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Navigating the Return to the Office – The Manager’s Role in a Smooth Transition
This is the second of four podcast episodes on the Return to the Office. For the full scoop, listen to the podcast episodes.
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Discriminate to concentrate
Do you ever find yourself focusing intently on a task that isn’t revenue-producing but makes you feel good because you’re able to check a box when finished?
Do you think because you’ve checked off all those boxes at the end of the day that you’re productive and efficient?
Checking in on your cravings with H.A.B.I.T.
I just polished off a handful of peanuts.
Yesterday I finished an entire bag of chips in front of the computer.
Why am I eating this way?
Do I need to look at my H.A.B.I.T?
Are you infected with Presenteeism?
How often do you work with a headache, back pain, anxiety or just plain sick?
Presenteeism: Employees reporting to work when ill or not up to their usual level of productivity.
Are you a culprit or support an environment that unknowingly encourages this?
Outlook vs Google Apps. Which sexy system will save me?
Do you think that the only secure, professional system is Microsoft Outlook?
Do you think because you use Google Apps you are automatically in the cool kids club?
Both systems can be sexy. Both systems can save you.
Beyond Travel: A Road Warrior’s Survival Guide!
Business travel isn’t part of your job. It’s a lifestyle.™
By the time I got off the plane at almost 1:00pm EST, I felt like someone had taken a hammer to my head while there was a wild animal eating its way out of my stomach, and, of course, I was supposed to drive directly to work at a site visit with my manager. In that moment, I knew that if I was going to survive in this business, I had to get it together. My travel, my nutrition, my exercise, my sleep, and my work had to be very focused.. There could be no more Marcey-induced spontaneity if I was going to have any hope to not end up a fat, frazzled business traveler that looked ten years older than I was, and burned out after two years on the road.
My confession and lesson of working late at night.
It’s 11:30pm.
I’ve been staring at my computer for five hours, with no break except to fix dinner and eat in front of my screen.
I get up again at 3:30am and bust out another three hours.
I used to work this way?
I can’t move today. My butt has amnesia.
Did you know your morning spinning class or afternoon run isn’t enough to prevent glute amnesia?
Did you know that your butt has the capacity to forget how to fire?
GAP – Glute Amnesia Prevention!
Telepressure. The new email disease.
Are you expected to work evenings and weekends?
Do you check email on vacations?
If so, you may be suffering from Telepressure.
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