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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

As administrative professionals, managing large amounts of information efficiently is crucial for ensuring smooth operations. Here are three simple yet effective strategies to help you enhance your information management system. In my opinion, technology should definitely be part of the solution, but it can’t be the entire solution.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I What about the confidentiality of your business information? Bring it on. You have to pick your battles,” DeNike says.

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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

A mentor once told me to spend 30 minutes every day staying in touch with my network and business friends. Check how the new job is going, ask about the bumpy relationship with the boss or share helpful information. The supplier doesn’t like the new product you designed. Spend 30 minutes connecting and reconnecting.

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OneNote Must-Knows: Color Coding and Custom Tags

All Things Admin

Color helps us improve comprehension, process information quicker, and retain it longer. Color coding can be applied to notebooks, sections (or tabs of information), pages, and tags. Vendors/Suppliers – Orange. Our brains process color before virtually anything else. Training – Yellow. Business Development – Navy Blue.

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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

This is the second of three blogs that we are producing based on all the great information and feedback we got from our workshop participants. Read the first one, on what to look for in an event supplier , and watch out for the third and final blog, on how to ensure organisations value PA work!

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day.

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Ten critical foundations for successful collaborative networks

BioTeams

How will the information be shared? Both Informally and Formally. Promotion, Selection, Induction and Mentoring. Pricing/Costs: In supply chains bids, it is common practice for suppliers to add in extra overheads as padding, typically in the region of 15-35%, to protect their costs. How will the decisions be made?