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How to use both sides of your brain to achieve balance and success

Work Life

In a conversation that uses both sides of the brain, on the other hand, employees feel empowered to delegate, ask for more resources, speak up when they see harm, and have difficult conversations with their peers and leaders. This is okay—sometimes fast food is exactly what you need to satiate your hunger and keep going.

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Top 9 HR Priorities You Should Steal From the Fortune 100 Best Companies

Great Place to Work

At Pinnacle Financial Partners , associates are encouraged to get to know one another outside work with activities like 15-minute walks with a new colleague, or an art project activity where Pinnacle provides supplies, food, and an instructor.

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Will AI make thinking extinct?

Work Life

Thinking as Optional Large segments of the workforce, especially knowledge workers who were once paid to think, now spend their days delegating that very function to AI. Food was scarce. In my last book I, Human , I called generative AI the intellectual equivalent of fast food. In theory, this is the triumph of augmentation.

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Comment on is this person the disaster I think they are? by UKReader

Ask a Manager

Sure – the catering delegation and the direct commentary on Dr September’s trip (not the gossip afterwards) are good examples of things that would have spurred a conversation with the chair in my small department. If I was directly involved and/or it was creating issues with faculty and students?

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Ep 333: Sarah Fulton on Hotel Venue Sourcing for Assistants

Go Burrows

Food and beverage? And then it’s just right there, clear as day for you to see all right, this one’s more expensive in this area, this one, we’re missing the food and beverage cost minute, or the food and beverage minimum on this one, etc, you can really get a good breakdown of those few. Do you have dates?

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Ep 243: Nicole Grinnell on Delegation and Unlocking Your Productivity Potential

Go Burrows

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Nicole talks about the art of delegation, building a support system, being a mompreneur, and unlocking your productivity potential. So excited to hear Nicole’s story and chat with her today about a little bit about delegation and unlocking productivity potential.

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Ep 216: Claudette Clayton on Calendar and Email Management, Delegating, and Evolving as the Assistant Role Evolves

Go Burrows

In this episode, Claudette talks about her journey as an assistant, tips for calendar management, delegating, evolving as the job evolves, email management, and dealing with difficult executives. Claudette Clayton has over 25 years of experience as an executive assistant, has a dog named Thor, and loves the Lord of the Rings.