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7 Ways Admins Can Do More Meaningful Work

Eat Your Career

As a proud former administrative professional—and a current admin trainer and coach—I believe that support professionals can play an invaluable role in the workplace. Of course, that’s not always the case. There is a wide array of roles that qualify as “administrative” in nature, and a wide variety of people who occupy them. Some admins simply follow instructions and do what is asked of them—no more, no less.

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Day in the life: Keesha Williams, EA at Lift & Co

Practically Perfect PA

Enjoy today’s Day in the life: Keesha Williams, EA at Lift & Co, which is full of Executive Assistant Tips and Tricks. What are the main aspects of your role? It changes from day to day, but mainly ensuring the CEO and CFO of my company have all the information and resources they need to perform […].

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Kauffman Foundation Indicators Show U.S. Entrepreneurship Near 20 Year High

Small Business Labs

The Kauffman Foundation recently introduced the Kauffman Indicators of Early Stage Entrepreneurship.  The indicators cover: Rate of new entrepreneurs : The broadest measure possible for business creation by population. Opportunity share of new entrepreneurs : The percentage of new entrepreneurs who created a business out of choice instead of necessity.

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Empowering Tips for the Administrative and Executive Assistant – Part 2

Office Dynamics

In part one of “ Empowering Tips ” I mentioned that the word Empower is not only the theme of the 26 th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence, it is used in a variety of situations and conversations. I highlighted the many professional and personal development focuses that I have learned from Office Dynamics resources, conference, team, and owner – Ms.

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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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Terrible Time Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Free Webinar)

Eat Your Career

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of “10 Terrible Time Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them”. You know that frustrated feeling you sometimes get at the end of the day? It’s not just exhaustion; it’s also the anxiety of barely making a dent in the day’s to-do list. It’s that feeling that you’ve been busy– slammed, in fact–but can’t actually identify anything you got done.

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Mercer's Global Talent Trends - Disruption and Greater Use of Non-Employee Labor Ahead

Small Business Labs

The global human capital consulting and services firm Mercer recently released their annual Global Talent Trends study. For the 2019 edition of this study, they surveyed over 7,300 business executives, HR leaders, and employees from around the world on a variety of talent and HR issues. The major finding is 73% of the executives surveyed expect their industry will experience significant disruption over the next 3 years.  The study chart below (click to enlarge) summarizes the main sources

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How Do You Choose the Right Punctuation? Emphasis Is Your Clue

Office Dynamics

A subscriber to my ezine Add Power to Your Pen asked, “Should I put spaces before/after a dash?” Getting on a roll, I answered a different question: when to use a dash vs. commas vs. parentheses to offset phrases in your sentences? The answer will be useful to professional administrators or anyone who writes. Of these punctuation choices—dashes, commas, or parentheses—how do you select the one to use?

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3 Things to Remember When Turning Down a Job Offer

On The Job

When you get called back for a second interview, it can be pretty exciting. You are obviously on the short list for the position. But, wait. If you do an internal gut check, you realize you're not super excited about the job or the company. Oh, well, you think, just get that second interview because you're close to desperation to get a new job. When the job offer does come, you might get a momentary spark of joy, but it's nothing on the scale of a Marie Kondo spark of joy.

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Your Business Feels Like a Job? 5 Steps to Reclaim Your Passion.

Tips From T. Marie

For most small business owners, the impetus to trek out into the world of business ownership is a combination of passion and hating their current job. To be honest, hatred of their job is often the starting point to discovering their passion and a business model that fits it. Owners like me, who have been running their own business for over 10 years know that no matter how much passion you have for your business, occasionally that passion is overshadowed and it can end up feeling very much like

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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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Pets Used to be for Kids. Now they are Kids.

Small Business Labs

Petcare Everywhere , from J. Walter Thompson Intelligence, covers how brands are responding to millennials increasingly choosing pets over kids. Key quote: "Traditional life-stage choices are shifting, seeing millennials waiting longer to have children – and choosing pets with increasing fervor. Millennials are now the primary pet-owning demographic.

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How do I Write Admin Goals? – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

This week we are going to post two questions from different administrative professionals so we can get those helpful answers to them more quickly! The first question comes from Velma, and she asks: How do I write “Admin Goals?” Most companies want you to submit S.M.A.R.T. goals but admin duties are ongoing and don’t have completion dates (unless it is a specific task).

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Review of Gretchen Rubin’s new book

Clutter Coach

by. I’m excited to announce that I got to interview Gretchen Rubin for my podcast! I’ll be publishing that episode on March 14. Gretchen’s new book is called Outer Order, Inner Calm and it came out last Friday. The subtitle is “declutter and organize to make more room for happiness.” Right up my alley! In fact, a lot of the ideas in this book are ones I use with my clients and ones I put in my own book, 52 Simple Ways to Get Organized.

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Things You Can Do As A Small Business Owner To Limit Your Tax Liability

Eco-Office Gals

Tax obligations will always be there as long as you’re running a business, whether it is a small scale business or a large scale business. There are different types of business taxes such as sales taxes, employment taxes, excise taxes, income taxes among others. It’s your responsibility as an entreprenuer to know how to pay your tax bills. It’s important as a business person that you review your taxes to know whether you are reducing or maximizing the deduction.

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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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PPA is the way to go

Job Advice Blog

In this candidate driven market and unemployment at an all time low a PPA (Project Partner Agreement) with JTL Services, Inc. will save you time and money! Here is what […] The post PPA is the way to go appeared first on JTL Services Inc.

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Science Shows How to Have Better Meetings

On The Job

It seems like every few years someone comes out with a new idea for how to have more productive meetings. But then they get shot down by those who think those ideas are dumb: Standing meetings. The complaint: "I'm not standing! I have a bad back! Someone get me a chair!" Walking meetings. The complaint. "I'm wearing 5-inch heels! I'm not walking a mile in 5-inch heels over broken sidewalk!

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4 Tips for Successfully Running Your Business From Home

Small Business CEO

Working from home has become pretty common over the last decade. The growth of the internet, cloud technology, and mobile devices has made it practical and cost-effective. But what about running a business from home? Is it a good idea? The Challenges of Running Your Business From Home. There’s no sense in sugarcoating the topic. Running a business out of your house presents numerous challenges.

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Optimizing Work From Coffee Shops – A Primer

Brilliantly Better

As a digital nomad, I always prefer to work from a coffee shop, rather than from a coworking space. I don’t have anything against working from coworking spaces, to be honest, and, sometimes, I go test a new space or… The post Optimizing Work From Coffee Shops – A Primer appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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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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PPA is the way to go

Job Advice Blog

In this candidate driven market and unemployment at an all time low a PPA (Project Partner Agreement) with JTL Services, Inc. will save you time and money! Here is what […]. The post PPA is the way to go appeared first on JTL Services Inc.

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Still Using Excel For Recruiting?

Recruit CRM

Excel sheets are used by almost all white collar workers to do some part of their work: Making a list of leads, Tracking Revenue, Managing a To-Do List & pretty much anything you can think of. Excel sheets have been a recruiter’s best friend for the past 20+ years. Tools for recruiters have gotten a lot more advanced today, maybe its time to move on to something better than excel.

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4 Areas to Focus on to Make Your SMB More Profitable

Small Business CEO

Profits are the thing that keeps small business owners up at night. Sales might be increasing, positive reviews may be landing online, but if your business isn’t profitable then it could be game-over. No two businesses are the same, but whatever type of company you run, there are some key areas of focus for making your small business more profitable.

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Understanding and optimizing the two psychological types of entrepreneur motivation

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

I think you can look at entrepreneur motivational in two basic ways: . 1. Paradoxical Laziness . A lot of entrepreneurs don’t want to work that hard. Tech and “hacking” are particularly appealing to these people. “ If I can find a way to work smarter… then I can beat the people working harder.” . If you’ve ever had these types of thoughts, then you’ve been there.

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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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The Non-Linear Way

Productivityist

Have you ever looked at time in a non-linear way? I’m watching Pulp Fiction right now. The way the film is constructed is different than most films. The film is delivered in a non-linear fashion. All of the stories unfold into each other and on top of each other. Characters intersect and the endgame for one of them is surprisingly revealed well before the film ends.

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Sorry. Not. Sorry

Melissa Peoples

In honor of International Women's Day - here is my encouragement for the day. Stop. Being. Sorry. We have all read stories about how as women we have a tendency to excessively apologize, and I certainly agree that this is a bad habit that we all need to work to break. But today, my encouragement is to stop being sorry for being you, for having a voice, and for owning your space.

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How Can Businesses Improve Their Data Security?

Small Business CEO

After new regulations were introduced in 2018 to tighten data security, businesses in the UK have been forced to adjust their policies to ensure they meet the new guidelines. Data security has become a huge focus, which businesses both large and small need to be mindful of. Not only do you need to worry about the data of your customers, but you also need to be wary of protecting your own data too.

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Money – A Formula for Perceived Value, Reward and Punishment

Brilliantly Better

We will start our journey towards a new definition and understanding of money by claiming that money is just perceived value of the interactions of a given population of actors. A more formal definition will follow soon, but for now… The post Money – A Formula for Perceived Value, Reward and Punishment appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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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