Tue.Jul 07, 2020

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Our Updated Small Business Closure Forecast is More Optimistic, But Still Grim

Small Business Labs

In early April, we released a 2020 small business closure forecast. We've updated our forecast and the good news is we're more optimistic about small business survival rates than in our April forecast.   The bad news is the numbers are still grim with the base case indicating about 1 million (17%) of U.S. employer small businesses will close in 2020.  As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), the base case closure rate (50% probability) has decreased from 21% to 17%

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Trusted Strategies To Get Back Into Great Shape After Lockdown

Small Business CEO

Getting back in shape after the prolonged period of lockdown is honestly the most daunting task. You’ve probably added a few bounds, lost track of your workout, and the progress you made previously is not visible. It’s frustrating! Despite the bleak situation, all is not lost. As governments lift the lockdowns, you can start all over again and get back in shape.

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Why Executive Assistants Need To Adopt A Slinky Mindset

My EA Career

The slinky is the perfect metaphor for the way I encourage Executive Assistants that I train, coach and mentor to adapt and adjust to the impacts of Coronavirus. Let me tell you why. The slinky was the accidental innovation of US inventor Richard T. James who was working on a means to suspend sensitive ship-board instruments in 1943. “James accidentally knocked a sample spring from a shelf, and watched as it “stepped” from a stack of books, to a tabletop, to the floor, where it re-co

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Understanding the World of Online Business and How to Conquer It

Small Business CEO

The digitized age has offered all of us the opportunity to become our own bosses and become financially independent. Online business is vast, and there are many ways you can stake your claim and conquer it. Deciding to take a step toward becoming your own boss and managing your online business is something you will not regret, and you will likely reap the rewards of it for the rest of your life.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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COVID Came – We Waivered and then we Conquered

The Persistent Assistant

It is a week since we held the OPSA National Administrative Excellence Award – online! I am still reeling from the fear, build-up and the pure excitement of having done it. The Awards which are held annually in April during International Administrative Professionals week at the Birchwood Hotel include a wonderful buffet breakfast and all the glitz and glamour.

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