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

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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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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Companies who want to have successful working relationships with contractors should find out exactly what their skill sets are and then leverage those skill sets. Review marketer job descriptions to better understand standard skill sets of different marketing specialties, and tailor your interview questions accordingly.

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Want to Work at a Startup? Read This First

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Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. John Rampton, Calendar. This article was published in January 2015 and has been updated. When we hire, we pay less attention to what candidates say and more attention to what they do.

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Navigating Change with Courtney Clark – Free Webinar For Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

As an assistant, you are constantly dealing with change and often have to adapt to whatever comes your way, whether it is changing your executive’s calendar or travel, or immediately responding to a crisis. She was a presenter at the Office Dynamics 2015 conference where she amazed everyone with her story and “detour” philosophy.

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Own Your Career, Build a Professional Development Plan

Office Dynamics

You won’t want to miss this as our topic will be: Build Your 2015 Professional Development Plan. Mark your calendar and register today for the upcoming event: Friday, January 30, 2015. Which administrative and business skills should be a part of your plan. This is an awesome way to kick off the New Year.

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17 Time Management Strategies to Help You Tackle Your To-Do List

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Becoming extremely knowledgeable and experienced in using time management techniques will be of great value to you—perhaps more than any other skill you can learn. You no longer have to sit down and plan out your calendar for the week because productivity apps make it easy to set reminders, stay on track and get things done.

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Registration is open for upcoming 2015 classes. WHAT WOULD WE TALK ABOUT? Upcoming Travel.