Remove Budget Remove Cost Remove Negotiating Remove Phones
article thumbnail

These Are Nicole Lapin’s 6 Money Tips for Living Your Richest Life

Success

If you waste several minutes fussing with the coffeemaker each morning, then it might be cost-effective to buy your brew. Negotiate your bills and purchases, and find extra money by making your social network work for you. Lapin likes to negotiate and once bought a floor-model couch for about 70 percent off. Behold the new LBD.

article thumbnail

The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders.

Calendars 325
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. They oversee many aspects of daily operations, including hiring new staff and ensuring all necessary duties are completed on time and within the office budget.

article thumbnail

Serviced Apartments – pros and cons

Practically Perfect PA

At first the consultants picked their own hotels and put the cost through their expenses and as you can imagine their choice of hotels varied wildly and so did the price. Once the recession really hit home my Director’s budget was cut quite drastically and she asked all of us to think of ways to cut back on costs.

article thumbnail

How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

The benefits aren’t as good It differs from company to company, but basic employee benefits can cover everything from childcare leave to medical costs. More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you. If you are, you’ll please neither.

article thumbnail

How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

Ten days before the event: we needed to research low budget and mid-priced hotels & hostels in three districts, put all the information (including URL, contact info, location, directions, room availability) into an Excel sheet and then negotiate discounts for participant groups coming from outside of Berlin.

Dropbox 40
article thumbnail

The Art of Problem-Solving: 4 Creative Strategies to Tackle Your Biggest Obstacles

Success

Can we cut costs elsewhere? You look at your monthly budget and see that by signing only two new clients per month, you can not only cover your expenses, but also stash some cash. Lack of focus : Our coach seems to be trying to do too much—generating leads by phone, email and Instagram. Let’s talk to our lawyer.

Salary 312