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Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013

Small Business Labs

Hard to believe, but the 2013 prediction season has started. Gartner released their Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013 last week. In our case, the shift was driven by our need to access our files while traveling. We'll be posting more on 2013 trend forecasts and predictions as they come in.

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

Business applications (tax ID filings)  have been at all-time levels since the fall of 2020. A 2013 article by antiwork movement intellectual leader David Graeber, which he turned into the book B t Jobs: A Theory in 2018.  And this search is helping to drive the recent surge in independent work and self-employment.

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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. In 2013, many assistants still sat in silos in their office. We are our office information managers!

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Get colleagues to reduce their error rate

Office Dynamics

by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on JULY 31, 2013 5:05PM. We deal with a lot of paperwork and we create typos, overlook incorrect addresses, forget to format things correctly, mislabel files, etc. Is there any effective way to get colleagues to reduce their error rate? in ADMIN PRO FORUM.

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Is hoarding an office behavior that really needs to be corrected?

Office Dynamics

by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on DECEMBER 5, 2013 7:25AM. Question: “People make little jokes about how much paper I keep on my desk, my stuffed file cabinets and the number of old emails I store in Outlook, going back years sometimes, and it was even brought up in my performance evaluation. in ADMIN PRO FORUM.

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Is hoarding an office behavior that really needs to be corrected?

Office Dynamics

by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on DECEMBER 5, 2013 7:25AM. Question: “People make little jokes about how much paper I keep on my desk, my stuffed file cabinets and the number of old emails I store in Outlook, going back years sometimes, and it was even brought up in my performance evaluation. in ADMIN PRO FORUM.

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Administrative/Clerical: Aiming for the End of the Year

Office Dynamics

The fourth quarter of 2013 is fast approaching, so now is a good time to start preparing for the end of the year. Whether you work as an executive assistant or a file clerk, do these things now to reduce your stress level during the fourth quarter. You might need to start preparing to issue holiday bonuses or gifts to employees.

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