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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

A meeting planner by MY definition is the go-to person within an organization – be it corporate, association or otherwise – charged with the responsibility of planning and executing a meeting or special event. Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. I for one started out on a clerical/administrative career path with absolutely no knowledge at the time that a career in meeting planning even existed (and at t

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53 Million Americans are part of the Low Wage Workforce

Small Business Labs

Brookings' Meet the Low Wage Workforce reports that 53 million Americans, or about 44% of all workers aged 18-64, have low-wage jobs. According to Brookings, the national average for a low-wage job is one that pays $16.03 per hour or less.  The low-wage level is adjusted using city-level cost of living data.  For example, a job paying $20.02 in high-cost San Jose, California is considered low wage while one paying $13 in low-cost areas of the country isn't.

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Quick Tips for Businesses Installing Solar Panels

Eco-Office Gals

Business owners are always looking for new ways to go green and reduce their carbon footprint. Adding solar panels to your facility — provided you work in an area that gets plenty of usable sunlight — can help to offset energy costs and reduce CO2 emissions. If you’re considering adding solar to your business, here are a few quick tips to make the process a little easier.

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Research: Facial Imperfections Impact Hiring

On The Job

Research shows that attractive people get paid more and are considered for more jobs, which I'm sure most of us consider unfair and discriminatory. Now there is new research from Rice University and the University of Houston that suggests if someone has a birthmark, mole or scar or some other "facial imperfection," then it's likely that will affect how that person is evaluated during a Skype interview.

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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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You Should Be Downsizing Your Images

Tips From T. Marie

Business today is image driven. Photos are key in social media posts, blog posts and for product sales. Smart phones have made taking these needed photos easy, however often the size of these photos is well beyond what is needed. Using images with a large file size can slow down your website dramatically. Sites like Etsy for selling product often have size limits.

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Braving Burnout: How to Go on When it Feels Like There’s Nowhere to Go

Productivityist

Photo by Marcel Hol from FreeImages. The following post is a guest contribution from Stewart Dunlop. I haven’t taken guest posts in a while but the topic of burnout has come up a lot lately and when Stewart asked if he could write something about for my blog, I jumped at the chance. Stewart is a content guy at Foundr with a passion for writing articles that you will want to read.

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Meditation Is Like Debugging Spaghetti Code

Brilliantly Better

Now that we have an idea about Buddhist concepts like impermanence or karma, let’s see what meditation is. Somehow predictably, meditation, as a concept, has been very much twisted, transformed and modified in the Western part of the world. I… The post Meditation Is Like Debugging Spaghetti Code appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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My Biggest Mistake as an Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant Breakthrough

My biggest mistake as an executive assistant came within my first year of joining a global pharmaceutical company. Here’s a story of a hard lesson I learned that ended up being a blessing. The blunder wasn’t a technical error, but rather a faulty response in my soft skills when a problem arose. It was an ego-bruising lesson in ownership that I’m grateful for.

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The Online Platform Economy as a Safety Net

Small Business Labs

The JP Morgan Chase Institute recently released a new study, Bridging the Gap: How Families Use the Online Platform Economy to Manage their Cash Flow.  The key finding of the study is "participation in the Online Platform Economy functions as a cash-flow management tool for many families." In particular, JP Morgan found many use online platform work to supplement their income when they lost a job.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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3 Areas Of SEO Your Business Should Be Giving More Attention To

Small Business CEO

As a modern entrepreneur, you likely already know how important it is to have a strong online presence and that a big part of this is how well you do with your SEO efforts. However, for those who are running small businesses, it can be very challenging to devote enough time, attention, or money to having a solid SEO strategy with everything that you need to take care of for your business.

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The Art Of Not Believing The Lies You’re Telling To Yourself

Brilliantly Better

As you read this, in the back of your mind there is a constant humming and buzzing. You may not be aware of it, as you’re focusing on the screen, reading this very sentence, but it’s there. You may think… The post The Art Of Not Believing The Lies You’re Telling To Yourself appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Episode 271: THe Seven Longest Yards with Chris Norton

Productivityist

On this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Chris Norton. Chris is a speaker, author, adoptive & foster parent. He suffered a severe spinal cord injury playing college football. However, seven years later joyfully conquered the challenge of walking his wife, Emily, down the aisle of his wedding. This episode is sponsored by MeetEdgar.

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10 Ways to Make Extra Money for Christmas

Small Business CEO

So we have officially hit the preparation period for the festive season, and it’s only a matter of time before we start hearing the carols from every corner. Of course no one wants to be left behind, and so everyone is running from every corner trying to get some extra dollars. Savings have never done any better, and people have never worked harder.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Top 3 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Insurance (When Providing Company Cars to Employees)

Small Business CEO

A business must have company cars to get employees from one place to another. Those places being the office, client’s houses, or if your employee travels a lot for work. For some businesses, having employees drive many miles a week is necessary, but we forget that driving can be dangerous. Even if the person is an experienced driver, accidents still happen because of the weather, other drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, poor road maintenance, or traffic.

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Security Risk Management For Enhanced Cybersecurity In SMBs

Small Business CEO

Risk is inherent to all businesses, whether large or small. Unfortunately, there seems to be a greater focus on high-impact criminal activities within large corporations. Since the media focus on large businesses, it is easy to think that your small business is not at risk. However, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are at a higher risk since they do not have the resources to handle data breaches.

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How to Look for the Best Legal Representatives for your Company

Small Business CEO

Every company requires legal counsel at some point. This is why chief legal officers or CLO are often in the C-suite of large companies. Small and mid-sized businesses need legal counsel, as well. This can help them set up company policies and management of said policies to minimize the potential for lawsuits when disputes arise. Legal counsel can guide you in crafting enforceable intellectual property agreements, product warranties and non-disclosure forms.

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How to Value a Small Business for Divorce

Small Business CEO

One of the most challenging aspects of divorce is the division of assets. Depending on the marriage and the assets accumulated during this time, dividing these fairly between spouses may need to involve professionals, especially when it comes to valuing and dividing a business. With the different approaches to valuation and the aspects of a business that they focus on, the outcome of the valuation may differ substantially from method to method.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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ZenTasktic Update: Steady To The Plan

Brilliantly Better

It’s been almost a month since I announced the relaunch of ZenTasktic, and since then a lot happened. I did my best to cram as many hours into this, and although this felt a bit overwhelming at times (especially when… The post ZenTasktic Update: Steady To The Plan appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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