Sat.Sep 26, 2015 - Fri.Oct 02, 2015

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Email Management: 5 Top Tips for Managing Your Emails

Office Organization Success

“Help! I’m in email overload.” When I asked my subscribers recently what their biggest office headache is, email is right up there with the rest of them! Comments such as: “Emails – yikes!” “Responding to emails” “Managing email” “Email overload” Sound familiar? Technology is a wonderful thing – it allows us to work virtually, from anywhere in the world, and makes our lives easier.

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Choose to Avoid Negative Talk In The Office

Office Dynamics

Imagine this… There is a huge fiery dragon roaming the earth. Some days, the dragon is a little more tame and other days the dragon is on a rampage breathing fire. Do you know this dragon? You may not be directly affected by this dragon the dragon can be creating pain for your industry, your employer, managers, executives, and customers. Now, what do I mean by starve the dragon?

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Research Proves Your Reputation Matters with New Colleagues

On The Job

If your grandmother always told you that your reputation matters a great deal in this world, she wasn't just offering some old-fashioned advice that doesn't matter anymore. According to a new study by Stanford GSB professor Adina D. Sterling, it appears that if you start a new job with well-regarded qualifications and credentials, then your ability to form a network within that organization is going to be high.

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The Rise of Social Offices and "Wholeness"

Small Business Labs

Industrious is a fast growing coworking chain that started in Chicago and now has spaces in a dozen or cities. Like the better known WeWork, Industrious spaces tend to be quite large by traditional coworking space standards. What I really like about Industrious is how they've branded themselves. The call themselves "social offices" Key quote from their website: We've created the social office—communities of 1 to 10 person private offices with plenty of common space and coworking

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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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Happy Sabbatical to Me!

Virtual Moxie

I'm officially away from today, through the New Year. Q4 is a time I take away from my regular responsibilities and try new things, dream new dreams, conjure and create, and historically come back more relaxed, happy, and ready to take on my world in new and/or different ways. This year, I'm specifically going to be conjuring what's next for me professionally.

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Why Your Presentations Suck -- and How to Make Them Much Better

On The Job

Michael Baldwin says we’ve been in a “downward spiral” since the first “spectacular” presentations were made with cave drawings 32,000 years ago. Since then, we’ve been subjected to boring slides cluttered with too much information and confusing or irrelevant graphics delivered by someone who is clueless as to why the audience appears to be sleeping with their eyes open.

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Quick Decluttering Tip

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2008-02-11 17:16:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Decluttering, also known as getting rid of stuff you don’t want or need, is something you should do every day. Tossing out the junk mail counts; I’m not talking about clearing out your closet. It’s a good idea to do it everyday because then you get in the habit and don’t have to think about it so much.

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Getting to Your Dreams With Uncompromising Standards

Virtual Moxie

I love Mike Dooley. His work is phenomenal and has helped so many people. If you haven't read his books, and have never seen Notes From the Universe, you're in for a treat. Today, a quote of his that, I think, stands without any embellishment from me. Keep on rockin' your standards. They will absolutely help you get where you want to go!

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Is it time to bust your comfort zone?

Office Dynamics

We’re all familiar with the comfort zone: That risk free place of ease and certainty with no surprises. It’s always the same in the comfort zone—nothing bad happens, but nothing particularly good either. The comfort zone can be a dangerous place, especially as an Administrative Professional in the modern working world. You know you’ve been there too long when you feel complacent or stagnant, restless or bored, full of fear or stuck in mediocrity—certainly not a recipe for professional success or

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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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The staggering lie of so-called Limiting Beliefs

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

My gears are really grinding on this one. It’s time to put an end to an insidious, toxic and manipulative lie that entrepreneurs are being sold. The worst part? They’re so brainwashed, they tell THEMSELVES the lie too. It goes like this: You’re struggling to get results with whatever it is you’re doing. You get training, coaching, consulting or you join some mastermind group to fix your stuck-ness.

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How I Use Yosemite On My Mac to Get Work Done

Productivityist

This guest post was written by Heidi Pungartnik, founder of the productivity website On The Grind. She would love for you to stop by and grab her free list of 20 little known productivity tools here ! Apple’s Yosemite operating system offers many new features to help users be more productive. For example, now you can push iOS call and text notifications to your Mac’s screen.

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How to Change Your Language – and Change Your Mind

Men With Pens

Click here to read the full article →Another rocking post from Men With Pens! How to Change Your Language – and Change Your Mind first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Executives and Assistants Working In Partnership Guide Giveaway Winner

Office Dynamics

Thank you to all who participated in our contest in collaboration with Executive Secretary Magazine for a free copy of the soon-to-be-released Guide, Executives and Assistants Working in Partnership. The winner of our contest, Jade Romero , will receive her copy of the Guide as soon as it’s released. Expected Mid-October. Learn more here. The post Executives and Assistants Working In Partnership Guide Giveaway Winner appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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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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Why You And Your Team Should Be Attending Conferences

Brilliantly Better

Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions. Completely synergize resource taxing … The post Why You And Your Team Should Be Attending Conferences appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Good Health and Productivity Go Together

Productivityist

There is no doubt there are many great applications out there to help you boost your productivity. And, in most cases, less time in your email inbox is a good thing. But t he most productive thing I do each day has nothing to do with traditional productivity. Choosing to live a healthy lifestyle is by far the most productive thing I do. . Over time, I’ve found the healthy habits that work for me.

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The 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence Report - 30.2 Million U.S. Independent Workers

Small Business Labs

The 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence Report was released today. Key findings include: The number of independent workers aged 21 and up stands at 30.2 million in 2015, divided between 17.8 million Full-Time Independents and 12.4 million Part-Time Independents. These are people who regularly work as independent workers (self-employed, freelancers, temps, etc.) in an average work week. 2.9 million (or 16%) of the 17.8 million Full-Time Independents reported that they earned more than $100,00

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The Productivityist Podcast 59: The Habits of a Happy Brain with Loretta Breuning

Productivityist

In this episode of The Productivityist Podcast, I speak with Dr. Loretta Breuning from the Inner Mammal Institute. We talk about how you can retrain your brain, including some tactics and tips so that you can start building a happier and healthier brain. We dive into how to build new neural circuits, discuss the four chemicals that affect our behaviour, and how to tap into the animal inside of you so that you can embrace your “inner mammal” and craft more positive experiences.

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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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Ensuring Mobile Compatibility For Your Website

Brilliantly Better

Quickly communicate enabled technology and turnkey leadership skills. Uniquely enable accurate supply chains rather than frictionless technology. Globally network focused materials vis-a-vis cost effective manufactured … The post Ensuring Mobile Compatibility For Your Website appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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3D Printing Industry Forecast to Reach $12.5 Billion in 2018

Small Business Labs

"Big Three" strategy consulting firm Bain and Company is forecasting the 3D printing industry will continue its rapid growth and reach $12.5 billion in revenue in 2018. The chart below, taken from a Bain infographic on 3D printing , illustrates this growth.   Bain believes 3D printing is ideal for manufacturing complex parts in relatively small numbers, but that a number of challenges remain to be solved before 3D printing can become mainstream.

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