Office Dynamics

MAY 3, 2016

The average employee stays at a job for just 4.6 years , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. College graduates will usually take their first steps into their career path either as an intern or entry-level employee with the hope to propel their career forward. Those first jobs are full of ups and downs with disappointments and surprising successes along the way.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2016

We've been in a lot of meetings lately where people talk about the "Uberization of Work" These discussions tend to go the same way. The claim is made that Uber is creating the gig economy by hiring independent contractors instead of traditional employees. We don't agree. In fact, we believe the opposite - Uber exists because of the growing need for highly flexible part-time work to supplement incomes.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 3, 2016

After the success of the Assist Conference and Assist Travel, both of which are based in London. I have decided to hit the road and organise some events in other parts of the UK. Looking at where in the country the Practically Perfect PA readers are based I’ve decided to hitch my tent in Leeds and Edinburgh. So what do I have planned? Well, I’m going to run two free to attend events in Leeds and in Edinburgh.

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Productivityist

MAY 3, 2016

This piece originally appeared in The Productivityist Weekly newsletter. If you’d like to receive first-run and exclusive content delivered to your email inbox every week (and receive additional bonus offers and a free copy of my manifesto The Way of The Productivityist), sign up here. “Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.” – Henry David Thoreau.

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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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BioTeams

MAY 3, 2016

Sometimes teams can become quite blind towards some very obvious improvements to their performance. There may be huge elephants in the team room which have somehow become camouflaged. Here is a short team exercise to quickly highlight big improvement opportunities by putting the team into an imaginary pressure cooker.

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