Mon.Aug 31, 2015

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3 Tips for Getting Clearer Instructions From the Boss

On The Job

"You'll figure it out." These are the words often imparted to an employee as the boss hands off an assignment. If the employee is lucky, then that may truly be the case. But many of us have been in the position of being confused -- and possibly even totally clueless -- about what the boss wants. What we have are sort of vague instructions that may include "Talk to Heather about it -- I think she's done something similar.

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Opportunity Is Disguised As A Barrier

Office Dynamics

What’s standing in your way? Do you give up at the first sign of resistance? As soon as you hit a bump on the road to your dreams, do you back off? Do you say to yourself, “This just isn’t meant to happen?” Or “This must be a sign that I need to forget this dream.”. Opportunity Is Disguised As A Barrier. Opportunities for growth might be more commonly known as barriers, obstacles or road blocks.

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Defining the Human Cloud

Small Business Labs

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) - a leading, global analyst firm focused on the use of contingent workers by businesses - recently released a report on the human cloud. It's only available to their members. But since I called them a "leading, global analyst firm" and pitch them again at the end of this article, I'm hoping they'll be OK with me "borrowing" a bit from their report.

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Essentialism: Focus on Less Tasks to Get More Work Done

Productivityist

This is a guest post by Niklas Goeke. Niklas is a freelance writer and coach on coach.me. Action is his cure to anything, so he won’t be mad at you if you cut some corners and jump right to the audiobook and video workshop version of this post. Have you ever felt like there are just not enough hours in the day? You feel like you’re rushing from one task to the next, but still do not catch up to a point where you feel good about the stuff you got done?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!