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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

Thought leader Nilofer Merchant got a lot of buzz in 2013 for her TED Talk extolling the virtues of the walking meeting. The real test of whether a meeting was a waste or a winner is whether workers leave feeling they’ve accomplished a goal and fully understand what to do moving forward, Willy says. Turn a meeting into exercise.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

Success

Clearly communicate your company’s reason for being and its cultural goals. The prevailing career formula —work harder, be more successful, be happier—doesn’t work because “our brain changes the goal post,” he explains. In a 2013 e-book, Got A Bad Boss? This article was published in July 2014 and has been updated.

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There Are No Limits For Assistants

Office Dynamics

I am most proud of Jasmine Freeman, my Chief Executive Assistant and now Vice President of Office Dynamics as of November 2013. As we end 2014, I want to thank all of you who have made Office Dynamics what it is today! Get the best of our 2014 Conference, Collaborate. Expand Your Influence.

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How to Boost Online Sales

Success

The goal is to obtain the visitor’s trust and improve engagement by finding the perfect colors, images and headlines to show that we can fulfill their needs. In November 2013 we wanted to improve our bounce rate—the number of visitors who leave the site after viewing just one webpage. Then listen. Photo by CrispyPork/Shutterstock.

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BIG Action Begins With An Action Plan

Office Dynamics

Joan declared 2014 to be the year of BIG! When you think about your BIG dreams and goals in each of the 5 pillars you likely have at least one goal in each of those areas of your life. We started this journey in January 2013 and we were making really good progress. Hello, Monday Motivators!

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The Books I've Been Reading - August 2013

Productivityist

I pledged to read more in 2013 and I''m on track to match 2012 right now. A few more books under my belt and I''ll beat last years'' record -- and set up a lofty goal for 2014 in the process. Information'

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

Small Business Labs

They recently released their 2013 - 2014 U.S. pet market will reach $62 billion in 2013, up 4.7% The dog owner can use this data to collect and analyze their dog's daily activities, set exercise goals and track this data over time. It's from the research folks at Packaged Facts. Pet Market Outlook.

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