Sat.May 17, 2014 - Fri.May 23, 2014

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Executive and Administrative Assistant Skills That Are Important to Executives

Office Dynamics

'While administrative and executive assistants have a very good feel for the skills they need to do their job effectively, I like to hear from executives and get their perspective, which is important. I often survey managers and high-level executives on the skills, attitudes and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. Here are some non-edited, direct quotes from them demonstrating the skills that are important to executives.

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Interview With a VA: Amy Kazor

Virtual Moxie

'This month, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Amy Kazor, the 2013 AssistU VA of the Year award recipient. Enjoy the interview, and getting to know this bright, talented VA! . Meet Amy Kazor.

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The Importance of Staying Hydrated in the Workplace

The Small Business Blog

'How important is staying hydrated? It turns out that office water coolers can have a significant positive impact on a workplace in both the long term and the short. By avoiding dehydration, a workplace will be happier, healthier and more productive. Hydration Keeps You Healthy It’s no secret that not drinking enough water can have… Read the full article here: The Importance of Staying Hydrated in the Workplace on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Your Systems For Success 30-minute Jumpstart

Office Organization Success

'Are you overwhelmed by all the different list management choices out there, e.g. 1ShoppingCart, Infusionsoft, Aweber, Constant Contact etc.? Want to know the best way to create your free taste and automated follow-up emails? Would you like to brainstorm your next product launch campaign? Need help planning out your marketing calendar so you know exactly what you’re promoting and when?

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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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Can you improve the relationship with you boss?

Practically Perfect PA

'For assistants the most important thing to get right is the relationship with your Executive. The reasons for this are twofold. Firstly, it is your job to make your Executive as successful in their job as possible and to do this you will need to work with them very closely, it is much easier if you have a good relationship. Secondly, and this is particularly true if you are a 1-2-1 assistant, the only person that can appraise, reward or promote you is your Executive.

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Infographic: Data Loss

The Small Business Blog

'What would happen to your business if it were to suffer a major loss of data? It isn’t an exaggeration to suggest that many businesses would have trouble bouncing back from this scenario. Depending on the type of data that was lost, it could even potentially bring about the demise of the business. Imagine for… Read the full article here: Infographic: Data Loss on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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MEMORIAL DAY SALE! WordPress Updates

Eco-Office Gals

'All of our wordpress sites are under constant attack from hackers looking for loopholes into our websites. Hackerbots don’t care about traffic or ranking, they are programed for one thing only – to find weak spots in our platforms. Some of you have experienced the misery of compromised sites, it’s not fun or cheap and if you haven’t I promise you don’t want to.

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Panicked at the thought of a Summer slowdown?

Office Organization Success

'I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday with my youngest son, Sam. First, it was his school’s Spring picnic; then I walked with him and his class for ice cream; and fnally stayed with him and helped in the classroom. I am so grateful I have created a lifestyle that allows me to spend my time in this way. If you haven’t yet registered for the Grow and Monetize Your Business Event , do so today.

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Handling Pushy Clients Who Violate Boundaries

Virtual Moxie

'A VA pal and I were talking and she shared that in a recent conversation with a new client, the client was insisting that my pal have a back-up plan in place to cover the client’s work for when my pal would take vacations, sick days, personal days and the like. My friend was feeling resistant to that, and wondered why. I let her know it was because the client had stepped over a boundary, and was trying to force her to run her business the way she (the client) wanted it run.

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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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Co-Operation – Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

'“Coopetition: Cooperation between competitors… especially common in the computer industry, where consumers want to know in advance that a broad range of companies will support a given technology… companies will compete on actual products even as they cooperate on technical standards, sacrificing a degree of independence to increase the odds of success for the technology… Read the full article here: Co-Operation – Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Don't let a verbal attack go unanswered

On The Job

'Not responding to a verbal attack at work can have serious consequences for your career, but there are ways to develop your ability to fire back with professionalism. One of the most frustrating things to happen at work is to get into a verbal tussle with someone and suddenly be unable to respond with anything beyond “Oh, yeah?” Once you’ve sunk to defending yourself on the level of an 8-year-old, you know that you’ve lost status with anyone who witnesses your humiliation, from your manager to

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Free Training to Help You Build Your Team

Office Organization Success

'There comes a time in your business where you simply can’t do it all alone … at some point you will need to get help. Whether that’s with a graphic designer, a web designer, a bookkeeper, virtual assistant, or some other type of support professional; you won’t be able to move forward in your business without that help. Throughout my entire 13+ years of business I’ve partnered with various support professionals to help me at certain stages, especially in those areas

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Organising the office summer party

Practically Perfect PA

'So you’ve been asked to organise the office summer party? As with any event, it is lovely seeing all of your hard work come to fruition and all of your guests having a great time. But, as with any event, it is hard work! Here are my top 15 tips for organising your office summer party. Try to find a date that fits around the summer holiday. Summer parties should ideally be in June or early July so that you avoid the school holidays and vacation time.

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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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Top 5 Tips for Bank Holidays

The Small Business Blog

'This weekend is another Bank Holiday weekend in the UK, but unfortunately many micro business owners and self-employed people are not able to enjoy the luxury of taking the workday off. In fact, many of us work every weekend anyway because entrepreneurship is a way of life! This weeks tip column reveals our Top 5… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Bank Holidays on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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How does an executive assistant maintain job security?

Office Dynamics

'BIG Learning: Build Your Reputation Every Day. I meet many high-achieving executive assistants who are very content. They are at the top of the administrative career ladder in their company, make a really nice salary, like their executive and have their job down pat. But is that sufficient? While a person works hard to build a reputation and “arrive” at the career level they want, they must maintain that status.

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What is Botsourcing?

Small Business Labs

'We love new buzzwords here at Small Business Labs, so we were excited to learn of "botsourcing" According to the academic research paper Botsourcing and Outsourcing , botsourcing is "the replacement of human jobs by robots"        Botsourcing generally gets bad press for, well, replacing humans in jobs. The picture above, for example, is from the article Will Baxter and Other Robots Take Your job.

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WOW! Free Business and Marketing Services Giveaway

Office Organization Success

'The most highly anticipated GIVEAWAY event of the year is underway – and it’s bigger than ever before. I’m talking about the “Done4You Giveaway of the Century” Get your free stuff now ! This event, now in its 6 th year, brings together industry leaders and service providers to collectively give away this year more than $2 million in actual DONE-FOR-YOU business products and services.

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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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Drilling Concrete

Loosely Speaking

I can do a fair amount of home repairs, as long as there’s no plumbing, electricity, or leveling required. I like to think that my projects are well conceived, but sometimes brutishly executed. I’m ok with that.

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Organizing kitchen spices

Clutter Coach

'by I worked with a client unpacking and setting up her kitchen this week. I corralled and sorted all her spice containers; jars, plastic bags, paper bags, plastic boxes, fabric bags; and we saw that there were duplicates and even triplicates of some spices. One problem is that spices don’t all come in the same kind of container and plastic bags don’t work well in a spice rack.

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Coworking Going to Pot

Small Business Labs

'Business Insider's Pot Startups in Denver Now Have Their Own Coworking Space  provides a nice profile of Green Labs , a Denver coworking space that is focused on the cannabis industry.               The space is targeted at companies and independent workers that provide industry support roles such as financial management, marketing services, etc.

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Tune Hotel, London

Practically Perfect PA

'There are four Tune Hotels in London and one in Edinburgh. If occupancy in the Tune Hotel Liverpool Street is anything to go by they will surely be opening more soon. It would be very easy and slightly lazy to call them the Ryanair of the hotel world. I think others might have seen a similarity because they charge for the types of things that most hotels include in the fee.

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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 Secret Successful Business People Never Think to Tell You

Tips From T. Marie

'Categories: Business Tips I watched an interesting video at Inc.com this morning. The video is an interview with Tim Jahn of Matchist and it’s all about ‘pivoting’ when something in your business isn’t working. As I watched the short video it suddenly dawned on me. Pivoting, or changing direction in my business, is something I’ve consistently […] ( Read more. ).

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Creating Job Security for The Executive Assistant

Office Dynamics

'BIG Learning: Build Your Reputation Every Day. I meet many high-achieving executive assistants who are very content. They are at the top of the administrative career ladder in their company, make a really nice salary, like their executive and have their job down pat. But is that sufficient? While a person works hard to build a reputation and “arrive” at the career level they want, they must maintain that status.

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Radio Shack Wants to be Maker Shack

Small Business Labs

'Like many baby boomers, I like Radio Shack and have many fond memories of shopping there with my Dad when I was a kid. Unfortunately for Radio Shack, I've rarely shopped there as an adult. That may change. According to the Wired article How Radio Shack Got Its Groove Back : The company is embracing the maker spirit, turning space back over to such gear as 3-D printers and robot sets.

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How to Have a Career Like Peter Drucker

On The Job

'When you look five, 10 or even 20 years down the line, are you optimistic about what you see or do you dread what may be facing you and your family? If you’re like one-third of Americans recently polled by Gallup, then you’re dissatisfied about what the future holds. If that’s the case, don’t lose hope. Bruce Rosenstein, an expert in the life of management guru Peter Drucker, says there are steps you can take starting today that will put you on the path to a future that will make you happy and

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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