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The 4 steps of business travel planning: Managing your Executive while they are on the road

Practically Perfect PA

So this is part three of my four part business travel planning guide. So far I have published part one: waving goodbye to your Exec and part two: Delivering your Exec to their destination. Today I will look at how you can manage your Executive while they are on the road. Here are my top tips: Prior to the trip make sure that you both have the same expectations.

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How to Get Better Opportunities at Work

On The Job

No one sits at work and says to anyone who will listen: "Please give me the worst assignments you can think of. Make sure to dump your boring work on me, and don't forget to make sure I miss any new opportunities." Yet, that's what happens to many workers. One day they look around and realize that other people are working on exciting -- or at least interesting -- projects.

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Pets as Part of the Family

Small Business Labs

Consumer research giant Nielsen's Nothing Is Too Good for Fido: Pets That Have it All nicely sums up a recent set of research showing the extent to which pets have become family members. Regular reader know we refer to this as pet humanization and that it's one of our favorite trends. It's even tangentially linked to the topic of this blog because pet humanization is leading to a lot of small business opportunities.

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Attract Clients Via Truth Telling

Virtual Moxie

Attraction. If you're an AssistU-trained VA , it's a concept (or, as TJL would say, an "operating system") you've heard a lot about. Others of you reading this probably also know about Attraction—it's difficult to move about the 'net anymore without running into it. Recently, I've run into some VA web sites where the VAs are trying to employ some sort of Attraction mojo, but they aren't really getting it.

Skills 167
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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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An Alternative to Netsuite?

The Small Business Blog

Is there currently a SaaS offering that is an alternative to Netsuite? Yes! The answer is WinWeb. WinWeb gives you transformational enterprise level cloud computing for your growing business. One unified business management suite, combining traditional back-office, social media, web services, customer care, online & offline multi-channel sales and fulfilment activities.

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How to Keep Your Best Employees From Leaving

On The Job

It seems like nearly every day a new lawsuit is launched by a company accusing another employer of poaching workers. The valued employees have walked out of the door, lawsuits charge, and taken company knowledge to the competitor. While the courts will decide whether any laws have been broken in these instances, it should be a wake- up call for any employer, no matter how big or small.

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The Positives of On-Demand Economy Jobs

Small Business Labs

It seems like every time I turn on my computer I see another story about how bad on-demand economy jobs are.  But I think critics are missing two very important points: 1. Research on this sector - ours and  the research of others  - consistently finds the majority of on-demand workers are satisfied and prefer their on-demand work over a traditional full or part-time job. 2.

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You Can Find Us On The New Periscope App

Office Dynamics

If you’re anything like me, you love to check out the newest technologies. I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz around Periscope by now, but if you haven’t, you’re in the right place – keep reading. We started our interest with Periscope by watching scopes of a few friends and people who seemed to know what they were doing with the app and others who were sharing the scenery around the world (think Disneyland’s parade; a carnival in France; the people milling

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Perfectionism or Death

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2007-12-05 15:52:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter What’s the biggest problem with perfectionists? It’s that they don’t know they have a problem! Perfectionism is a habit that people are proud of, even when it causes them anxiety and trouble. This New York Times article describes how being a perfectionist can lead to mental health problems and even suicide, not to mention garden variety unhappiness and stress.

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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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Happy New Year: Why Labour Day Has Become My New Year’s Day

Productivityist

Back when I wrote The Front Nine , I explained that I started my new year in February. Actually, the specific date was February 2nd: Groundhog Day. Why? Because – as a nod to the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day – I didn’t want my new year to be a rehash of the previous year. I took January as a time to reflect and recharge, and then hit the ground running once February 2nd arrived.

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How to build your “yes set” for success

Men With Pens

Click here to read the full article →Another rocking post from Men With Pens! How to build your “yes set” for success 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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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

What does your career path look like? I left school without a clue as to what I wanted to do when I grew up. Lady Diana had just accepted a proposal from Prince Charles – Lady Diane was a nursery nurse, so I thought that was an excellent career path. My Father asked me to hold that idea until I learnt to type, so off I went to college and did a BTEC General Diploma in Business Studies for a year – this led to the start of my career in administration; the nursery nurse idea was long gone.

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

Bio. Bruce Harpham writes about productivity, leadership and career advancement at ProjectManagementHacks.com. You can find Bruce on Twitter at @PMPhacks. To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. Productivity often focuses on tools such as Evernote and methodologies like Getting Things Done.

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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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The Productivityist Podcast 56: Getting Into Smartsheet with Brent Frei

Productivityist

Smartsheet has been a player in the task management and project management space for a long time, and on this episode of the podcast Mike speaks with Brent Frei, the founder and VP of Marketing at Smartsheet. They talk about the present (and future) state of productivity, the subject of email, and why a smarter spreadsheet may very well be the best tool you can use to help you get things done.

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7 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Slack

Productivityist

Tired of spending all of your time in your email inbox? Slack helps you say goodbye to email while keeping all of your teams’ communications and files in one place, wherever you go. You can group conversations, share files and search while staying in sync across multiple platforms. It also has dozens of integrations with third party applications and is a secure way to communicate.