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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. First, I have been entrenched in the administrative profession for 50 years. I worked in the profession for 20 years before starting Office Dynamics in 1990. Office Dynamics specifically focuses on training and development for administrative professionals of all levels.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness

Eat Your Career

I am a firm believer that all growth starts with understanding yourself. Before you can grow as a person or as a professional, you have to first know who you are and why you do what you do. This skill is commonly referred to as “self-awareness,” and it’s an important element of emotional intelligence , which is widely considered a key factor in life and career success.

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Research Shows How to Be More Creative

On The Job

Is there anything more frustrating than to be told: "Come up with a really creative idea/solution to this problem. Oh, and we need it right now." Creativity often isn't something that you can turn off and on like a switch. Sometimes the best ideas don't hit you until you're taking a shower or doing something really inane to have an "aha!" moment. But new research from Stanford Graduate School of Business provides some insight into the creative process, which might prove useful when we're under p

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What’s Really Stopping You From Launching Your Home Business?

Tips From T. Marie

We all have different excuses. I don’t have the money. No one supports me. I don’t know how to begin. There are as many different excuses for not following your dream of being your own boss as there are people who dream it. No matter how many excuses you’re giving yourself, do you want to know what’s really stopping you from launching your home business?

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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!

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Office Dynamics International Celebrates 30 Years of Inspiring Administrative Excellence

Office Dynamics

To Our Clients and Colleagues: 30 years is a long time to sustain and build a business in a very unique niche. one that I created. administrative training and development. There have been many ups and downs over the years but I would not have chosen any other path. To this day, I am passionate as ever about championing assistants, pushing them to be their very best, and teaching both assistants and their executives to build strategic partnerships.

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JWT Intelligence's 100 Trends for 2020

Small Business Labs

Each of the past 6 years the trends group at the global advertising giant Wunderman Thompson has released an annual trends report covering 100 trends to follow in the coming year. Yes, they really do have 100 trends. And the JWt Intelligence Future 100 Report: 2020 takes 226 pages to cover them.  The focus is on consumers and the report covers trends across 10 sectors, spanning marketing, culture, luxury, beauty, travel and more.  Our favorite trend comes from the beauty section and

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Places You can Promote Yourself with Public Speaking

Ian's Messy Desk

The post Places You can Promote Yourself with Public Speaking appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. So, you’ve decided to start giving speeches to promote your product or yourself. You know your subject and you have material ready. Where can you go to speak? Guess what? There are loads of places looking for someone to speak. The weekly e-mail newsletter from my professional association periodically carries the tagline, “We’re looking for […].

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Podcast 136: I’m not in the mood!

Clutter Coach

by Listen or subscribe here: iTunes ? Stitcher ?. Soundcloud ? YouTube ? Google Play ? iHeartRadio You can leave a review here! This is podcast 136 and it’s about not being in the mood, dang it. On this podcast I talk about ways to have less clutter, use your time effectively and be organized with what I hope is a light touch rather than a rigid prescription.

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Episode 280: All You Have to Do is Ask with Dr. Wayne Baker

Productivityist

On this episode of the podcast, I welcome Dr. Wayne Baker as my guest. Focusing on social capital, social networks, generosity, and positive organizations, Dr. Baker has published six books and contributed to such outlets as Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, and Sloan Management Review. A frequent guest speaker and management consultant, Dr.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Commonly Asked Questions Rgarding Personal Loans

Small Business CEO

If you are planning to get a personal loan, there will be a lot of questions revolving in your head. You no longer have to worry. The below personal loan faqs will help you out to clear your doubts. Can you get the loan with a bad credit score? Personal loans depend upon the credit score. The better your credit score is, the better the rate of return you will get.

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Maintaining Focus with a Parking Lot

Jen Lawrence

Have you ever been in a meeting and while you do your best to focus on the content, you can’t help but think of all the other things floating around in your life? Or someone’s comment puts a thought in your mind and you find yourself stuck on it? Sure you have! It’s always the most random stuff too. Did you ever hear back from that person?

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The Roadblock Is Your Exit (And Why I’ve Been Silent For The Last 3 Weeks)

Brilliantly Better

You may have heard the first part of the title worded differently, something like “the obstacle is the way” That’s because it’s also the title of a quite popular book by Ryan Holiday. What you may not know, though (if you didn’t read the book) is that the phrase was not coined by Ryan Holiday. Read more The Roadblock Is Your Exit (And Why I’ve Been Silent For The Last 3 Weeks).

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Episode 280: All You Have to Do is Ask with Dr. Wayne Baker

Productivityist

On this episode of the podcast, I welcome Dr. Wayne Baker as my guest. Focusing on social capital, social networks, generosity, and positive organizations, Dr. Baker has published six books and contributed to such outlets as Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, and Sloan Management Review. A frequent guest speaker and management consultant, Dr.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Here’s What No One Tells You About Digital Marketing

Small Business CEO

With the rise of the sun, the era of digital marketing welcomes new technologies, strategies, innovations, opportunities, and pitfalls each day. That said, people who are new to the online marketing world can face a lot of challenges and feel overwhelming. This generally happens due to the myths and apprehensions that surround digital marketing. Let’s start with the basics and find out what nobody tells you about digital marketing.

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Must-have Tools for Growing Your Business

Small Business CEO

It’s much easier to run a business now than ever before thanks to the technology that is constantly evolving. Many companies are now using tools that help them run their business and make a profit more efficiently. You can choose among hundreds of useful tools for your business and watch it flourish. There are so many tools currently available that target different areas of your business.

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5 Best Cities for Starting a Business

Small Business CEO

Starting a business can be both an exciting and nerve-racking endeavor. Finding the perfect location, though, can help ease your worries by providing your company with better long term prospects. Based on commentary from various small business owners, economic research, an expansive data collection effort, we’ve compiled six of the best cities to start a small business in.

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3 Important Cloud Trends to Watch Out For in 2020

Small Business CEO

Cloud computing has enjoyed a warm welcome this past decade, and the future is only looking better for the industry. It seems like only yesterday that you could finally create and save documents in the cloud. Goodbye, hard drives, and say hello to cloud storage. It’s never been easier to save files to any connected device and print from your phone.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Startups and the Circular Economy

Small Business CEO

For small businesses and startups everywhere, sustainability is a hot topic. In fact, as our impact on the planet becomes ever more evident, there’s increasing calls for businesses of all sizes to step up their efforts to reduce waste and push for a more sustainable economic model. Our existing practices of “take, make, and dispose” have been called out, and today its less acceptable than ever before to simply profit with little regard for the resources used and the waste it creates.

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7 Awesome SEO Benefits for Your Small Business

Small Business CEO

Think your business is too small to benefit from SEO? Think again. If you think SEO is only for large companies, we’re happy to finally put that myth to rest. Absolutely every business, no matter how small, can and should reap the benefits of SEO. You don’t believe us? Of course you don’t! And we didn’t expect you too—not yet, anyway.

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How to Create Your Own Recording Studio

Small Business CEO

The music industry is extremely competitive , with no shortage of talented new artists. So, if you’re looking to make it big in the music business, you’re going to need to ensure you have a professional setup. Creating your own recording studio can be challenging, but it’s also going to prove invaluable. Not only will it help you to create professional music, but it’s also going to save you a fortune in the long-term.

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Managing a Remote Team? 6 Tips on Hosting an Effective Telephone Meeting

Small Business CEO

Remote work in the United States has grown 159% in the last 12 years. Organizing a remote team can be challenging and requires non-traditional methods like telephone meetings and video conferences. If you’re confronted by this, keep reading because here are some tips you can use in your telephone meeting. Telephone Meeting. Using a telephone or computer to host meetings is becoming the new normal.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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7 Tried and Tested Guerrilla Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business

Small Business CEO

While we now associate “guerrilla marketing” with the internet, entrepreneurs have long been trying different low-cost ways to bring attention to their businesses without spending the cash. Even before Conrad Jay Levinson popularized the term in 1984 with his seminal book Guerrilla Marketing, business owners and managers have long struggled with making limited marketing budgets go further.

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How to Start a Business When You Have Student Debt

Small Business CEO

So you’ve graduated college and are ready to start your own business. You’ve got a lot of new knowledge about the workforce, the marketplace, and what you want. But with a heaping load of student loans, how can you afford to make it all happen? With precise planning, managing your student loan debt isn’t as difficult as it sounds. We’ve collected data, tips, and solutions from all across the spectrum to help you determine the first steps into achieving your dream of being a business owner.

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How Service-Based Businesses Can Use a PPC Campaign

Small Business CEO

Pay-Per-Click or PPC marketing is a preferred form of online advertising for many service-based businesses, and it’s easy to see why. It can bring in instant traffic and a good ROI if implemented properly. But even though it’s not a remote concept for most business owners, PPC mains shrouded in mystery. How exactly can you use it to bring more clients into your service-based business?

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How a Small Business Can Invoke the Power of Involuntary Bankruptcy to Get Paid

Small Business CEO

Yes, you read that right – a creditor can force a business debtor (and sometimes, a wealthy individual ) into bankruptcy under certain circumstances. If a business debtor owes your company money, consider filing an involuntary bankruptcy case on its behalf. Read on to find out when filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition is advantageous for a creditor, and how to do so.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha