Office Dynamics

AUGUST 8, 2016

I had the fortunate opportunity last week to be a part of an incredible graduation and celebration for 39 administrative professionals graduating from our Star Achievement Series® who embarked upon this journey that started 3 years ago. Yes, I said 3 years. I was so impressed with these individuals who took 96 hours of training consisting of 3 levels of learning over a 3 year period.

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On The Job

AUGUST 8, 2016

It can be frustrating as a manager when your best talent walks out the door and you're forced to begin looking for someone to replace him or her. It also can be expensive -- the Society for Human Resource Management estimates the average cost-per-hire is $4,100 and it takes 42 days to fill a position. While many employers try to attract and retain workers by having beer pong on Fridays and offering everything from nap rooms to free cookies in the break room, a new study may shed some light on wh

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2016

Earlier this year the failure of few food delivery startups led to a number of pundits and articles claiming that the on-demand economy was in trouble. Examples include TechCrunch's SpoonRocket shuts down amongst on-demand apocalypse  and Bloomberg's Food-Delivery Startups Head for Shakeout as Venture Money Slows. And to be fair, a number of food delivery startups have failed.

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Energage

AUGUST 8, 2016

Award-Winning Companies Attract Better Job Candidates and have Lower Turnover. Companies that earn recognition as top workplaces attract more highly qualified job applicants and experience reduced employee turnover, new research shows. The findings , published in the Academy of Management Journal , support the benefits of third-party verification programs such as Top Workplaces , which has ranked quality companies across the United States since 2006.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Productivityist

AUGUST 8, 2016

In this episode of the podcast, I not only talk with Andy Ramage and Ruari Fairbairns of One Year No Beer but I also take on one of their challenges. That’s right. As of recording this episode I went alcohol-free for 90 days. I dive into that challenge a bit more in an upcoming bonus episode (exclusive to Patreon supporters ) but also a little bit in this one.

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