Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2022

Despite the UK’s persistent low productivity, less than a fifth of business owners are actively looking back at projects to identify areas for improvement. Despite this, many are still failing to assign enough dedicated project managers to the work.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While self-awareness is the understanding of your emotions and behaviors, self-regulation embodies the act of managing your emotions and modifying your actions. The product, price and speed of delivery are each excellent, yet their customer service could use some improvement. We hired one young man part time to manage our website.

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 17, 2023

E-commerce Tools: If you sell products or services online, you’ll need e-commerce software that integrates seamlessly with your website. Content Management Systems (CMS): A CMS like WordPress or a similar system makes it easy to manage and update your website’s content. Consider your budget and resources.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

What does it take to be a successful office manager? simonewu 24/01/2023 Office managers are responsible for making sure everything runs smoothly in the office. Office managers are responsible for keeping businesses running smoothly. Office managers should know how to manage their time effectively on a daily basis.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 23, 2019

Trello – Project and task management that is shareable and used to coordinate work projects, even personal planning, and projects. Asana – Defined as the work management platform teams use to stay focused on the goals, projects, and daily tasks that grow business. Another person used Sli.do

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Melissa Cooksey, Senior Interior Project Manager at Perkins&Will’s Dallas office, wants to push the sector to break free from these perceived limitations. Interior Project Manager, Principal, Perkins&Will’s Dallas studio. But is it really lacking? And if so, what can designers do to catch up?

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Office Organization Success

JULY 13, 2013

Many business owners are a little confused between an Online Business Manager and a Virtual Assistant – they think they’re one and the same. To put simply, I equate an Online Business Manager with the traditional Office Manager/Executive Personal Assistant in the corporate world; and a virtual assistant with an administrative assistant.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 11, 2020

Projects involve an interconnected set of tasks designed to achieve a specific outcome within a finite period of time. Technology can help organize your projects, and it can even help execute certain elements of your projects, but it can’t manage your projects for you. And that’s just the beginning!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Accept constructive suggestions for improved productivity. Explore ways to reduce supply costs by 5% to 10%.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. This fed the need for new ways to track employee activity, as managers could no longer directly monitor their teams in person. Before the pandemic, only 6% of employees were remote workers.

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BMT Office Administration

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s up to each department manager to review the timesheets their employees submit to ensure accuracy. For example, a solid timesheet approval system will help you stay on budget, and you can gain insights into your workforce’s productivity. Otherwise, employees may try to bill for hours they didn’t actually work.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Are you in charge of team projects that have strict due dates? If so, then you know how hectic project management can be at times, especially if you don’t have a centralized platform to keep track of your tasks. While the occasional power-up won’t damage your budget much, they start to add up after using more than a few.

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Success

JANUARY 4, 2023

Bacon says her clients often have a hard time charging what their services or products are worth. When Bacon must deliver less-than-rosy news to clients (for example, telling them something they want is beyond their budget), “I really try not to use the word you. Choose your words wisely. Words also matter in delicate situations.

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Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This is a guest post contributed by Eleanor Whitney, editor of All Hands , a publication about life at work from Managed by Q. An event budget template. Put dates from your timeline in your calendar and use a project management tool like Trello to keep all dates and information about your event in one place.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When we think about task management tools, we consider all the ways they can help us work better, faster, more efficiently. I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Enter Trello.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When we think about task management tools, we consider all the ways they can help us work better, faster, more efficiently. I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Enter Trello.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 14, 2021

They make telephone calls, type and review documents, conduct research, update blogs and social media, make travel arrangements for managers, prepare presentations and assemble reports. They’ll also manage and distribute information to co-workers and customers. Use tools for video conferencing, company chats and project management.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 4, 2023

Whether you know it or not, you have a preference for managing your time. Those who struggle with time management often either don’t understand their time style preferences or actively try to work against it because they think the way they’re doing it is wrong. ​By Julie Perrine. It’s just part of who you are.

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Allwork

APRIL 3, 2023

Guest Episode Video Transcript  Andrew Filev Founder And CEO of Wrike Andrew Filev is the founder and CEO of Wrike, a leading collaborative work management platform. He started the company in 2006 to help people and companies work more productively and be more time and cost efficient. In just a moment. So, let’s jump into it.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 9, 2013

Sure, you see many large corporations taking the initiative because they’re publicly traded companies so they can’t afford to anger the consumer market (plus they have the budget) but small businesses generally don’t have that luxury to suddenly flip a switch and become green within a few months. … or can they?

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 15, 2023

Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt presented his Spring Budget to the House of Commons. In it he announced what her referred to as his ‘four pillars’ of industrial and productivity strategy, namely: ‘Enterprise’, ‘Employment’, ‘Education’, and ‘Everywhere’.

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BioTeams

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The nexus of the article revolves around practical research across many large scale organisations that employ virtual and physical teams of all sizes (often 100 plus members) to take on projects across change management, technology integration, market development and/or business process optimisation. About Max Bhanabhai.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

For assistants who have managers that engage with social media it is important that they have a variety of great images that they can use when tweeting, updating LinkedIn and writing for the corporate blog. For those managing their organisation’s social media this is something you might be asked to research in 2015.

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. But around 2006, when he was starting his short-video production company, Sizzle It!, It has made us [nearly] 100% virtual. It has made us [nearly] 100% virtual.

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Catch Friday

JULY 8, 2011

This is the kind of campaign that you would want for your product - a sustained marketing blast that will increase your brand. 1st rate project managment to get the project completed to time & budget Quality copy and the best design you can get. offers the advantage to effectively run campaigns.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 25, 2010

is built on personality — an enthusiastic and quirky CEO, and products to match — but most large corporations are not. Small businesses have personality. Corporations don’t. There are exceptions to this rule. Sure, they have got branding, but it is rarely personal. Ronald McDonald has nothing on you as a person.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 26, 2010

This is his Travel log, his moblog, his mobile blogging project. He’s doing this on a shoestring budget. Even though these are affiliate links, I use or have purchased nearly all of the products and services listed below. He’s doesn’t have a super-fancy, whama-jama mobile phone, just a $20 Nokia.

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Are you a fan of kanban-style task management features to visualize workflows and customer leads? If so, two project management tools lead the fray — Pipedrive and Trello. From assigning and monitoring task progress to customer relationship management, both Pipeline and Trello offer unique advantages for both.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 18, 2011

People that are motivated are more productive.   [link]   When I would get a new manager on my team, I'd encourage them to flip through the book and flag items that appealed to them.  They just get more done - plain and simple.    So, how can one get motivated?  Find A Way To Give To Others.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. No, the self-help info-products I’m talking about are in fact more dangerous. I tell them to not break the budget. Self-help manuals and do-it-yourself user guides. Those we can spot a mile away.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

By taking the time to write down exactly what you want to accomplish, you’re much more likely to get a good product and avoid expensive rework because of miscommunications. If their price is beyond your budget, that’s okay – just tell them, then go look for someone in your price range. Saves massive amounts of time.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

We will manage, clumsily, in your absence,” which was very sweet and made me very happy as I was only in the role for 8 months at the time. It makes zero business sense and is very detrimental to the productivity and progress of the team, department, and the company’s bottom line. Think about time in a different manner.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Suz Amaro is the creator of the Vivesmart, a philosophy and ecosystem that accompanies more than 300 business owners to build a more productive and happy lifestyle. Ferrell’s student-based team has earned 12 Business Professionals of America awards and five Student Production awards. Coach, mentor, creator. Marie Forleo. Yvette Gavin.

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