Billy has been writing blogs for Happy since 2017, covering mindfulness, stress management, confidence building and emotional intelligence as well as offering handy tips for Office 365 users. He's also an established arts, culture and lifestyle writer.
There’s plenty to consider when chairing a meeting, including what format the meeting will take. While we are all familiar with meetings, we also know that many of them tend to lean so heavy on the formal side that there is little productivity as a result of them. Meeting styles are constantly being revised in the name of optimum impact. Here are a few things that meeting chairs should consider when conceiving meeting framework.
Mindfulness, put simply, is an exercise in attention. It’s a practice that revolves around calming the mind through meditation.
Microsoft Excel is certain to improve your life at work. Microsoft Excel is one of the modern workplace’s most indispensable computer programs. The daily operations of a huge variety of businesses – from travel adventure companies and art dealerships to retail stores and sports broadcasters – would be considerably tougher without the utility of Excel. It’s no exaggeration to call Excel the preeminent spreadsheet program, but for those unfamiliar with its workplace contributions, here’s a look at some productivity-boosting features.
Office 365 subscribers will know that Microsoft regularly unfurls new features and updates for the software’s constituent apps. But given the frequency of these updates, there’s a chance you either haven’t caught up or are yet to take full advantage of the exciting new additions. Here’s a look at some attention-grabbing features to have shown up in recent months.
One of the perks of being an Office 365 subscriber is Microsoft’s regular unfurling of new features and updates for the software’s constituent apps (Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Word).
A look at the major findings in Liz Wiseman’s bestselling book, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.
I’ve always been fond of the precept “Do unto others as you’d have them do to you.” Being phrased so simply, it sounds pretty easy to achieve. I’d be a liar, though, to claim pious adherence to this bit of sage advice.
Learning how to give and receive constructive feedback is an essential tool in both your personal and work life.
As we draw to the end of 2017, it’s a great time for reflection and review of the year. But despite a year of change and tragedy, we are ending this year on a positive note. In this blog, Billy explains that it’s not all doom and gloom – despite what the headlines might tell you.
How do you use your free time? Do you often feel exhausted at the end of the weekend? Billy has some great advice for making the most of your evenings and weekends – so you can go back to work feeling refreshed.