Sat.Mar 12, 2016 - Fri.Mar 18, 2016

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The future Assistant

Practically Perfect PA

Following her Q&A at the Assist Conference, Bonnie Cookson, EA at Hailo, talks about her experience talking at the event and her relationship with her Executive – the CEO of Hailo… When I was approached to do a panel session with my boss at Assist Conference initially I felt nervous about going on stage and talking about my relationship with him – in front of him!

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Be Bold Enough To Be An Owner

Office Dynamics

Do You Have An Owner’s Mentality? Hello from my office to yours. Did you know that you do not have to own your own business to have an “owner’s” mentality? Did you know there are benefits to thinking like an “owner” vs. an employee? Do you know the key characteristics of owners? “Owners are fundamentally different from employees,” says Daren Martin PhD and author of A Company of Owners.

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3 Ways to Get Out of a Career Rut

On The Job

Sometimes it's easier to blame your boss/coworkers/company for your unhappiness at work rather than yourself. So, you tell yourself the reason you aren't getting ahead is because the boss is a jerk. Or, your peers are a bunch of back-stabbing idiots who prevent you from getting recognition. And the company? Just another heartless hierarchy that doesn't care about its people.

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Expand What Over-delivering Means to You in Order to More Easily Make it Happen

Virtual Moxie

Thanks to Shakisha, I recently learned a powerful new term. It's, “stalking your email.” She used it in a conversation we were having to describe what she had been doing while waiting for a reply from me, but then later the same day, I serendipitously got this question from Mya that used the same term. I love when that happens, don’t you? Mya asked: "I want to have Moxie standards for my business, and I have a conflict.

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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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Practical Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. You may want to volunteer to organise the office move, the Christmas party, run a training course for the other support staff or organise an event.

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3 Things You Must Do if the Boss Ignores You

On The Job

Anyone who has worked for a micromanager or struggled to please a perfectionist boss would be grateful to have even one day when the boss ignored them. While having a boss who ignores you might be appealing to these employees, the truth is that the cold shoulder from a boss can also make your job more difficult. You may not have someone who constantly criticizes everything you do -- or redoes everything you do -- but the cold shoulder can be damaging to your career.

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6 Ways to Use the Cloud to Boost Your Productivity

Productivity Bits

Cloud Productivity, anyone? Years ago, the word “cloud” had an entirely different connotation. But now, in the business world and beyond, almost everyone is aware of cloud computing services. With the cloud becoming ever more popular, there’s a good chance it’s become a part of how you do business. Cloud Productivity Hacks You may even have heard that the cloud can increase productivity for you or your business, but maybe you weren’t sure how.

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Launching Assist Training

Practically Perfect PA

Following the success of the Assist Conference a few weeks ago I thought I would put together a more extensive training course for two of our favourite conference topics – Events Management for assistants and Social Media/Apps/Office Tech (I can’t think of a catchy title for this one!). Both training courses are coming up in May and so I thought I would give you all a little more detail.

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The Executive Assistant

Laughing all the Way to Work

Being an Executive Assistant is more than just a title. When you get to this level it is expected you will take on leadership responsibilities. I am in an Administrative Assistant role again and am really enjoying it, but having just finished my career as an Executive Assistant, I am appreciating the work that they do, but am glad to leave it for someone else.

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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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A Step Forward for the Auto Industry – Sustainability through Airless Tires

Eco-Office Gals

From high levels of carbon emissions to absurd amounts of waste production, the auto industry is often associated with rampant disregard of environmental concerns. While there are many areas in which the industry as a whole would do better to reconsider certain aspects of its processes, a step forward can be seen in the area of tire manufacturing. Enter airless tires.

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Teens Less Tied to a Specific Gender

Small Business Labs

JWT's Intelligence's Gen Z goes beyond gender binaries  covers research showing that today's teens (Gen Z) are more open-minded than older generations when it comes to issues of gender and sexuality. Key quote on the growing view by teens that gender is not binary nor fixed: Fifty-six percent of 13-to-20-year-olds said that they knew someone who went by gender neutral pronouns such as “they,” “them,” or “ze,” compared to 43 percent of people aged 28 to 34 years old.

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Hi, glad you're here! How can I help you?

Clutter Coach

by There’s a ton of info in my posts about overcoming procrastination , getting things done and reducing clutter. All the things that get in the way of you living the life you truly want to live. Because that’s really what it’s all about. The point of organizing your time and your stuff is to make your life easier, to do things that are important to you and to eliminate the obstacles that are currently preventing that.

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Minute-taking Q&A

Laughing all the Way to Work

In preparation for the AdminPro Forum on June 15-17, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, here is an article with some Question and Answers about Minute taking. For more information on AdminPro Forum 2016, please click on the website and if you are able to join us, please register at this link. I hope to see you there!

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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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6 Ways Office Architecture Design Can be More Eco-Friendly

Eco-Office Gals

The world is a big place. From it, we have derived everything we, as a species has ever owned, sold, built, and demolished. And while the planet may seem (to some) capable of continuing to cater to our endless wants and desires, there is one question that eventually permeates the mind of every ecologically-inclined person: just how long can the earth sustain our voracious appetite for material possessions?

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How gurus exploit imposter syndrome for profit 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

For entrepreneurs in particular, the internet has become the new late night television. Got a problem? Hurting? Struggling? Click here. There is a guru waiting to give you the answer to all your problems. Instead of miracle cleaning products or exercise equipment it’s the course, the revolutionary training or seminar that promises “secrets”. This happens despite the fact that there are no real secrets anymore.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Clutter Coach

by I’ve been reading Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Early in the book, she tells readers how important it is to start with a vision of how you want your life to be after getting organized. Be specific about what you want and also why you want it. No matter what your answer is, Kondo says the underlying reason is that you want to be happy. .

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How To Be More Productive In 3 Simple Steps

Brilliantly Better

II’ve been a productivity geek for years. The type that incessantly reads blogs about that, that knows all the techniques, frameworks and productivity apps by heart. I’ve tried dozens of them. Literally. In the beginning (like in the first 1-3… The post How To Be More Productive In 3 Simple Steps 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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5 Accounting Tips for Overwhelmed Small Business Owners

Small Business CEO

When you run a small business one area that many do not enjoy to do but is vital to the on-going operations is accounting. It can often be tedious, boring and isn’t what you imagined your time would be spent doing when you started your business. Regardless, it still needs to be done, but there is help at hand! The following list of hints and tips will hopefully help you reduce the stress and time it takes to do your accounting and make it much less of a chore.

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Engineers and Ecologists: Which One Are You?

Productivityist

The best productivity tools are the ones that work best for you. Neil Gaiman writes with fountain pens in a cabin in the woods. Christopher Nolan doesn’t have email or a cell phone. Warren Buffett spends 80% of this time reading. Those people succeed – in part – because they’ve found a productivity system that works best for them. The key to great productivity is to find what works best for you. ( Click to Tweet ).

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Organize with Teacups

Clutter Coach

by I love Martha Stewart Living. It’s a beautiful magazine that’s a joy just to look at, even if I never do any of the crafts or cook any recipes. She also publishes organizing tips, most of which involve lots of labor and/or crafting. Being Martha, she’s not into quick and dirty solutions. Her recent " Organizing Tip of the Day ," however, is a simple one, provided you already have the materials (this tip originated in the sadly departed Blueprint ).

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How gurus exploit imposter syndrome for profit 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

For entrepreneurs in particular, the internet has become the new late night television. Got a problem? Hurting? Struggling? Click here. There is a guru waiting to give you the answer to all your problems. Instead of miracle cleaning products or exercise equipment it’s the course, the revolutionary training or seminar that promises “secrets”. This happens despite the fact that there are no real secrets anymore.

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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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How Employee Monitoring is Connected to Productivity and Profitability

Small Business CEO

As an employer, you probably find yourself tearing your hair out in frustration upon finding your employees dedicating an unacceptable amount of time to gadgets like iPhones during work hours. Every minute the latter spend on playing games, socializing, and surfing the web reduces their productivity by a considerable amount, which in turn hurts the profitability of your business.

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Engineers and Ecologists: Which One Are You?

Productivityist

The best productivity tools are the ones that work best for you. Neil Gaiman writes with fountain pens in a cabin in the woods. Christopher Nolan doesn’t have email or a cell phone. Warren Buffett spends 80% of this time reading. Those people succeed – in part – because they’ve found a productivity system that works best for them. The key to great productivity is to find what works best for you. ( Click to Tweet ).

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Stylish Office Accessories

Clutter Coach

by. I don’t focus on products much in this blog because I’m more interested in techniques and concepts, but every once in a while something catches my eye. Products that make sitting at your desk or filing more fun, or at least easier on the eyes, are always winners. See Jane Work carries many lines of fun, modern and good looking office supplies.

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Trump, Sanders and the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Democratic Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump are both tapping into the view by many Americans that the economy is in bad shape and their financial futures are uncertain. This despite the fact that the U.S. economy is doing quite well, at least according to government statistics. GDP is in the 2%-3% range, which is pretty good. Unemployment is low, inflation is low, gas prices are low, interest rates are low and job growth solid.

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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