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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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According to Paul Osincup , corporate trainer, humor strategist and author of the forthcoming book, The Humor Habit , we are all suffering from a condition he refers to as “chronic seriousness.” Maintain your confidence and don’t go fishing for compliments “We can find humor in our pain points and struggles.

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How to Overcome Self-Doubt and Become the Hero of Your Story

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It’s a challenging question because you can’t use someone else as a reference point. Is it their confidence that propels them forward? But the ego has a self-serving agenda and tries to convince us otherwise. Bilyeu says all personal growth starts with one question: What does my best, most powerful self look like?

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Want To Delegate Better? Try a Total Responsibility Transfer

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Total responsibility transfer refers to the concept that if someone is going to take over a task, they must take over all of the parts of it. Avoid falling prey to rigid beliefs or agendas. Oster uses the concept of meal planning to elaborate on this term that can apply in the boardroom and the laundry room alike. “If

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

This not only aids in creating a comprehensive procedural document for future use, but also provides a reference for the new hire to revisit as needed while they’re learning the ropes. Consider recording your training sessions, whether they’re in person or via platforms like Teams or Zoom.

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve written a few blogs on this subject in the past and I will put a link at the bottom so that you can refer back, however in this blog I want to talk about how you add value at the beginning of the event organisation process. The agenda. A pre-event agenda should look something like this: What is the purpose of the event?

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?   

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I feel confident as I check off each item that things will be done on time. To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number.

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