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Forecasts: 2017 the Year Corporations Embrace the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Based on the 2017 trends forecasts we've been reading, corporations are going to actively expand their use of contingent labor in 2017. The researchers predicted that by 2017, the share of "nontraditional" workers would grow to 25% contingent, 34% gray area, and 41% traditional workers.

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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

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A 2017 study found that disparities in financial literacy may account for as much as 40 percent of the wealth gap between those retiring with more and those retiring with less. The final destination in this digitized version of the classic board game is the yellow tile labeled “Retirement.” The Game of Life.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. Women in business tend to look at the bigger picture Growing up in a patriarchal British family, Henderson noticed the authoritarian way her father managed money , keeping her smart, competent mother at home and short of cash.

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How to Handle Haters: Advice from 3 Resilient Entrepreneurs

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After I retired, my wife and family wanted me to take a predictable, boring agency job. I managed to find some C-suite executives who supported and encouraged me, which gave me confidence I was not getting from loved ones. I managed not to become bitter and to push through all doubts , to emerge as a major player in my sector.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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After launching an inclusive salon and accompanying philanthropic organization in Detroit in 2017, their next big project (they’re two of the advisors for First Women’s Bank) combines their decades of philanthropic and entrepreneurial experience. You have $83 trillion of assets under management, and 98.6% Nia Batts grew up in Detroit.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 there were 22 million administrative support occupation positions recorded in the United States alone! A multigenerational team offers executives and managers more than just support assistance. Dana (right) with Joan Burge at the 2017 Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

Office Dynamics

Later I was recruited by Mr. W – he made it clear that my first priority was to create a highly functioning admin team and to assist him with his management team. At any given moment we are asked and expected to be: Calendar Managers. Facility Managers. Office Managers. Vendor Relationship Managers.