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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

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Practically Perfect PA 2015 Survey

Practically Perfect PA

The blog has come a long way since October 2011 and I’m really excited about what we have planned for the next few months, including Assist Travel and the next Assist Conference. Would you please take my 2015 reader survey? The post Practically Perfect PA 2015 Survey appeared first on Practically Perfect PA.

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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

Success

To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I

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Coworking is Disruptive Innovation

Small Business Labs

The pictures below (click to enlarge) were taken in 2011 at Citizen Space, one of our favorite early coworking spaces. Located Repeating a quote from our post yesterda y: Everything that we know about landlords and how workplaces are designed, built, managed and staffed is being disrupted.

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Book Review: The Million-Dollar One-Person Business

Small Business Labs

There is less risk because there’s no regular payroll to meet and less stress because there aren’t employees to manage. with a million or more in revenue in 2015.  This is up from just a bit over 2 million in 2011.  There are many advantages of being a solopreneur.

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Contingent Labor Comprises 38% of Corporate Workforces

Small Business Labs

Ardent Partners recently released their 2016-2017 State of Contingent Workforce Management report.  This is up from nearly 35 percent in 2015 and just 29 percent in 2011.   The study is based on a survey and series of interviews with mostly HR and procurement professionals at large corporations. 

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

‘We haven’t calculated our travel stat for 2016 as yet, but in 2015 Steve was on the road 171 days to 44 cities in 11 countries,’ she said. ‘I If you’re curious about your company culture or even its policy towards bleisure travel you could approach the subject with your manager. ‘As I tagged along on about half of those trips’.

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