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How Company Passion Projects Can Add to the Bottom Line

Success

Passion projects, hobbies or innovative expressions outside the traditional 9-to-5 workday are great ways to flex our creativity and do something just for pleasure. But what does a passion project for a company or business look like? What is a passion project and why is it important?

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What can assistants expect in 2014?

Practically Perfect PA

Anyway here we are in 2014 and I hope that everyone is settling back into work after the Christmas and New Year break. I think assistants will have an interesting 2014, particularly as it is the International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant with lots planned for our professional development. PA Networking.

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Designer Michael Costello Aims to Empower Women Through Fashion

Success

Michael Costello dressed Beyoncé in a handsewn white lace and nude mesh dress for the Grammy Awards in 2014. This was four years after the fashion designer competed in the eighth season of Project Runway.

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Make Your Office Green and Clean for 2014

Eco-Office Gals

The New Year brings new clients, new projects, new workloads and new challenges. Paper wastage is to be avoided at all cost so make sure your team implement and remind each other of the simple changes they can make and if at all possible, go paperless in 2014. Green Office week 2014 should take part countrywide around the month of May.

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BLOG – LIVING ORDER: On becoming a project leader

Ian's Messy Desk

The post BLOG – LIVING ORDER: On becoming a project leader appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Earlier this year, the Consortium for Project Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, started a new blog. CPL is co-led by Dr. Alex Laufer, author of the recent book, Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management.

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We're Nearing Peak Fossil Fuel Demand

Small Business Labs

   As McKinsey's report chart below shows (click to enlarge), global coal demand peaked in 2014 and they are projecting oil demand to peak in 2029, and natural gas demand peaking in 2037. Other forecasts are even more aggressive. 

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Look for Long-Term Triumphs

Success

Cultivating a talented core staff and doing bigger projects with just a few select clients best positions a business for long-term results, he believes. “We His focus on larger projects with fewer clients succeeded when he served as vice president of corporate development for Isis Parenting.

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