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✅ Today’s checklist:
- Start using Google Voice Typing
- Maximize your time off in 2024
- How good managers handle 1:1s
- Break the habit of people pleasing
QUICK LINKS
🪑 Home Office: Get inspired by these home offices to maximize creativity and productivity.
🤖 AI: 230 ChatGPT prompts for marketers.
💼 Career: When it comes to promotions, it’s about who knows you.
👶 Work-Life Balance: The child care cliff is here — how working moms can stay on top.
🎨 Design: A tutorial on making multiple designs using Canva’s “Bulk Create” feature.
GOOGLE TIP
Save Time Google Voice Typing
Takeaways:
- You can use Google Voice for Google Docs & Slides
- Beyond dictation capabilities, you can use it to format
- Check out the guide here; you can find the list of voice commands detailed under Step 3.
RESUME TOOL
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WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Maximize Your Time Off This Year
Takeaways:
- Friendly reminder to TAKE YOUR PTO!!!
- Yes, you deserve it.
- No, you shouldn’t feel guilty for taking time off.
EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
How good managers handle 1:1 meetings
Takeaways: Good managers prioritize their people. They provide guidance and support while demonstrating care, building trust, and helping reports feel valued.
Make the most of your meetings:
- Make 1-1s employee-centric. Focus on their concerns, goals, and growth by asking open-ended questions, actively listening, and providing coaching to support their success.
- Embrace flexibility. Vary the 1-1 format, be open to canceling if needed, and respect your report’s time and workload to demonstrate adaptability and understanding.
- Connect on a human level. Take interest in your employee’s life outside work and remember details they share to build rapport and show you value them as a person.
- Prioritize recognition and development. Regularly celebrate wins, discuss their career aspirations, and provide support to help them feel valued and motivated.
FOR YOUR MEETINGS
Use This in Your Next 1:1
Create and maintain a good working relationship between manager and employee.
One-on-one meetings are your chance to connect and align with the people you manage in the most effective way possible.
The perfect 1:1 meeting template keeps all of your agendas — tailored for each individual — in one organized place.
⭐ This template does just that by laying out roles, expectations, and how to best implement a feedback cycle.
📄 Get the 1:1 meeting template free here.
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PEOPLE PLEASING
It’s actually not about other people
Takeaways:
- Mel Robbins unveils that people pleasing isn’t about pleasing other people — it’s about your inability to feel uncomfortable normal emotions.
- Break the habit of people pleasing by recognizing that you can be a good person and also put yourself first.
- The way to do that is by learning how to tolerate the feelings of guilt, sadness, or someone else’s disappointment.
STAFF PICKS
Stuff we’re loving this week
📚 Discover the power of authentic creation and learn to break free from the constant need for validation in An Audience of One by Srinivas Rao — a must-read for anyone seeking to pursue their passions with unapologetic conviction.
👋 Have a new employee starting? Grab our New Employee Welcome Guide.
🥪 Send lunch or gifts to large groups in 60+ countries in minutes.
🌿 Take this 2 min quiz to discover one simple climate action to reduce your annual footprint by 1%*.
*Based on the U.S. average of 16,000kg/year.
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