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Q2 is over... and we managed to roll out some 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 cool features 👀 We significantly improved our SSO functionality, launched Shared Time Entries and Public Favorites for better data consistency, made it possible add any time entry to your invoice + more! Catch up on all the updates here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eawichzN

89% of workers believe generational differences help their organization thrive. However, this mix doesn’t usually evolve naturally. Generational diversity strategies (yes, they’re a thing) are important to ensure fairness and monitor demographic developments. Read about how to not only bridge the generational gaps in your workplace — but embrace them 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMhe6TVq

📰 Toggl Times—what we're reading this week 👇 💗 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. Making your company the place everyone dreams of working relies on effectively marketing real workplace culture and values. In this week’s blog, we talked about how employer branding can be your golden goose to attract top talent. More from Mile Živković👉 https://lnkd.in/ektVshMd 👀 𝗔 𝟲-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸….? For most people, working five days a week is plenty. Dozens of countries are also seeing positive results from four-day workweeks experiments. However, Greece just announced a new (controversial) employment law for a 6-day working week. More from NPR 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMyM5eJK 🥱  𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽. Summer is when the human brain is most active, but we still need to get our work done behind a screen. Bryan Robinson, Ph.D, talked with Forbes about why it’s important to sometimes replace screen time with green time to avoid the Summer slump 👉 https://lnkd.in/gkEiAvvu As always, drop your interesting reads for the week in the comments 👇

The more projects and team members you have, the harder it becomes to keep time tracking data accurate. Now, Workspace admins can pin commonly used time entries as Favorites and make them public. Team members can then start a time entry with a single click to keep time tracking data accurate and consistent 👌 Read more about how Favorites work here 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q02F01kr0

📰 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴—𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 👇 🔍 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. The average job ad attracts 118 applicants—that's a 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 resumes to sift through. In this week's blog, Elizabeth Thorn breaks down what companies should look for early in the hiring process so only the best people move to the interview stage 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqkqU_Vs 🧘 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Time management is usually touted as the best way to avoid team burnout, but what if energy management is the better answer? Kristin Brownstone discusses why we should pay more attention to our energy and how we use it 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejYaFw5d  𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. While AI has changed the way we work, a landmark study published by Harvard Business Review found it also negatively impacts employees' well-being and can lead to social isolation. Read Jitendra Soni's take on the findings 👉 https://lnkd.in/ej3ANnFv As always, drop your interesting reads for the week in the comments 👇

The bread and butter of any company is the profit it makes on projects. But how is that profit calculated and more importantly — calculated correctly? 🤔 On this week's blog, learn the best way to crunch pay rates and bill rates for your next project 👉 https://lnkd.in/dAd9-dEM

📰 Toggl Times—what we're reading this week 👇 ❗𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. A major study by Atlassian has found 65% of workers feel it’s more important to react to notifications than to work on actual tasks. Is this notification brain drain stopping us from doing our best work? Jane Thier discussed the findings over at Fortune 👉https://lnkd.in/edx8VQKW 🥳 𝗢𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. Welcoming new hires into your team is always an exciting time. But how do you make sure they feel welcome and get all the information they need to crush their new role? On this week's blog, we talked about our favorite ways to onboard new team members 👉 https://lnkd.in/egvxmN-d 😬 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵. Each time we add something to our schedules—an extra work task, exercise or even reading a book—it means everything else on our list has a little less room. Scott Young discusses why creating space is more beneficial for getting stuff done than adding more things to our to do lists 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehvxem5t As always, drop your interesting reads for the week in the comments 👇

Our weekly work calendars and to-do lists are packed. For many of us, when Friday afternoon hits (after a week full of distractions and meetings), our to-do lists have only grown.  What if there was a way to focus deeply and finish every task on that list? 🤔 Toggl’s resident writer Kim is a huge fan of Cal Newport’s Deep Work technique. She recently talked about how she uses it alongside Toggl’s async communication culture to tackle demanding projects on her calendar 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6DK8T8c

Toggl Plan is more than just a capacity planning tool—it can track your time as well. Simply integrate Toggl Track with Toggl Plan, move a task to ‘Done’ on your Board, and automatically create a time entry to sync with Toggl Track. This is just one of the many ways to track time with Toggl Plan. Learn more about how Toggl Track and Toggl Plan work well together: https://hubs.ly/Q02Cds6j0

📰 Toggl Times—what we're reading this week 👇 🤔 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂? Since the 1980s, the Big Five personality test has been used for psychological research, education, and yes — hiring. On this week's blog, we talked about how these personality traits are measured and used to test potential hires 👉 https://lnkd.in/eD99vEZT 😬 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿? Gallup released its State of the Global Workforce 2024 report and it's a doozy. 90% of UK employees say they feel detached from their roles and are trending towards "quiet quitting", and there's a lot more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dkbbCUT 🤖 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. We knew it wouldn't take long. More of us are now using AI in our jobs, and not just for things like process automation. From learning new skills to analyzing data, Molly Bookner explains how we are combining AI with work over on the HubSpot blog 👉 https://lnkd.in/emDa6H6e As always, drop your interesting reads for the week in the comments 👇