Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 18, 2016

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. Is it quality, time or cost?

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Project Management Management Budget 2017 100

Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. How much does it cost to hire a top freelance marketer?

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 13, 2024

Lucy Bisset, Director of Robert Walters UK comments: “In the wake of tighter budgets, headcounts being streamlined and other cost-cutting incentives – we’re seeing employers increasingly turning to skills-based temporary hiring.” Whilst just over two-fifths (41 percent) cited issues with sourcing skilled contractors as the main challenge.

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Agencies 2023 Budget Finance 96

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Where significant energy saving modifications are introduced, Colliers estimates an average potential uplift of 10 percent in value via the capitalisation of an additional ‘energy rent’ at no additional cost to the tenant. Factor all CAPEX outlays into ROI calculations, including both the cost of retrofitting, certification and funding.

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Finance 2023 Environment Project Management 72

Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2022

A large proportion of business owners (65 per cent) and senior managers (82 per cent) have increased their use of project-based methods on everyday tasks, such as introducing measures to identify and manage risk. Despite this, many are still failing to assign enough dedicated project managers to the work.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

You care less, you’re easily annoyed, you start to do a cost-benefit analysis, you feel resentful, and you feel short changed. Maybe you can be their estate manager in charge of everything from renovations, chef, gardener, pool boy, driver, security staff to nanny. When you do things for money, it shows.

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BioTeams

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Each of these virtual enterprise projects involves a specific subset of members from the community and typically focuses on either winning new business contracts, implementing shared services (cost reductions) or new product adoption and development. A symbiotic relationship exists between the VEN Community and VEN Projects.

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