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4 Ways to Ensure You're Not Overlooked at Work

On The Job

No one likes to be passed over for a promotion or big project, but if you ask even the most successful people if it's happened to them -- they will probably respond "Yes." But if you're continually passed over for a promotion or denied access to important projects (or people), you may need to look deeper at the root cause. One thing to consider is that the boss or other senior leaders just don't believe you "get it.

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5 Powerful Communication Strategies for Assistants

Office Dynamics

Do have a healthy curiosity that you use in your day-to-day communications? I was inspired today to share with you 5 powerful communication strategies for assistants that I often teach in my World Class Assistant Certificate Program. However, I want to assure you that if you are not in the administrative profession, you will still greatly benefit from today’s topic.

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What are your manager’s objectives?

Practically Perfect PA

Mid year review season is here again! Many of you will be completing your mid year review paperwork, looking back on the last 6 months to see what you have accomplished and having conversations with your managers regarding your performance to date. Mid year reviews are a necessary process for assistants and everyone should have a meeting booked in their Executive’s diary over the next few weeks.

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Grab your free TEMPLATES from Templates-A-Palooza

Office Organization Success

I’m thrilled to let you know about an amazing TEMPLATE giveaway event – Templates-A-Palooza – happening NOW through July 31st. There are lots of of free templates from industry experts on business management and online marketing that are just waiting to be snapped up! Grab yours here. We all know that when you’ve got a template to follow, setting up your online business management and marketing systems becomes a cinch!

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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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What You Say Matters

Virtual Moxie

Often, I hear from VAs who want to be viewed as equals in the relationships they form with their clients. And, in most of the conversations or email exchanges about this, the word "hire" is mentioned—usually in this sort of context: "When my client hired me, blahblahblah." Clients don't "hire" VAs. Clients "work with," or, "retain the services of," VAs.

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What's a Yuccie? Hint - They're Related to Hipsters

Small Business Labs

Yuccie stands for "Young Urban Creatives" and yes, it's pronounced yucky. According to a recent Mashable article  Yuccies are: In a nutshell, a slice of Generation Y, borne of suburban comfort, indoctrinated with the transcendent power of education, and infected by the conviction that not only do we deserve to pursue our dreams; we should profit from them.

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3 Steps To Focus On Your Own Stuff

Office Organization Success

I was reminded recently how important it is to focus on your own stuff. You see, in our crazy, overloaded online business world it’s so easy to have one eye on what everyone else is doing, rather than focusing both eyes on your own work. I’m not saying that you need to bury your head in the sand. But when, for example, you’re subscribed to so many different email lists that it takes you half the morning just to read through those, that’s time you’re taking away from

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Continuing Education: How HR Managers Can Help

Office Dynamics

No matter how big or small your business is, it can benefit greatly from offering employees continuing education benefits. Employees want to continue their education and will value you as an employer if you help them make that happen. A study from EvoLLLution entitled “Lifelong Education and Labor Market Needs” found that 96 percent of employers said that continuing education improves job performance.

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Top 5 Tips for Longhaul Flights

The Small Business Blog

Longhaul flights can be challenging but are often unavoidable in business. With a bit of planning it is possible to ease the pain and even enjoy the ride. The important thing to remember is that every person is different – knowing yourself helps you look after your needs. Your attitude determines how you feel, too,… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Longhaul Flights on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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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On-Demand Economy Infrastructure Startups

Small Business Labs

The CB Insights blog's Pickaxes and Shovels: 35 Startups Providing Infrastructure for the On-Demand Economy  covers the growing array of companies aiming to provide support services for on-demand economy companies and their workers. Key quote: “For most technology trends, the number of successful companies created in gold mining and pickaxes are comparable, yet the gold mining businesses tend to get much more attention.”.

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SEAL Team Six Member Shares Leadership Lessons

On The Job

When a Navy SEAL comes up against an obstacle at work, he doesn’t head for the nearest pub where he complains about his problems or blames his inaction on a lack of resources. You won’t find him dragging his feet when times get difficult, and you won’t find him abandoning teammates because he thinks they have lousy ideas. Well, sure, you might think — that’s because he’s a SEAL.

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Goals vs. Tasks

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2007-10-04 10:26:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter You need both goals and tasks, and they’re easy to confuse. A big reason that people don’t get things on their to do list done isn’t that they procrastinate, but that the list entries aren’t really do-able. Does your to do list look like this? Design the book.

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Overview of an Arising Phenomenon

Eco-Office Gals

In 2012-2013 the recycling rate in England was around 43.9% compared to previous figures showing a recycling rate of 31% for 2006-2007. This positive trend implies that future results should be aligned with the 2020 European recycling target, stating that the UK needs to recycle at least 50% of the its produced waste. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)’ May 2015 report indicates that from September 2013 to September 2014 the recycling rate was around 45%.

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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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Using Digital Data For Economic Analysis

Small Business Labs

One of the biggest shifts going on in economics is the growing use of digital data for research. The Internet and cloud computing platforms are generating large amounts  of digital data on pretty much all areas of business and economics. In fact, the amount data is growing much faster than our ability to analyze and use it. In our work we've seen a clear shift to using digital data and away from our traditional sources - surveys and government produced data.

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Having a Vision For Your Business Is Critical—What’s Yours?

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Have you ever had a really great dream where everything was perfect and things happened just as you wanted them to? And you wake up feeling calm, peaceful and happy? I love dreams like that! Visions can be a lot like dreams, except that visions are mental images that you actually create yourself of how you imagine something to be.

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Top 5 Tips for Longhaul Flights

The Small Business Blog

Longhaul flights can be challenging but are often unavoidable in business. With a bit of planning it is possible to ease the pain and even enjoy the ride. The important thing to remember is that every person is different – knowing yourself helps you look after your needs. Your attitude determines how you feel, too,… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Longhaul Flights on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Why I Only Keep 4 Projects In ToDoist

Productivityist

Today’s guest post is from Jonathan Pearson, a millennial determined to leave the world in better shape than he found it. You can connect with him @JonathanPearson on Twitter or his website here. I’m an avid ToDoist believer and user. The features of ToDoist, the feel of it, the platforms it’s on, and the price of it (free if you want) make it unbeatable for task and project management.

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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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3 Good Ideas for a Business Trip

Small Business CEO

If you do a lot of traveling for your job, you know what a grind it can be. The jet lag can be devastating to you in terms of your health and overall performance during your trip. It can also cost you a lot of money if you do not have a company expense account. Therefore, you owe it to yourself to learn some basic tips that will not only help you save some money during your business trips, but they will also make you feel more comfortable and rested.

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When was the last time you gave your business a trim?

Men With Pens

Click here to read the full article →Another rocking post from Men With Pens! When was the last time you gave your business a trim? 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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WinWeb focusses on cloud industry solutions

The Small Business Blog

Winweb’s cloud-based business management solutions have a new focus on industry-specific requirements, with special applications for retail, wholesale, services, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, non-profit organizations, membership businesses, and franchises. WinWeb industry solutions offer basic business functions, such as accounting, invoicing and business planning as well as industry-specific functionality, for example multi-location and multi-channel sales for… Read

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10 Tips to be a Better Executive Assistant - Part 6

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Here are 10 random tips I’ve culled over the years on how to be a better assistant. This is part 6. 1. Be a ninja Whenever I go into people’s offices, I try to train them to understand that if I need them, I wait in the doorway until they see me or acknowledge me so I can ask them a question. If I only need to drop stuff off, I walk in silently, don’t make any eye contact, put stuff in their in box, and leave silently.

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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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Outsourcing Your Content Development: Is it Worth the Cost?

Small Business CEO

In today’s highly competitive global market, over 90 percent of business to business marketers are using content as a main strategy. They are also realizing the many benefits that are associated with using engaging, relevant and quality content. In addition to getting a company’s brand noticed, they can also promote customer loyalty and increase their sales.

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What do you love about the assistant role?

Practically Perfect PA

Sometimes it can difficult to remember what it is that you love about your job or why you are doing it in the first place (other than paying the bills!) so I thought I would dedicate today’s blog to sharing a little assistant love. Last year I asked the question ‘ What do you love about the assistant role? ‘ and here are some of the answers.

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A Look Back At The 2015 World Domination Summit

Productivityist

I’ve spent some time this week hanging out with Jeff Sandquist as he made the trek up to Victoria after, like me, being part of the World Domination Summit. One of the things we talked about over coffee was the experience he had there – which he wrote about here. Then we talked about my experience there. Or rather, I talked about my experience there.

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Corporate Food Delivery – Trends in Corporate Catering

Small Business CEO

The corporate world is a world on its own. Unfortunately, for many, the word “corporate” does not exactly fill them with images of fun and joy. Rather, it is seen as something formal that focuses on living and breathing work. Yet in reality, however, this attitude of working so hard means that corporate people often also party even harder. And this is where corporate food delivery comes in.

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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