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How to confidently manage 1099 contractors as your business grows

Insperity

Internal, do-it-yourself processes This route is usually handled by someone in HR or finance using spreadsheets, email and manual tracking. Specialized or creative agencies This is more common in fields like marketing, IT or design. Low cost and familiar. Error-prone, drains bandwidth and hard to scale.

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How exceptional leaders set the pace for success

Work Life

It’s something I saw time and again when I founded the personal finance company LearnVest. These social and professional benchmarks create self-imposed limits that constrain creativity and speed. This behavior is deeply ingrained in how we navigate everyday life and major decisions. How can we break the mold?

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Forget happy hour: 9 professionals share how they make networking fun

Work Life

Tired of what she called the dearth of people [her] age in her Long Island, New York, community, PR and marketing professional Cass Lovett cofounded Shelf Love, a book club for women in media, marketing, and creative services. To the dogs The dog park is Sam Olmsteds favorite place to network creatively.

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Rethinking Mobile Usage Policies at Work

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It Supports Legal and Industry Compliance Certain industries—like healthcare, finance, and education—are bound by privacy regulations (e.g., A clear mobile policy sets expectations around when and how personal devices can be used, helping minimize interruptions without resorting to heavy-handed monitoring.

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Aurora Studios and Anima Vitae Offices – Helsinki

Office Snapshots

Aurora Studios, a creative company financing, developing, producing and distributing high-quality film and TV drama across the Nordics and beyond, has settled into its new home in Helsinkis Eira neighborhood. The space also serves as the home of the award-winning 3D animation studio Anima Vitae.

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How to deal with favoritism at work

Work Life

Bernice Chao , chief creative officer, TDW+Co Consider all perspectives Look from all sides of the situation. Russ Johnson , CEO and finance expert, Linx Legal Accept the human aspects Unless you want to work with robots, realize that favoritism is a human trait. Even you have favorites and biases. Humans have always been tribal.

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How to Create and Manage Boundaries When You Hire a Friend as an Employee

Success

Running the business was already a full-time job, and I love the creative side too—but balancing both was overwhelming. I really needed someone with strong creative instincts and the ability to communicate well with clients.” “I kept hiring junior designers who were great at drafting, but they needed a lot of direction,” Behrens says.