Sat.Dec 01, 2012 - Fri.Dec 07, 2012

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How to Deal with an Overwhelming Workload

Eat Your Career

It’s a common complaint: I’ve got too much work and not enough time to do it all. Considering the alternative (no work at all!), you’re in a decent position. That doesn’t make it any easier to handle though. So let’s talk about ways to manage this overwhelming workload without losing your cool. Note: All of these topics are explored in much greater depth in my Get Productive Now!

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Eco Friendly Ways to Warm Up Your Office This Winter

Eco-Office Gals

As summer fades into fall, and fall into winter, the seasons change for everyone and we start to get a little colder. Office workers feel the change of seasons more than most, leading largely sedentary days that leave little time for activity. Those seeking to stay warm in their offices while remaining eco-friendly often feel like they are at an impasse, but there are a few great green ways that anyone can warm up their offices when winter sets in.

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Top 5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays as a Small Business

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Be aware that many of your bigger rivals will be offering holiday discounts in order to drum up extra trade.

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How to Resolve Conflict with a Co-Worker

On The Job

One of the most stressful situations to face in the workplace is a conflict with a co-worker. Whether it’s a long-standing feud that you can’t even recall how it began or a recent spat that has made work tense and miserable for you, not getting along in a civil manner with colleagues is often painful. You may wrestle with how to resolve the 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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Surviving Redundancy

Practically Perfect PA

Pin It. Unfortunately most people have lost a job in one way or another over the course of their career; they have either been let go before the end of their probation, fired or made redundant. It definitely seems the way of the world where no job is guaranteed for life anymore. This isn’t a topic I would generally blog about as I do prefer to write about happier more upbeat things but I have been made redundant in the past and do know it is a horrible and unsettling time in anyone’s life.

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Customer service is about changing feelings and creating good memories

The Small Business Blog

As readers of this blog may know that I am a fan of Seth Godin’s work. In a recent post on his blog he wrote a short, yet insightful, post about the purpose of customer service.

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Moxie Tip 289: Speaking the Truth

Virtual Moxie

It's important to always speak your truth. It's even more important, however, to speak it consciously. and very gently. There's no such thing as brutal honesty there's brutality, and there's honesty. and the two don't go hand in hand. Always be fully aware of what you're saying, and how you're saying it. To free yourself from stress that isn't yours, speak your truth with love, conviction and clarity.

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Green Christmas Wishlist

Eco-Office Gals

Trying to find the perfect gift for your Eco-concious friend or just want to make a lighter impact with your giving? Here are some of our favorite gift picks: For Kids: Eco-Friendly Gourmet Chef Kitchen in Green – My girls always loved their play kitchens growing up and this product made from sustainable, renewable and durable materials that can endure children’s play would have been perfect.

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What's Driving Food Trucks Forward?

Small Business Labs

Food truck are hot. They have been highlighted as a food trend, new industry model, cultural fad and a political hot potato in the press. But despite their popularity, there's been surprisingly little research on why they're so successful. We decided to spend some time figuring this out and just released our findings in  Food Trucks Motor Into the Mainstream , a new research report from Intuit and Emergent Research (that's us).   This continues the broader  Intuit 2

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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 Grand Read

The Small Business Blog

Normally I only review non-fiction books (after all, when it comes to business the truth is often stranger than fiction!) but I will make an exception this time because the author is actually someone I know!

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Moxie Tip 287: Gut Reactions

Virtual Moxie

I admit I'm far from perfect. Sometimes, I have an instant reaction to someone I see. But when I do, a teacher's words immediately come to me and I backtrack and reframe my view. We’re all different. We’re all special. We need to see that before we can learn from it. So my wish is that you remember that in our differences we find strength. That in our varied traditions and backgrounds and colors and sizes and experiences. in our absolute and beautiful diversity we create so much more possibility

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The Green Business Benefits of Telecommuting

Eco-Office Gals

It seems that almost daily, there is a new company that is opening its doors with an eco-friendly platform. This is a good thing because it means that there are more and more people who are becoming aware of and sensitive to the needs of the environment. When exploring the reasons why green businesses would benefit from hiring people who telecommute, probably one of the most obvious ones is that when people are working from home, they are not using gas to drive into the office and the less emiss

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12 Days of Christmas Sale Day 4

Office Dynamics

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four calling birds - calling out this slick deal to get our hands on today! Purchase all three of Joan Burge’s authored books for $30. That’s only $10 per book when you buy this 3-book bundle! Become an Inner Circle Assistant excerpt – Know Thyself: Internal vs. External Wiring.

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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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Genetically Modified To Fit Your Business DNA

The Small Business Blog

Every business is different, that is a fact. Any I.T. solution has to be tailored to the business DNA, in order to maximise the business potential in this fast changing and challenging business environment.

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Spotting Bad Clients Before it's too Late

Virtual Moxie

I had the great fortune to do a call with David Ackert of The Ackert Advisory, and Ed. Gandia of the International Freelancers Academy to talk through ways to spot the crap clients so as to not get sucked in to working with folks who aren't ideal for you. It's was a fun conversation, we shared a lot of good stuff, and I hope you'll take a peek at the transcript or a listen to the audio if this is a place you struggle in your practice.

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Book Review: The Freelancers Bible

Small Business Labs

The Freelancer's Bible is an all-encompassing, soup to nuts guide on starting and running a freelance business. While even the most experienced solopreneur will find it useful, it is especially valuable to those who are new at freelancing or considering becoming an independent worker.   Written by freelancing expert Sara Horowitz, the founder of the Freelancer's Union and a well known champion of independent worker rights, the book covers everything from how to get work to paying t

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12 Days of Christmas Sale Day 2

Office Dynamics

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves sitting pretty with this deal for me! These little love birds have a secret to their success and you want to know what that secret is? It's a great attitude! You can pick up the audio program, Success is 90% Attitude, today along with all my other audio CD or DVD programs for 50% off!

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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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Could Your Name Prompt Hiring Bias?

On The Job

I've written a lot about how to craft emails that get the attention of key people, but I was taken aback when I learned of a study that says it could be your name that determines whether you get a response or not. Read this latest column I did for Gannett/USA Today. Could someone named Jamal have more difficulty getting help from a mentor or attention from a higher-up than someone named Brad?

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Moxie Tip 288: Acceptance

Virtual Moxie

I know I want to eat it (life) all up, and to be accepted by others for who I am. I want to make contributions, and offer my strengths so that people are better for having known me. And wanting that requires me to first put away my fears and be open to new places, things and people. Once I do that, the possibility exists for them to impact my life, too.

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10 Companies Changing the Way We Work

Small Business Labs

10 Companies Radically Changing the Way We Work , from Business Insider, is interesting on several levels. First off, it's a nice list of innovative companies. But what really hit was 4 of the 10 companies listed fall into the freelance, independent work, mobile work arena.  These are: Fancy Hands , which provides online access to hireable assistants who will do a wide range of small tasks for relatively small amounts of money.  One of a number of  online micro-job sites ,

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12 Days of Christmas Sale Day 1

Office Dynamics

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. It's the beginning of our 12 Days of Christmas Sale! Today and throughout the entire month of December you can enjoy this great offering. When you register for either Star Achievement Series or World Class Assistant you will receive a special gift package upon your arrival to the course.

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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 Benefits of Making Eco Friendly Improvements to Your Home Office

Eco-Office Gals

You don’t want to make too big of a fuss about it, but you really do think that you deserve a pat on the back. In the effort to make your home more eco-friendly, over the course of the year, you have installed double-paned windows, purchased some energy-efficient appliances, installed some low flow showerheads and purchased an electronic thermostat.

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Moxie Tip 286: Depend vs. Dependent

Virtual Moxie

There’s a distinction to be made between your clients being able to depend on you, and clients who are dependent on you. Based on decidedly far too little info and a huge hunch, I’m going to say I bet you’ve allowed your clients to be dependent on you. And now that they are, and are seemingly unable to function without you, it feels like there’s no way off that gerbil wheel you’ve put yourself on.

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Short, Fun Food Truck Video

Small Business Labs

Nice video from our friends at Intuit (our partners on our food truck project). It's just 1:26 long but still does a great job of explaining why food trucks are so popular.     To learn more click here for Food Trucks Motor Into the Mainstream , our study on food trucks.

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3 Ways to Master Time & Manage Stress During the Holidays

Office Dynamics

Hello to all my readers! Now that Thanksgiving is over, your mind has most certainly turned to end-of-year activities and the holidays. If you’re like most of us, you’re feeling the “squeeze” to get it all done. (I’ll let you in on a little secret you already know: Some things will probably not get done. And that’s OK.).

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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