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100 words that will making minute taking a breeze

Practically Perfect PA

So as we all know minute taking can sometimes be a little tedious (Friday morning job anyone!!) I used to write hundreds of minutes every year and I really did find some amazing hacks that would make the task easier, quicker and less boring! You can find more of my tips here. I used to find that I repeated the same words over and over to describe the decisions made and actions agreed.

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3 Essential Financial Reports to Ensure YOUR Profitability

Office Organization Success

Your Financial Management System … one of your top FOUR business management and marketing systems. And yet for many of you, it’s the one you’re least likely to set up. But the financial state of your business is probably the ONE THING that will keep you awake at night… Can you see the disconnect here? Creating a robust financial management system is THE essential system for your business – after all it’s the one system that will show you: if your business is making a prof

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There is Something to be Said for Endurance

Office Dynamics

JJ Villar, Lauren Birchmeier, and Jasmine Freeman. Who are they and what do they have in common? JJ Villar is one of the best dancers and choreographers in Las Vegas. JJ is only 1 of 8 of the original performers in the Michael Jackson ONE Cirque show. He has endured several injuries, tough workouts 5 days a week, having to stay perfectly physically fit, and mentally alert.

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Uber Didn't Create the Gig Economy; The Gig Economy Created Uber

Small Business Labs

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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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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Why You Must Learn to Work With Other Departments

On The Job

In the past, the only time the tech department and those in finance or business operations might have interacted was at the annual holiday party. But even then, the employees pretty much huddled with their own department, like Super Bowl teams plotting the next interception. But it’s a different story these days, as more companies encourage – or even require – cross-functional collaboration.

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Entry-Level Jobs Teach Great Lessons to Those Willing to Learn

Office Dynamics

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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Do Gig Workers Like Their Jobs? It's All About Choice, Flexibility, and Control

Small Business Labs

There is much confusion around whether or not gig workers like their jobs. The reason is the answer depends on which gig workers you ask.  We've done extensive research on this topic and whether or not someone likes gig work tends to boil down to the answers to two questions: 1. Did they choose gig work? People who choose gig work tend to be highly satisfied with it and are likely to say they prefer gig work over having a traditional job.

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Does Your Boss Have an Entourage?

On The Job

Let's say it's just been announced that you're getting a new boss because of a recent merger or downsizing. The new boss gives a "It's going to be great!" speech and you sort of breathe a sigh of relief. She doesn't have a headful of snakes and doesn't eat puppies for breakfast. This you can live with! You begin trying to impress your new boss (or at least stay our of her way).

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Our Social Media and Tech Training course is two weeks away!

Practically Perfect PA

I just wanted to remind you that our Social Media and tech training course is two weeks away! The first course is for assistants who want to learn how social media, apps and office tech can help increase their productivity and career development. There are still a few places left if you are interested in attending. Here are all the details: . Social Media, Apps and Office tech for Assistants.

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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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Why Conference Receptions Are A Great Place to Start Networking

Office Dynamics

Do you dread going to the welcome reception at a conference? Or the opening night get together? A lot of people do, especially if they attend the conference alone or are a first timer. However, going to the first night’s event when attending an administrative conference is a great way to start meeting the people with whom you will spend the next 3 or 4 days.

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Guest Post: Tips & Tricks for Using Skype for Business

Tips From T. Marie

Tips from T.Marie is happy to offer the following guest post by Kathy Finsterle. Kathy Finsterle has been a content writer and blogger in London, Barcelona, and now sunny central Florida for Remington College’s business administration programs. She wears many hats, including fashionista, food critic, world traveler, ESL instructor, web marketer and more.

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Why You Should Plan To Burn Out

Productivity Bits

Meetings. Assignments. Deadlines. Email. Phone calls. Texts. Reports. Trips. Projects. Some days the demands of the job seem never-ending. A hectic day now and then is manageable. String too many together, though, and you risk burnout. How do you spot it? Burned-out employees dread going to work , and, once there, they have negative attitudes and interactions.

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How to Do More of the Things You Love

Productivityist

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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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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Hired, then abandoned–how to become part of the team?

Office Dynamics

This month’s question from our friends at The Admin Pro Forum is from Maddy who is struggling to become part of the team at her new office. Take a moment to read her question and let us know what you think in the comments of this blog. Have you ever found yourself in a similar scenario? What did you do? Question: “I was really looking forward to working for the company that hired me a few weeks ago, but right away I got the sense that no one was very interested in making me feel like

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Why Your Small Business Needs a Website

Small Business CEO

Many small business owners make the mistake of believing that their company can do without a website. With small businesses often targeting people in the local area and surrounding areas, it’s no surprise that many small business owners tend to think that the world of the internet is best left to the larger, global corporations. However, times have changed and whilst this may have been true a few years back, more and more people are searching for small, local businesses online.

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Proud to Be a Certified B Corporation

Energage

B Corps offer a positive vision of a better way to do business. . At WorkplaceDynamics , our goals extend well beyond creating wealth. We want to help leaders make a valuable impact on organizational health, the working lives of employees, and society overall. That’s why we’ve chosen to be a Certified B Corporation. More than 1,600 companies in 42 countries have met the performance requirements and signed the Declaration of Interdependence that begins: .

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5 Essential Tips For Tackling Decision Fatigue

Productivityist

Today’s guest post is by Brad Wayland. Brad is an entrepreneur, Chiefs fan and the VP of Business Development at BlueCotton , an on-demand t-shirt printing company. . Do you feel exhausted after hosting an event or after working on a big project? Feel like your brain is just tired or worn out at the end of the day? You’re likely encountering something known as decision fatigue.

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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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How good is your team? Try the Team Pressure Cooker Exercise!

BioTeams

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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The Power of Video for Growing Businesses

Small Business CEO

When it comes to successfully growing a business in the age of the internet, few tools are more powerful than video. It can be used in dozens of different ways and is exponentially more compelling than any other form of marketing or branding. Unfortunately, with so many different possible strategies, brands often get confused by which ones to implement for best results.

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3 Tips for Managing Growth of your Small Business

Small Business CEO

The main goal of any small business is to succeed and to succeed well. Despite this being a universal and common goal, many small business owners are caught unawares when their company begins doing extremely well. Rather than being a pleasant surprise, this has a tendency to diminish the reputation of the business. This is typically because small businesses are unprepared to cater to an increase in customers or demand.

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3 Reasons Why Every SMB Should Have a Graphic Portfolio

Small Business CEO

As the leaders of small businesses, we’re constantly looking for new ways to elevate the marketability of our companies. After all, projecting the appearance of professionalism and maintaining an optimal image are essential when you’re trying to appeal to a wide range of leads, as many of them will arrive at your site having no prior knowledge of your business.

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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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How Can a CEO Get (and Stay) in Touch with Employees?

Small Business CEO

Often CEOs lose touch, or are perceived to have lost touch with their people. What’s worse, they can appear to have lost touch with the reality of working in the business. Clearly, this can be incredibly damaging. If, as CEO, you don’t really understand the concerns, ideas, motivations or realities of your employees, you’re likely to make some very poor decisions, which will impact the business.

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“Local” Marketing is Essential for Construction Trades

Small Business CEO

Marketing isn’t rocket science, but many companies waste time on the wrong strategies. Small roofing contractors usually service the local community , so putting a huge amount of time and effort into a flash website might not be money well spent if most of your new business is word of mouth referrals. Building Brand Loyalty. Whilst you shouldn’t pour all of your energy into digital marketing, you do need to spend some of the budget promoting your business online.

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The Productivityist Podcast: The More of Less with Joshua Becker

Productivityist

This episode features my conversation with Joshua Becker. Joshua is the man behind Becoming Minimalist and the author of The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own. I enjoyed chatting with Joshua about the meaning of minimalism, his new initiative The Hope Effect, and finding out if he is okay with my wanting a Tesla as my next car.

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3 Thing That You Need To Know About Forex Market Regulations

Small Business CEO

The foreign exchange is by far the largest and most liquid financial market in the world, with an estimated $5.3 trillion traded globally on a daily basis. This is at least according to the most recent Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) triennial survey, which evaluates markets according to their value and growth. The size of this market has caused some issues in terms of regulation, however, as historically there has been no single global body tasked with policing the foreign excha

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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