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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

Success

AppSumo hired 11 VAs to off-load customer support and product management from their “A-level players.” Masarweh says a CEO who manages around 600 people in property management portfolios told him, “It seems like the people that I do have in place are going to leave if I don’t get them support quickly.”

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

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In addition to lost productivity, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) suggests that employee replacement costs can be as high as 50-60%. Driving Human Connections is Good for Business On the flip side, a   recent study by Enboarder   found that   94% of employees are more productive when they feel connected to their colleagues.

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12 Last-Minute Gift Ideas For Digital Nomads

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Digital subscriptions for learning, social media management, taxes and more are perfect choices for last-minute gifts. . If you’re living and working in different countries, with changing time zones, collaborating with colleagues around the world can be difficult. Social media management solution .

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Hybrid Work: It’s Not a Revolution, it’s a Revelation

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This article was written by Anna Grayhek , and was originally published on Work Design Magazine. ABW also requires a more intentional approach to managing space, including the implementation of booking tools and protocols to ensure that spaces are available, clean, and promptly ready to be used. The hybrid work approach.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

Office Dynamics

This is the second article in a two-part series on productivity apps for admins by Julie Perrine. Timeful will suggest the optimal time to complete them. This smart app even “learns” your schedule and adapts to your busy and available times. Project Management Apps: Teamwork is, by far, my favorite project management app.

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Tech Jobs Moving to the Midwest

Small Business Labs

The New York Times article  Hot Spot for Tech Outsourcing: The United States looks at the outsourcing of software development tasks to lower cost U.S. greatly reduces issues and problems associated with  navigating time zones, cultures and languages that are common with international outsourcing. 

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2009 Confessions of a Micro-Manager Who would want to work for a micro-manager? Here are some reasons I think managers can get possessive: Im not sure I can trust you. A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I never wanted to be a manager.