Sat.Dec 29, 2012 - Fri.Jan 04, 2013

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What can assistants expect in 2013

Practically Perfect PA

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. Over the holidays I´ve been thinking about the year ahead and have lots of exciting things planned which will keep me busy. I hope you all feel the same and are looking forward to the next twelve months. I think it will be another interesting year for assistants with lots of changes and further challenges for our industry.

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The Skills You Need to be Great Boss

On The Job

Most people I know like to complain about their bosses. Sometimes the complaints are trivial, and sometimes not. But when asked how they would do things differently, there is often a pause. "Me? Well, let me see." they say. Few of us consider what it's like to stand in the shoes of the boss, but it's something to consider if you want to move up the ladder at work.

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The Top 5 Cities for Green Jobs

Eco-Office Gals

Eco friendly business and environmental responsibility are becoming more widely accepted–in many places, they are even being demanded. Reckless actions in the past have had a serious effect on the environment, and many people are trying to repair the damage. These 5 cities have come out above the rest in terms of spurring this new industry forward.

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Quiz: Are You a Respectful Co-Worker?

Eat Your Career

Your office is probably full of different personalities— some easier to get along with than others. No matter where you work, or what you do, respecting your co-workers is an essential part of being a high-quality professional. Your team is there to support and guide you. But if you don’t treat others with the respect they deserve, you’ll end up struggling all alone.

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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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How to Make New Year’s Resolutions that Stick

Ian's Messy Desk

It’s traditional to mark the beginning of the year with commitments to change, and goals to be accomplished in the next twelve months. However, it doesn’t take long to discover at the end of the year that we came no closer to achieving those resolutions than when we made them. Here are four useful suggestions to increase the probability that your New Year’s resolutions will stick this year.

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How One Seattle School District Saved $1.5 Million by Turning Off Lights

Eco-Office Gals

Every time that you get an electricity bill in the mail (especially in the heat of the summer or during very cold winter months), you probably find yourself wondering what you could have done to keep it from being so high. Before this article is finished, we will share some tips with you on how to decrease the amount of energy that you use so that you will find yourself spending less money for electricity.

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How to Deal with Your Stress While in Transition

Job Advice Blog

Physicians and psychiatrists have proved that there is a positive correlation between stress and illness. People in transition experience various and variable levels of stress. And such stress is not a stand-alone issue but is compounded by other stressors. One study identified three types of life stresses: chemical, physical, and attitudinal. All together there are [.].

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What are the admin’s ironclad rules?

Office Dynamics

What are the admin’s ironclad rules to live by? by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on DECEMBER 26, 2012 8:31PM. in ADMIN PRO FORUM. Question: "For the company policy guide, our team is submitting a set of three rules—just three—that administrative assistants should keep in mind as they go about their work in order to be the best they can be. Does anyone have any good ones that we should make sure to include?

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6-Month Lead, Leverage & Leap Programs – - Q&A

Step It Up VA Coaching

My team and I have been fielding a LOT of phone calls and emails with questions about my 6-Month Lead, Leverage & Leap Programs for 2013. As such, I wanted to pass those questions and answers along to you, as you may have had similar questions. As a reminder, the details of these high-level programs are found here: [link] leaptosuccess . There are still open spots, I’m still accepting applications and I’ll be reviewing more this weekend.

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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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Top 5 Tips for Finding Green Collar Jobs

Eco-Office Gals

Green collar jobs, those that promote environmental consciousness and sustainability in the green industry, are becoming more desirable every day. As the reality of our ecological problems becomes ever more present, people everywhere are starting to push for a greener tomorrow. This is a great time to look for career options, but you may be feeling lost.

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The Big Finish

Loosely Speaking

Right here in public I am vowing to finish at LEAST 6 of my works in progress before starting any new knitting in 2013. Some of the pieces I have to choose from in narrowing down to six are delightful. I haven’t lost interest, I just needed something different to do at the time. Here are a few of those in-the-works pieces I’ll attempt to complete: Panoramic Shawl , by one of my favorite designers, Hannah Fettig, in beautiful blue organic merino from Swans Island.

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Remembering Dave Burge

Office Dynamics

Today marks the anniversary of the day we lost one of our own. Dave Burge was the Chief Operating Officer for Office Dynamics International when he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on January 3, 2011. His passing was peaceful and he was with loved ones. It's two years later and we still miss Dave and cite him around the office on a regular basis.

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Crisis Management – The Pacifier Model

Brilliantly Better

If you have kids, you know what a pacifier is. If you don’t have kids, chances that you do know what a pacifier is are still pretty high, because you may already have used one as a child. But if you don’t know what a pacifier is, I’m gonna tell you anyway: it’s a rubber, [.].

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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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How to Develop a Sustainable Vision for Your Business in the New Year

Eco-Office Gals

Every new year brings new opportunities, and it is important for businesses to always seize those opportunities when they arise. In a time when the environment is undeniably at risk, when we are faced with global climate change and dwindling resources, it is the responsibility of every business to move toward more sustainable practices. The days of reckless abandon cannot persist any longer without dire consequences.

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How to know your purpose with utter certainty

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Beyond my roster of paying clients, I deal with a ceaseless flow of entrepreneurial enquiry. Thanks to my free Clarity Couch , I have my finger on the pulse of the entrepreneurial mind. Getting stuck making the “big decision” is the most common issue I hear. Should I commit to this project? Should I focus exclusively on X? Is this my purpose that I’ve found, or just another faux epiphany that’ll soon fade?

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Thinking Ahead

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Thinking Ahead Posted on 01/03/2013 // 1 Comment I’m watching Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview right now — for the first time. And as I write this he is talking about how the web is going to change things. We’ll be buying things we used to buy in catalogs online instead. He goes on to talk about how the human race builds things that make us better – better than what we should be able to do innately.

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2012 – The Aftermath

Brilliantly Better

I know I already sketched the most important things I did in 2012, but, following the tradition on this post I’ll do an aftermath too. Technically, this post is written in the last hours of 2012, but I decided to publish it in the very first hour of 2013, for beauty reasons. It just looks [.].

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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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5 Ways Your Company Can Get Even Greener in 2013

Eco-Office Gals

A new year is here. It’s time to set some new goals, time to make some new plans and when it comes to our businesses, it’s time to be even better about the use of our resources; especially when it comes to making choices that will be more energy efficient and better for the environment over all. Are you looking for some relatively quick and easy ways to make your company “all the more green” in 2013?

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Zappos customer service ‘core values’ sets record for longest call

Service Untitled

Zappos’ Customer Loyalty Team repeatedly exceeds expectations of the family culture CEO Tony Hsieh envisioned as his passion for customizing customer service always remains a number one priority 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. On December 8, Customer Loyalty Team member Shaea Labus spent 10 hours and 29 minutes on a phone call. According to The Huffington Post, the call set a new record; beating out the previous record at the online shoe and apparel retailer of 8 hours and 29 minutes.

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Behavioural Economics can predict irrational human behaviour

BioTeams

I have been reading about Behavioural Economics (and Behavioural Finance) through the excellent 8-minute summaries from iminds.com. BE explains why we are systemically and predictably irrational in our economic decisions and introduces 2 terms "Bounded Rationality" and "Bounded Willpower" as limits to rationality within which we all operate. There are 8 prevalent behavioural biases identified by BE which resonate with my previous article on Meta Dilemmas : Endowment Effect: tendency to place mor

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The Apps and Services I Need to Use More in 2013

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Apps and Services I Need to Use More in 2013 Posted on 01/02/2013 // 2 Comments I’ve tested a lot of apps and services over the past few years, and there are some that I’ve given more attention to than others. Some I’ve given more than a fair chance, and they’ve either become a part of my digital life or they didn’t.

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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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Top 5 Ways to Greenify Your Computer

Eco-Office Gals

If you’re someone who is passionate about being energy efficient, then you’re probably always on the hunt for how to greenify just about every facet of your life, right? Well, living in this day and age, you probably have a computer (or several). When it comes to it, did you know that there are actually ways that it can be greenified as well?

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Announcement – Make 2013 the best year yet

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Welcome to 2013 everyone! For all that I post about counter-intuitively avoiding New Year’s resolutions and other cliches of the season, I actually love New Year’s eve. The optimist in me is seduced by the idea that I can turn over a new leaf. I suspect I’m not alone. In the past, I’ve avoided doing massive “How to set yourself up for the New Year” tutorials, wanting to avoid a cheesy “me too” post.

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How the way we talk can change the way we work. and think

BioTeams

I am reading an intriguing book How the way we talk can change the way we work written by two psychologists of adult learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The authors contend that we are naturally immune to any form of change (with our systems quickly rejecting casual changes) and to make change in ourselves and others we must learn 7 new languages (ways) to talk about change.

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2012: My Year in Review

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 2012: My Year in Review Posted on 12/30/2012 // Leave a Comment Last year I offered up a year in review post , and i’m doing it again this year. Only this time I can actually tell you what I did and didn’t accomplish in the year gone by that I’d set out to do – and I can also add to the list what I did accomplish beyond what I’d “previewed” So here goes… I will write at least one book, but more likely two…or ev

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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