Work Life
AUGUST 1, 2025
After 25 years helping companies build teams, I’ve seen white-collar work evolve through tech booms, market crashes, and management fads. But today’s shift is more foundational: hybrid teams—made up of both full-time employees and independent consultants—are becoming the new norm. That shift isn’t just changing how we hire. It’s redefining how we lead.
AdminDroid
AUGUST 4, 2025
OneDrive for Business, often seen as personal cloud storage within Microsoft 365, plays a crucial role in modern workplaces. It stands as a foundation for seamless file sharing, increased productivity, and a centralized hub for essential data. However, the collaborative nature of this platform exposes it to various threats, including data oversharing, unmanaged device access, data sharing to untrusted domains, etc.
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Success
AUGUST 5, 2025
Building trust as a leader is one of the most important factors in shaping workplace culture and team performance. When staff trust their leaders, they are more likely to communicate openly, collaborate effectively and stay engaged. Without trust, teams may experience low morale, poor accountability and high turnover. Trust in leadership is built through consistent actions, transparency, follow-through and a commitment to fairness.
Office Snapshots
AUGUST 11, 2025
LOM architecture and design have completely reimagined what a corporate workplace can be, with almost the entire ground and first floor of Santander UK’s head office open to the public. Working alongside developers Osborne + Co and contractors SISK Group, LOM have delivered Unity Place: an 80,000 sqm, new build, mixed-use building for Santander UK, located in Milton Keynes.
Speaker: Chester Santos
Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform
Great Place to Work
AUGUST 4, 2025
Here’s what the data says can help employees generate better ideas and embrace crucial transformation initiatives. When a company launches a new push to bring employees back to the office, a need to innovate is often one of the reasons for the move. Starbucks shared this in its letter to employees about bringing everyone back to the office four days a week: "We are reestablishing our in-office culture because we do our best work when we’re together.
WellSteps
AUGUST 6, 2025
Top 10 Workplace Wellness Tools: Standing Desks, Walking Pads & More In some offices, wellness gets reduced to branded water bottles and the occasional fruit basket. But if you want to build a workplace that actually supports people, not just looks the part, you need to go further. Prioritizing real well-being isn’t just about keeping people happy with employee wellness tools; it also means fewer sick days, better focus, and a team that wants to stick around.
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fm:systems
AUGUST 7, 2025
Explore 5 compelling reasons why AI is set to redefine the future of workplace management and help you stay ahead in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Success
AUGUST 4, 2025
Great leadership is essential for a company to succeed, so naturally, selecting the right individuals to lead your business can be a daunting task. From identifying top candidates to determining who is the best fit and ultimately training them for success, the process can be a headache if you don’t have a clear path forward. Whether you’re a CEO looking for a successor or filling other leadership roles , this expert-backed, step-by-step guide will help you identify the best leaders for your orga
Office Snapshots
AUGUST 7, 2025
Following the successful initial workplace build-out of the Bay Area Metro Center, TEF was engaged under a term contract to provide ongoing interior architectural services supporting the evolving needs of the Bay Area Headquarters Authority. In addition to the subsequent tenant buildout of the fifth floor and the ground floor multiuse community event space known as the Temazcal Room, TEF led a comprehensive visioning process to reimagine the Bay Area Headquarters Authority’s 1,325-suare-foot wor
Halo Psych
AUGUST 8, 2025
10 minute read Maybe you’ve just stepped into your first people management role. Or maybe you’ve managed people for a long time. Wherever you are in your management experience, there will be something for you in the list of books below. There are books covering: Effective performance feedback conversations Creating an inclusive work environment How to motivate people How to create a high-performance team culture How to support wellbeing and resilience at work How to manage change well How to be
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.
Insperity
AUGUST 5, 2025
Here’s a statistic that might give you pause: 40% of employees are planning to quit their job or are unsure about their future at their current company , according to the 2025 Lighthouse Research & Advisory Culture, Performance and Recognition Study. It’s a significant number that highlights the growing importance of understanding and improving employee experience.
Work Life
AUGUST 1, 2025
Despite some high-profile pushback against hybrid work, with many companies eager to fully return their workforces to the office, hybrid work remains the preferred working style of a majority of knowledge workers worldwide. It is the work style for the majority of U.S. knowledge workers. Although there are many benefits to a hybrid work environment, one drawback is that it can reduce social ties and connections between employees.
Office Skills
AUGUST 6, 2025
Fighting Fatigue In The Office: Causes, Consequences, And Solutions Workplace fatigue is a widespread issue that affects productivity, decision-making, and employee health. It often goes unnoticed until performance declines or […] The post Workplace Fatigue appeared first on Office Skills Training.
Success
AUGUST 7, 2025
When ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, it caused some people to pause and wonder about the potential of artificial intelligence. Some called AI the future. Some saw it as a fling. And others didn’t care. Yet, less than three years later, it seems that AI is here to stay. Which means for many, learning AI leadership skills can be essential. Being a good leader or manager in this rapidly evolving AI era means embracing AI as a part of business and guiding others to do the same.
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.
Workplace Insight
AUGUST 8, 2025
The UK’s commercial property market is showing sharply contrasting performances across key sectors at the midpoint of 2025, according to CBRE’s latest UK Real Estate Market Outlook Mid-Year Review. While the office market is benefiting from strong demand for premium office space and renewed overseas investment, the life sciences sector is seeing steady growth in funding but slower movement in transactions.
Attendance Bot
AUGUST 6, 2025
Offering employee wellness programs/perks is easy. Making people want to use them? That’s the real challenge. Today’s teams are stretched thin, juggling deadlines, Zoom fatigue, and everything in between. A generic wellness program won’t cut it. To move the needle on employee health, companies need incentives that feel personal, motivating, and maybe even a little fun.
Office Snapshots
AUGUST 5, 2025
Global e-commerce company STL has relocated its headquarters to Magok, one of the most prominent business districts in western Seoul, with the aim of embodying its vision for a new era through spatial design. More than a simple physical move, this transition was planned and executed to establish a future-ready work environment aligned with the evolution of AI-powered smart logistics and the digital commerce industry.
Work Life
AUGUST 7, 2025
Business leaders have always had to be attentive to small but important shifts within the workplace that may affect employee performance—troubling trends that have increased since the pandemic. Now there’s another problematic development for leaders to monitor. In addition to rising burnout , disengagement, and intentional idleness from quiet quitting , researchers have identified a new office condition they’re calling “quiet cracking.
Wellness 360
AUGUST 5, 2025
Well-being in the workplace isn’t a bonus anymore. It’s a business strategy and a smart one. In the Road2Wellbeing podcast, Jessica Morris, a workplace mental health consultant, and I unpacked the link between employee well-being and business outcomes. Jessica shared a stat that still sticks with me: we spend an average of 90,000 hours of […] The post Why Prioritizing Well-Being is a Business Decision, Not a Perk appeared first on Wellness360 Blog.
Success
AUGUST 7, 2025
High-performance teams are the driving force behind some of the world’s most successful organizations. They’re made up of talented people who work well together toward a common goal, all fueled by trust, collaboration, and a clear sense of purpose. But these teams don’t just happen overnight—they’re built and led with intention. Leadership plays a pivotal role in shaping and sustaining high-performing teams by setting the tone, reinforcing accountability and making an environment where ind
Workplace Insight
AUGUST 4, 2025
HNI Corporation, whose brands include HON and Allsteel, has agreed to acquire Steelcase in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion, according to a report from Rob Kirkbride of office insight. The deal brings together two of the US office furniture sector’s largest players and will create a combined company with annual revenue of around $5.8 billion.
Attendance Bot
AUGUST 4, 2025
Ever find yourself opening the same email three times before finally replying? Or leaving a half-written report untouched until the deadline breathes down your neck? You’re not alone. Task revisiting is one of the biggest silent productivity killers at work. That’s where the one-touch rule comes in—a simple yet powerful productivity rule of thumb that helps you reduce rework, make faster decisions, and keep your mental load light.
Office Snapshots
AUGUST 1, 2025
Astra Management Development Institute (AMDI) is an internal institution founded by PT Astra International Tbk, one of Indonesia’s largest and most diversified conglomerates. AMDI focuses on leadership development, management training, and innovation programs for Astra Group employees. As a key platform for internalizing Astra’s core values—Catur Dharma—the workspace is designed to visually and spatially reflect these principles, transforming them into daily lived behaviors across the company cu
Work Life
AUGUST 2, 2025
We’ve spent decades building frameworks to help people lead teams: courses, certifications, coaching, culture decks. All aimed at shaping better managers of humans. But that’s no longer enough. Because for many workers, their first report won’t be a person. It’ll be an agent. In June BNY Mellon onboarded 1,000 digital workers while JPMorgan Chase is building AI teams at scale.
AdminDroid
AUGUST 5, 2025
Keeping track of what happens during Teams meetings has never been easy. While attendance, chats, and file sharing were visible in Microsoft Purview audit logs, screensharing and control activities remained a blind spot. This gap made it hard for admins to detect sensitive or confidential content being shared with outside users, meet compliance requirements, and investigate audit logs effectively.
Wellness 360
AUGUST 8, 2025
TL;DR: Prioritizing employee well being delivers substantial business benefits, with organizations seeing RO from wellness investments. Effective approaches include mental health resources, work flexibility, appreciation programs, and developing supportive environments. Companies focusing on employee wellbeing in the workplace achieve 20% productivity gains, lower absence rates, and stronger talent retention.
Workplace Insight
AUGUST 5, 2025
Over two fifths (41 percent) of businesses have emphasised the need for people to work in a physical workspace such as an office over the past year, according to a new poll from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). While most of the firms (67 percent) who require onsite working say it hasn’t impacted recruitment or retention, one in ten relevant businesses (9 percent) have seen staff leave in response.
Great Place to Work
AUGUST 1, 2025
As technology revolutionizes the workplace, the argument for shorter workweeks gets much stronger, and more interesting. Dismissing the 4-day workweek misses an increasingly interesting opportunity for business leaders. New AI technology promises to change the conversation around changing the fundamental structure of work. More efficiency means that it becomes more possible to work fewer hours — but AI is also changing the value of the work done by human beings.
Office Snapshots
AUGUST 5, 2025
The design of Settanta7’s new offices, located at Viale Edoardo Jenner 53 in Milan, stems from the need to create a larger and more flexible space that reflects the diverse identities of the firm. It is an environment that brings together work, creativity, design, training, and events, fostering social interaction and collaboration. Covering approximately 650 square meters, the space is organized into: – A large open space with workstations – Two traditional meeting rooms – A hybrid meeting-work
Work Life
AUGUST 8, 2025
Ever since Shane Devon Tamura entered the Midtown Manhattan office building housing the NFL’s headquarters with a high-powered rifle, killing four people on July 28, John Orloff’s phone has been ringing more than usual. “I hate the fact that my phone. rings after a tragic event,” Orloff says. It’s not the first time it’s happened. An operations leader at security risk consulting group Jensen Hughes, Orloff heard the same ringing after Luigi Mangione allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO
Zevo Health
AUGUST 10, 2025
When we talk about stress at work, we often focus on pace or volume. But for teams in high-pressure, high-risk environments, the most damaging stressors are often emotional. Whether it’s SOC analysts facing constant cyber threats, fraud teams absorbing customer distress, or AI safety specialists reviewing disturbing data to refine models, these roles expose people to emotional strain that isn’t always their own.
Wellness 360
AUGUST 4, 2025
Boost team morale, reduce friction, and build a more collaborative workplace. TL; DR Workplace conflict is inevitable, but ineffective handling isn’t. Miscommunication, personality clashes, or unclear expectations can lead to tension, low morale, and missed goals. This guide outlines 7 proven conflict resolution strategies you can implement right away to foster transparency, rebuild trust, and […] The post 7 Proven Strategies for Conflict Resolution at Work appeared first on Wellness360
Workplace Insight
AUGUST 4, 2025
Employers are expected to face major implementation hurdles as the government’s new Employment Rights Bill begins to reshape workplace practices. A survey by HR software provider Ciphr suggests that improved access to flexible working is likely to be the most difficult provision to manage. In a poll of 300 HR decision-makers across the UK , 22 percent said that changes to flexible working arrangements—making it the default where practical—would present the biggest challenge in terms of time, res
AdminDroid
AUGUST 6, 2025
Day 2 of the Microsoft Entra Suite camp started with the announcement of surprising new features in Entra ID. The session then moved on to how Entra Suite helps ensure least privilege access through access packages, seamless onboarding with lifecycle workflows, automatic access updates using dynamic role attributes, and more. Key Highlights from Day 2 Microsoft announced several new innovations in Entra, now available in public preview, including:Â 1.
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