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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

In its fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 financial reports—while many other companies were experiencing layoffs and frantically downsizing—BELAY announced record-breaking numbers. She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

in 2020 to 8.5% Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. When we entered the virtual conference room it gave us the chance to eliminate distractions and meet in one virtual room, without the hassle and expense of traveling to a central location. . jumped from 1.4% by the end of July 2022.

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Menswear With Meaning: Fashion Brand INHERENT Is Dedicated to Improving Men’s Mental Wellness

Success

Launched in May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, the odds should have been stacked against him. Each evening revolves around a theme inspired by a widely recognized mental health calendar. But what started as sharing an idea with the world quickly snowballed into a series of serendipitous events.

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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

Success

In December 2019, after years of requesting a sabbatical, my board of directors approved a 12-week paid sabbatical planned for June 2020, after our legislative session concluded. We pushed the sabbatical back two years so that I could steer the organization through the pandemic and be able to travel safely. I also did a lot of nothing.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

Last year for example, at C-Suite Assistants, only 7 percent of our total placements in 2020 were for EA/PAs. For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world.

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Your Time Change Crash Course

Jen Lawrence

Time change trips up even the most experienced world-traveler and international business professional. As of 2020, the following US states and territories do not observe Daylight Saving: Arizona (excluding the Navajo Nation), Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, The Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

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Your Time Change Crash Course

Jen Lawrence

Time change trips up even the most experienced world-traveler and international business professional. As of 2020, the following US states and territories do not observe Daylight Saving: Arizona (excluding the Navajo Nation), Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, The Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.