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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

CEO Company: Security Investment Partners , an investment management firm in San Diego Reason for Breakup: Disagreement over partner’s retirement date Winning Strategy: The partner eventually left with a clean break and joined another firm, keeping the friendship intact. I came with a long agenda, including terminal options for a buyout.

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The Manager's Workshop: How to Guide Employees to be Efficient, Effective & Extraordinary

Office Dynamics

The Manager's Workshop: How to Guide Employees to be Efficient, Effective & Extraordinary. A great employee is rewarded with a promotion to management, but it turns out he's much better at doing than managing. The truth is, managing requires a different skill set … and that doesn't come as easily to many employees.

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How to Manage Time

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Manage Time Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 12, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Three rules for effective time management : 1) Don’t Create Impossible Situations. All time management begins with planning. Thanks for visiting!

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How to sign off correspondence on behalf of the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Sometimes I look through my manager’s inbox and I can’t believe how much stuff they get sent. Oh and I haven’t mention what they receive through the post… brochures, leaflets, magazines and corporate gifts to name but a few. The benefits of dealing with our manager’s correspondence should be pretty obvious.

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The 2012 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

Well, if this person is a productivityist — or at least needs to look at becoming more productive — then you should give The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2012 a good look. It’s a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn’t considered. Levenger Lap Desk.

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5 Powerhouse Strategies for Creating Administrative Peer Power

Office Dynamics

Coming together is better than fighting for your own agenda. In fact, if you wanted to create the perfect administrative group or team, you would want assistants who each bring a different gift or perspective to the group. There is strength in unity. The beauty of diversity is that everyone has something to bring to the table.

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Peer Synergy: 5 Powerhouse Strategies For Creating Administrative Peer Power

Office Dynamics

Coming together is better than fighting for your own agenda. This does not look good in the eyes of management and diminishes the profession. We will award a special team gift today so enlist your peers to comment to win! There is strength in unity. Celebrate your peers’ success. Think about yourself. Please share your thoughts.