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How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work?

Practically Perfect PA

What can PAs do to make sure they are getting the recognition at work that they deserve? How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work? Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops. This is the last of our three blogs based on the fantastic discussions we had and the feedback we received from our workshop participants.

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Choosing Excellence Every Day

Office Dynamics

I absolutely loved Joan Burge’s article, Core Admin Skills Always Need Improving ! As John D. Rockefeller noted, “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”. The principle she discussed of renewing and improving core skills is closely related to what Steven Covey calls “Sharpening the Saw”: the deliberate improvement of our tools to help us become more effective.

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GM Drives into the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

General Motors recently announced a program called "Gig" that rents their new all electric car, the Bolt, to freelance drivers for $229 per week.  Part of GM's Maven set of of car sharing options, this offering is aimed at independent drivers working for the various ride-hailing and delivery services. The $229 rate includes maintenance, insurance, and free electric charging at EVgo stations and is designed to make it cheaper and easier for drivers to work for multip

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Working from Home. Is It Just a Dream?

Tips From T. Marie

The sound of the alarm reaches your brain and you open one eye to look at the clock in the gray light that announces the coming of morning. Groaning inwardly (perhaps outwardly too) you mentally calculate just exactly how much time you really need to get ready for work and hit the snooze button…again. The. Read more.

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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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Day in the life: Tracy Reid

Practically Perfect PA

This month’s Day in the life is from Tracy Reid, PA to two directors at Arup. Tracy recently attended the Assist Conference and has a very busy role supporting two directors and their teams at the world famous architect firm. Here is a day in the life: Tracy Reid. . Day in the life: Tracy Reid. What are the main aspects of your role? PA Support to our Group Leader and our Group Director.

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How to Boost Your Creativity

On The Job

Getting a team to boost their creativity can begin with something as simple as asking them to look differently at their socks. It begins with asking each team member to take the most boring socks they own, then write “creative” or “fun” on each one. This is what Scott Berkun refers to as “creative defiance,” or making something interesting out of something boring.

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Career Success A to Z: W is for Willingness

Eat Your Career

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. This series has been a long labor of love…and we’re almost to the finish line! Our topic this week is willingness, which the dictionary defines it as, “the quality or state of being prepared to do something.”. If you want to achieve career success, you have to be willing to do the work.

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Organising the best team building event ever

Practically Perfect PA

Organising team building events seems to be one task that most assistants are asked to manage, which is not much of a surprise considering we are pretty awesome at organising events! However, team building is actually pretty tricky. There are many elements to consider. Think about it. Firstly, you have to know exactly why your team needs building – getting objectives for any event can be really difficult.

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Organizing for your needs

Clutter Coach

by I cook with recipes. I like to follow a guide and not have to think too much. And when I don’t follow a recipe, I often end up with an inedible glob that I throw away, so there’s that too. But with organizing, I cook intuitively. Sure, there are constant ingredients such as having things you use closer to where you use them, and putting like with like.

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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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4 Keys for a Recommendation Letter

On The Job

I recently helped a colleague whittle down the number of resumes for a new position. As I sifted through dozens of cover letters and online applications, I noticed that only a few included letters of recommendations. As I read the letters, I wondered why more of the job prospects didn't offer something similar. Why? Because the letters provided something that was critical: A professional perspective of the applicant's ability to perform in a workplace and get the job done.

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The Biggest Players in The Cloud Industry

Small Business CEO

As we know, the Cloud has made it possible for public users and for companies to store infinite amounts of data on online servers hosted by providers for a monthly or yearly fee, and/or based on the amount of memory storage they need (SaaS-Software as a Service)—or have a cloud computing system installed and run internally directly on the company server (IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service)—so they can then share and access all the data across their smart devices.

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Organising the best team building event ever

Practically Perfect PA

Organising team building events seems to be one task that most assistants are asked to manage, which is not much of a surprise considering we are pretty awesome at organising events! However, team building is actually pretty tricky. There are many elements to consider. Think about it. Firstly, you have to know exactly why your team needs building – getting objectives for any event can be really difficult.

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How To Fight The Enemy That Lives Between Your Own Two Ears

Brilliantly Better

“Negative thinking will never produce positive results. Change your thinking and you’ll change your life.” This quote probably says it all and it somehow relates to the law of attraction that what we think is what we attract. And what… The post How To Fight The Enemy That Lives Between Your Own Two Ears appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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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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A Guide to the Top: Lessons Learned From Studying Top Workplaces

Energage

The post A Guide to the Top: Lessons Learned From Studying Top Workplaces appeared first on Workplace Dynamics.

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Invoicing Is Your Worst Enemy: 7 Ways To Defeat It

Small Business CEO

We know—invoicing can be quite a pain, especially when your clients are late or unwilling to pay their invoices. One of the most important things for businesses to take care of is to make sure they have positive cash flow on a consistent basis. This cash flow can help keep them afloat by allowing them to meet their financial obligations, including rent, utilities, salaries, and other crucial aspects of their business.

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How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work?

Practically Perfect PA

What can PAs do to make sure they are getting the recognition at work that they deserve? How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work? Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops. This is the last of our three blogs based on the fantastic discussions we had and the feedback we received from our workshop participants.

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Being in love: life’s natural high

Brilliantly Better

This is a guest post by Alex Reddle. What does love feel like? We all appreciate how it appears in the movies, from corny dialogue about fluttering hearts, to lovers dreamily staring into one another’s eyes against a background of… The post Being in love: life’s natural high appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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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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Move Past The Small Stuff And Focus On The Big Picture

Productivityist

In our fast-paced world of digital connection and multiple roles, it can be easy to lose track of our goals (and even ourselves). I’d like to give you some steps you can take today to look within yourself and reconnect to what you truly want. Once you know this, then you’ll be able to move in the direction that’s right for you. (After all, isn’t that what personal productivity is all about?).

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Why Credit Cards Should Be Your First Choice of Payment When Running a Business

Small Business CEO

Once a business is up and running, it is much easier for it to be approved for a business line of credit, compared to the process of getting a personal line of credit. According to reports, approximately 65% of SMBs utilize credit cards, and this number is increasing all the time. By using business credit facilities, a small business owner can preserve cash reserves, while acquiring the necessary supplies, equipment, office space and other assets to run the business optimally.

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Day in the life: Tracy Reid

Practically Perfect PA

This month’s Day in the life is from Tracy Reid, PA to two directors at Arup. Tracy recently attended the Assist Conference and has a very busy role supporting two directors and their teams at the world famous architect firm. Here is a day in the life: Tracy Reid. . Day in the life: Tracy Reid. What are the main aspects of your role? PA Support to our Group Leader and our Group Director.

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Fake news allegations vs. the facts – How it affects sustainability.

Eco-Office Gals

This issue has been occurring for years, but it has kicked into sixth gear in 2017. There’s a continuing manipulation of facts and falsehoods being presented to the public and it affects people in several different aspects of their lives. The first being politically, however we are starting to see a significant impact on the environment. The ‘fake news’ issue is being spread from the elite in the US administration, as well as through people’s manipulation of social media.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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The Magic of Manifestation with Jen Mazer

Productivityist

Do you want to live in an apartment with a jacuzzi in Manhattan – for free? Jen Mazer did that for 10 years (and so much more) – all through the power of manifestation. Jen Mazer (a.k.a. the Queen of Manifestation) is a transformational speaker and coach, teaching people how to manifest their dreams and goals while making an impact on the world. She is the creator of the board game Sparked , and is also the author of the book Manifesting Made Easy: How to Harness the Law of Attraction to Get Wha

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Tax Tips for Overseas Companies Operating in The U.S.

Small Business CEO

The US has one of the most complex tax systems in the world, with local, state, and federal-level obligations creating significant challenges for overseas companies. Making sense of the administrative process, navigating it, and mitigating the risks involved is a huge task in itself, and pitfalls can be difficult to foresee and hurdle even if you conduct due diligence.

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Hamilton, Jefferson and Trumpcare's Impact on the Self-Employed

Small Business Labs

First off, the most important thing to know about American Health Care Act (AHCA or Trumpcare) is it will almost certainly be changed in major ways by the Senate.  So there's no reason to get too worked up about this bill for now. The second thing to know is the wild claims being made by both sides - such as healthcare costs will drop dramatically or  it makes rape a pre-existing condition  - are just that, wild claims that do not reflect what's actually in the bill.

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Protect Your Business from Slip and Fall Accidents in 3 Easy Steps

Small Business CEO

Small businesses can be the subject of costly personal injury lawsuits. You’ll want to obtain liability insurance immediately if you have a small business where customers come to a physical location. Premises liability is a doctrine that all business unders are subject to. The doctrine finds that a business owner can be held liable in a slip and fall accident on the business’s premises.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha