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How a C-Suite mom of three stays sane in the summer

Work Life

As the school year winds down, many working parents face a seasonal challenge that’s as predictable as it is taxing: how to stay productive at work while managing the logistics, emotions, and expectations that come with kids being home for the summer. Reduce multitasking when possible.

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You don’t need to accomplish things to matter

Work Life

With work, school, and home merging, many working moms became the nerve center—managing logistics, meals, meetings, and everyone’s emotions. You are more than a multitasking manager—you are a person with humor, intuition, creativity, and resilience. The pandemic intensified this. The doing never stopped.

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This is how you can make your brain remember the most important things

Work Life

Here are three times you can forget things and how to improve your memory: When you’re multitasking This one feels obvious: You can’t remember something if you aren’t paying attention to it. Lots of people think they’re good at multitasking, but research shows almost none of us are.

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The SHEcession: Why women are withdrawing from the workforce

Insperity

Although this created more flexibility for workers, it also resulted in: Longer work hours and always feeling “on” Challenges with multitasking and balancing personal versus work obligations Feelings of isolation. first responders, health care professionals), this situation created even more financial and logistical stress.

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8 reasons to hire military veterans – and how they can benefit your business

Insperity

These include: Human resources (HR) Doctors Nurses Police Security Firefighters IT Mechanics Pilots Engineers Linguists Administration Intelligence Logistics Communications Finance Legal services. This helps military members learn to multitask and balance the needs and priorities of different managers. And this is just to name a few.

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How To Engage Frontline Employees?

Vantage Circle

It includes key food supply chain workers, such as food manufacturers and logistics workers. Additionally, frontline employees should do multitasking- answering phones, keying in information, and speaking to the customer at the same time. During this time, towing companies and highway safety teams have also been supporting people.

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Keep forgetting things? Relax (no, really)—these tactics for improving your memory can keep you calm, too

Work Life

Three situations when you’re more likely to forget—and what to do about it When multitasking: This one feels obvious. Multitasking is a major culprit when it comes to memory issues. Studies show that most people are not good at multitasking, despite thinking otherwise. You can’t remember something if you aren’t paying attention.