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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

Workplace Insight

But sadly, the workplace doesn’t always work for those with entrepreneurial minds. For managers, creating a workplace where the entrepreneurial mindset can thrive involves an assessment of the culture and working practices. It was January 2004. Within the workplace, a ‘Yes, we can!’ Switch your knitting.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. First up we have the Edinburgh PA Network. The PAs behind the Network. About the network….

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

Not only that, but in workplaces where the CEO is a mother, “80% of female employees report that [ diversity and inclusion ] efforts are a top priority.” With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I

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15 Fun Facts About Stacy Leitner

A Great Day's Work

I started my blog A Great Day’s Work to share resources with administrative professionals in an effort to help them be successful in their career and inspire them to lead in the workplace. What’s so unusual about my job is that I was hired in 2004 as employee No. Where were you born and raised? Chico, California.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Using her network and experience to go off on her own When Dukakis turned 80, Low-Kramen gave her four months’ notice, promising to help interview and train her replacement. Dukakis benefited from this network, too, Low-Kramen said. I am excited to work with you towards building your ultimate workplace.

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Could Your Name Prompt Hiring Bias?

On The Job

Use social networking tools such as Facebook or Twitter to become more connected to hiring managers or key personnel. So what can be learned from such information for the workplace today? She also suggests trying to close the distance between an applicant and the decision-makers or gatekeepers as much as possible.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

A quick look at diversity in the workplace Between 1970 and 1997, after such screens had become embraced for blind auditions, the odds that a woman would advance beyond “certain preliminary rounds” of a tryout increased by 50%, according to a 2000 study published in the American Economic Review. Start at the top. Former Intel CEO Brian M.

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