted commercial corridor.

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Try these approaches to ditch the ‘boss’ and make everyone a leader

Work Life

As we head towards a future that demands more transparency and autonomy for workers, the term holacracy (an organization structure that eschews traditional hierarchy in favor of a bossless or “flat” structure) has emerged to define a shift in leadership style. Hierarchies offer stability, but may be slow to adapt.

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History’s 5 Best Leaders + More Great Leaders from Business

John Mattone

Although history often rewards authoritarian leadership, the leaders we tend to respect and consider inspirational to this day fit the mold of i ntelligent leadership in many ways. Leadership is not solely about achieving success; it’s about the journey, the impact on others, and the legacy left behind. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat

Success

Burned out from a career in retail, Lisa Harper sought refuge in sleepy coastal towns on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. A seasoned jet-setter, Harper had worked in leadership roles at The Limited as vice president of merchandising and design, Gymboree as chair and CEO, and Belk as CEO. That was in the mid-1990s.

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Top Leadership Trends Shaping The Future Of Employee Experience

Vantage Circle

To improve the employee experience and reap the benefits of increased employee involvement, leaders must adopt a more transparent, trusting, and collaborative leadership style. Today's leaders use leadership approaches that promote faith and employee involvement in the workplace. Gone are the days when there was just one way to lead.