Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2015.   2015 Technology Trends. The ongoing technology platform shifts to Cloud and Mobile Computing will continue as long term drivers of change in 2015. 2015 Economic Trends. Despite signs of a global slowdown, our 2015 U.S. GDP increasing in the 2.75% to 3% range.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Google Glass and the Apple iWatch really do seem like something out of a sci-fi film but they will be available in 2015. Images are going to be even more popular in 2015 than they were this year. This is an oldie but a goldie and it is still going to be the top tip for all social media users in 2015. Wearable technology.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Whether unemployed, underfunded or simply coming up short at the end of the month, our friends over at NerdWallet have compiled this list of unconventional and flexible ways to make money on the side. Consider signing up to be a “Tasker” in one of the 19 metro areas where TaskRabbit operates. Sign up for Mechanical Turk.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Employees are selling their skills and knowledge to their employers. Many of our issues with sales stem from our experiences with pushy, even aggressive salespeople, and often we end up relenting just to get out of the conversation. In fact, it is often this soft skill that determines our capacity to succeed. Bad salespeople.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 14, 2016

What are the eight must-have skills for executive and administrative assistants for today? As you enter into 2017, be sure you are equipped with this top-notch skill set. Joan also talks about one bonus skill, tune in to see what it is. We invite you to watch the webinar replay: Must-Have Skills for 2017. Bonus Resources.

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JULY 20, 2023

It’s one thing to stretch the limits of your team’s capabilities, but don’t set them up for failure. If you don’t have the budget to hire a full-time staff, consider hiring a skilled hourly assistant to delegate tasks to. Host regular follow-up meetings to ensure everyone is on track. Communicate clearly when you delegate tasks.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

In the days leading up to your interview, the job description should become your best friend. Study it closely to get a better sense of the skills the hiring manager is seeking. Think of examples of when you have successfully used those skills during an internship, part-time job or volunteering [experience].”

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

If you think it’s still too soon to start planning your professional and personal success goals for 2015, I want to encourage you to think again! If your goal is increasing your skill as an executive assistant, what does that look like? The post Pause Now To Consider Your Success Goals for 2015 appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

A response tells you a lot about someone’s integrity, character and skills. The first type is work activity, and it’s simple to follow up on. If they start telling a story or making excuses for poor results when you follow up on their progress, it’s a definite sign. The most interested prospects are often good ones.

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Success

MAY 13, 2022

Don’t set yourself up in a cushy corner office with closed walls. Opening up gives your team an assumed “permission” to speak up and admit if they need assistance, too. It also opens the opportunity for them to showcase skills you might not have recognized or acknowledged in the past. Fix the working environment.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 21, 2022

According to a 2015 Pew Research study, Black teenagers are more likely to play video games than their white counterparts, creating a clear pathway for them to expand upon their interests and apply it to potential careers. However, Black workers still make up just 9% of STEM employees .

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

It’s time to shake things up. Okay, Monday Motivators, it is the last week of February 2015. This week I’d like you to really step out of your comfort zone—shake it up! The skills you develop by giving formal presentations help you in your every day life. Again, these are skills you can use every day.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Beats were assigned based on skill set—something typically determined by a reporter’s existing portfolio. Let’s just say I didn’t spend a lot of time striking up conversations with strangers or chatting up the police desk. Then again when I landed a gig with this very magazine in 2015 as an assistant editor.

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Success

AUGUST 21, 2022

By stepping back and concentrating on my best skill, my mind switched from feeling frustrated to feeling fresh, alert and more willing to accept new information. You may find that a solution arises that you didn’t see before, or that you are better able to master a new skill now that you have changed your mindset. Why is that?

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 31, 2014

I wanted to do a Practically Perfect round up for 2014. Thanks again to all of my guest writers this year – I hope to have a few more of you next year, so do get in touch if you are interested in writing for Practically Perfect PA in 2015. Which secretary skills are worth keeping? How to keep your career passion burning.

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JULY 18, 2022

They refuse to give up their right to enjoy life. A power shift in focus is a skill that nourishes your soul and significantly changes how you view life. Temporarily step away from those moments that are bringing you down and focus on aspects of yourself that lift you up. And guess what? So can you.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But unlike innate, fixed characteristics, such as your IQ, EQ is a flexible skill that you can improve. enumerates the specific components of emotional intelligence as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. This is the “social skill” component of emotional intelligence. They’re humble.

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Success

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Is the metric based on how many new ideas you can come up with ? On how you dress, what music you listen to and with whom you strike up conversations? When we diversify our experiences, we’re more likely to come up with new ideas or ways of looking at the world,” Forgeard says. “We After all, how do you measure? a paperweight!

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Allwork

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The real estate world is trying to be flexible, because the days of buying a building and carving the space up into sections and demanding 20 year leases is over. The days of buying a building and carving buildings up into sections and demanding 20 year leases is over. But shorter leases aren’t the answer. So what are they missing?

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Success

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Talent matters, too, but aside from skills (which develop from experience) much of your talent is an innate tendency to perform better in certain areas. If you’re having trouble coming up with an initial plan, you may need to do additional research before moving forward. This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

And with a lot on their plates, caught up in the details of their role, they can forget to do things—big-picture things, like the 12 below. These are the leaders who end up wondering why the change never really did what it was supposed to do. Leaders might seem superhuman at times. They aren’t. They’re mortals, just like anyone else.

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Success

MARCH 23, 2023

We saw their self-esteem and self-confidence go up in that short amount of time.” These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more.

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Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

Or how, according to a 2020 study published by AnitaB.org, women make up just under 29% of the tech workforce. Reach out to groups that cater to Black engineers, LGBTQ professionals, Hispanic programmers—whatever skill set you might need. Once you bring new talent in the door, you can’t let up. in 2016 to 44.3%

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Success

MAY 28, 2022

You can speed things up by attending the right kind of events. You must still do the work: Reach out, be social and have sales skills. The right event can exponentially enlarge your network quickly and [you can] solidify your contacts by following up frequently and staying in touch. Roll up your sleeves and serve.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the lead-up to the UN’s COP28 climate conference, the world’s largest CEO-led community committed to accelerating the net-zero transition is calling on businesses and governments to further slash global carbon emissions to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals. C, as agreed in Paris in 2015. C, as agreed in Paris in 2015.

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Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 27, 2022

In 2015 when I upgraded my iPhone, I decided to bite the bullet and pay for a separate phone line for the new one and made it my personal phone. It not only helped me in 2012, the skills and tools I learned continue to be useful to this day. The longevity of my MacBook Pro has more than made up for the difference. 5 MacBook Pro.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

of all job switches” in 2021, up from under 2% in 2010. I gained new experience and skills , but I was eager to return to 84.51°.” Beginning around 2015, employees started to tell employers that they were leaving their jobs because of the leadership or because they didn’t believe in what the organization stood for,” says Llopis.

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JULY 3, 2022

4, and the only reason you filled up another cup was because you were so bored at your desk that your cubicle walls were basically closing in, threatening to suffocate you. Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. It’s Monday.

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Success

JULY 14, 2022

But was I also perhaps not skilled enough to read between the lines and understand what she wanted? The question is, how long are you going to beat yourself up about it before you set yourself and your customer free ? This article was published in December 2015 and has been updated. Was she a cryptic communicator? No question.

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Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

The documentary follows a highly skilled team of filmmakers on a mission to document the mostly hidden impact of climate change. Thank You for the Rain is a film about Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan farmer whose efforts to deal with the local impacts of climate change ultimately lead him to the 2015 UN climate conference in Paris.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

And then the second innovation, if we can call it that, is the changing habits of the new generation that grows up with flexibility and mobility in everything they do. And I think the second to third year cities were not catching up. It can pop up, like you say, in the suburbs, in the rural areas, in town and city centers.

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JUNE 19, 2022

You make it happen, you’re up for a challenge , you do it your way. While they ultimately hoped to maintain the website themselves, DeNike says, they planned to hire a designer to get it up and running. Then bump it up to scheduling. This article was published in February 2015 and has been updated. Do-it-yourselfers.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As you guys can imagine with two weeks to go to the Virtual Summit I am literally up to my head in videos, online event technology, marketing and social media. We will compare the skills and the level of support required in these different environments, the challenges and the benefits. Stepping up and leaning into meetings .

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Success

JULY 28, 2022

A 2018 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even created a General Charisma Inventory with points that varied from leadership skills to general approachability. Could your listening skills use a polish ? Just because your mind comes up with something doesn’t necessarily mean it has any validity.” “See

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. Here’s a recap of the great content that was discussed this month: 10 Steps to Supporting Multiple Managers (4/1/2015). Qualities Of A Great Assistant (4/2/2015). Recovering From Mistakes At Work (4/3/2015). Tips to Spring Cleaning At Work (4/6/2015).

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