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If you think Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo decision is about remote work – you’re missing the point
Everyone’s talking about Marissa Mayer’s recent decision to eliminate remote work at Yahoo. Remote work critics are gleefully announcing the ends in sight for all flexible work and lots of people disdain Mayer’s decision on gender grounds. We think everyone is missing the point. Flexwork, telecommuting, remote work programs (call them what you will) can’t function in broken cultures lacking trust. And Yahoo is definitely broken and there is very little trust to be found. Yahoo doesn’t …
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Making a strong business case for working from home
Many bosses in large corporations are very suspicious of professionals working outside their office (particularly bosses that have always worked in offices themselves). If working from home fits your lifestyle, creating a strong business case to convince a skeptic requires a bit of forethought and an ironclad value proposition. We spoke with Aida C. to find out how she convinced her boss to let her work from a distance. Aida C. Aida worked for a large financial services company as a project …
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Working comfortably from home requires affordability AND a real nice “seat”
When you work outside an office, where you sit can make a huge difference in the quality of your existence. Today, as more people work from home, finding the right office chair for your home office becomes a battle between comfort and affordability. I recently “retired” from my dining room table (to be fair, I finally conceded to my husband’s demands to have his table back..) and converted a back bedroom to a comfortable workspace. It’s just as well - sitting on my dining room chairs was …
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Resolutions, transformations at the start of a new chapter
New Year is a time of reflection. Something new has arrived – a new year – a blank canvas. It’s a time for reflection - for resolutions, a moment to examine possibility, a clean slate of potential. Is it your time to make new choices? People have such a capacity to adapt to change. We can enjoy the beauty of the moment knowing things won’t stand still. What is wonderful and good today slowly evolves into something different in the future. There is such potential in that moment before …
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So you think you want a career in the new digital marketplace
Whether you are a first time college student or a seasoned professional in career transition, the digital world is designing jobs every day that didn’t existed 12 to 24 months ago. In a job starved economy this is a pretty appealing prospect for anyone looking to remain professionally viable long-term and particularly interesting for students about to graduate. Certainly earning an accredited MBA onlinecan expose you to the latest tools in the digital marketplace if you use the right …
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Transitioning to Remote Work From Traditional Work – What’s the Difference?
You are considering the option to join a virtual team and make the transition to working remotely - or maybe you are being asked to do so because of changes in your company/industry. Scary, right? Well not really if you take the following tidbits of advice offered by the virtual worker community. We've spoken with some amazingly talented remote workers who are generous enough to share their secrets to success (learned the hard way)! First, you have to learn how to manage yourself. …
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