Sun.Feb 02, 2025

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How Do You Manage Support During Federal Holidays?

Help Scout Leadership

Staffing your customer support function during public holidays can be a frustrating and difficult part of people management. Mat explores some options for getting the job done.

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I accidentally peed on a fabric chair at work, why have policies that aren’t enforced, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its five answers to five questions. Here we go 1. I accidentally peed on a fabric chair at work Im close to tears writing this. I was drinking some water at my desk and some of it went down the wrong tube, which led to a coughing fit. I coughed so hard that I peed. This is the first time this has ever happened and Im mortified.

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How To Reduce Employee Loneliness In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Here is a book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. The book is, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated To All In , by Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. 72% of workers suffer from loneliness.