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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 4 Ways to Say "No" at Work

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4 Ways to Say "No" at Work Often the most difficult word in the English language is "no." Many of us hate hearing it (especially when it goes with "No.you arent getting the promotion") but its just as difficult for many of us to say it.

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Live your dream--you're the only one who can!

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Ready to Quit Your Job? Read This First

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Say Hello Meet Your Hostess Ready to Quit Your Job? Read This First Written on August 9, 2010 by Chrissy Scivicque in Career , Professionalism Okay, so you gotta get out.

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Thoughts On Finding A New Job

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca. The best companies keep the employee turnover at low rate by offering perks and benefits that are hard to resist and hard to match by competing employers. Employees cannot just pass up great benefits specially if they have a family that depends on them.

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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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Say “Yes!” To Starting Your Own Business.

The Small Business Blog

Many people dream of starting their own business, and in the UK alone over half a million people do so each year. But what holds the other would-be entrepreneurs back? Is there ever, really, a reason not to follow your dreams? Over the years I have spoken to many people who have business ideas and goals they would love to achieve. Numerous reasons are listed as practicalities that are holding them back.

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Celebrate My Mom's Birthday with a FREE Copy of My Stress.

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Say Hello Meet Your Hostess Celebrate My Mom’s Birthday with a FREE Copy of My Stress Management Workbook Written on August 12, 2010 by Chrissy Scivicque in Personal Today is my beautiful mother’s birthday and I’m a bit sad that I’m too far away t

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GTD and Information Security

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Information Security is one of the top priorities of any company that deals with data. Practically all companies have to deal with some kind of data. The company’s accumulated data – that includes documents, emails, voice messages, and all other forms of data – is a big portion of their assets.

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Top 5 Sales Tips for Small Business

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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An Invaluable Trait (Administrative Professionalism)

Office Dynamics

Whenever I bring up the topic of professionalism in conferences and workshops, assistants – even at the highest levels – will tell me, “Oh, I know what you mean. I’m professional.” True, they often are, and so they see themselves that way. The problem is, many of us get so caught up in the “busyness of business,” as I like to call it, that we may let our high professional standards slide occasionally without even noticing it.

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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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Time, Money and Energy: Evaluating Investments and Maximizing Return

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Say Hello Meet Your Hostess Time, Money and Energy: Evaluating Investments and Maximizing Return Written on August 10, 2010 by Chrissy Scivicque in Productivity I just got back from Portland, Oregon where I participated in a four-day intensive retreat for creative entrep

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The Five Phases of Project Planning

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap The Five Phases of Project Planning Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 11, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! David Allen says, regardless of task size, the human brain goes through a Natural Planning Model.

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Are You Sabotaging Your Search for a Virtual Assistant?

Tips From T. Marie

During my previous career there was a point in time when I was called upon to assist my employers in finding someone to replace me as I prepared to move on to another position. I was asked to do several things, from sitting in on interviews to creating training materials to help with the transition. One of the first things I was asked to help with was the help wanted ad that we placed online and in several local papers.

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Best Ways to Keep Your Professional Edge & Remain Indispensable

Office Dynamics

What does it mean today to be “professional”? Having confidence? Poise? Being sharp or adept? All these descriptions are true. But there’s more to it if you’re an assistant who wants to remain indispensable in the workplace now and going forward. Here’s my definition, based on 38+ years of studying best practices of top assistants and executives: Professionalism is a 360-degree awareness of the impact that your behavior, words and actions have on the people you support, not to mention your overa

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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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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Virtual Studio TV

The Small Business Blog

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Simon Malone, co-founder of VirtualStudio.TV , a company who stumbled across technology that allows them to place a presenter in any virtual environment using green screen technology. VirtualStudio.TV saw this as an ideal product for training videos, webinars and instructive videos.

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Marketing with Honesty to Build Customer Relationships

Make or Break Moments

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How to Build Self Esteem

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Build Self Esteem Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 9, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Take inventory of your strengths One of the first things to go, when our self-esteem is low, is our perception of our strengths.

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Trust Your Gut

Office Dynamics

Hello everyone! The past few weeks have been exciting, energizing and eye opening for me. I have been traveling and working onsite with various clients. My recent trip this past week had many unexpected events -- not so much with the client and my program, but little things related to my travel, car rental, hotel shuttle driver getting lost and stopped by the police (with only me in the van -- and it was night), to almost getting on the wrong plane for the first time in 19 years to. the Southwes

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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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The 2 Speed Economy - Big versus Small Business

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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August 7th Treasure Your Customers day

Make or Break Moments

SUBSCRIBE home Bio Products Speaker for Hire Speaking Calendar Testimonials Monthly e-News Blogroll AllBusiness Customer Service Articles Alltop Customer Service AllWrite Ink Articles by DCB Church of the Customer Customer Care Institute Customer Experience Crossroads Customer Service Articles Customer Service Point Marketing 4 Business Open Forum Articles Return Customers Ritz Carlton Gold Standards of Service Categories Attitude Books Boss Moments Child Moments Communication Connecting Moments

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Nibbles and Yum-Yums: August 13, 2010

Eat Your Career

I’ve been a little remiss in my nibbles as of late so today, I’m sharing a bigger bite that unusual. I hope you’re hungry!! First off, if you haven’t seen yet, I’m giving away five copies of my Stress Management Workbook. To be entered to win, check out this post (it’s really easy!). Inception Reflections. I’ll be honest here: The movie Inception lost me about halfway through when that one guy started floating around the hotel room.

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Professionalism, The ‘Don’t’ List

Office Dynamics

Hello blog readers! You may have already read my previous blogs on professionalism. If not, you can check out the ‘Do’ List here. Now it’s time for the ‘don’ts’! Talk or laugh loudly. This is especially true when you’re using a cell phone or addressing a personal issue. Discretion, and a lower tone of voice, is usually best. Cry in front of others. The crying, emotionally frustrated professional woman is one of the worst negative stereotypes in business today.

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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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Effectively Deal with Anger in the Workplace

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Effectively Deal with Anger in the Workplace JetBlue flight attendant, Steve Slater was fed up. He couldn’t contain his anger any longer and allowed a rude customer to enrage him to the point that he quit his job, but on the way out, he verball

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Is There a Difference Between Customer Service and Customer.

Make or Break Moments

SUBSCRIBE home Bio Products Speaker for Hire Speaking Calendar Testimonials Monthly e-News Blogroll AllBusiness Customer Service Articles Alltop Customer Service AllWrite Ink Articles by DCB Church of the Customer Customer Care Institute Customer Experience Crossroads Customer Service Articles Customer Service Point Marketing 4 Business Open Forum Articles Return Customers Ritz Carlton Gold Standards of Service Categories Attitude Books Boss Moments Child Moments Communication Connecting Moments

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Are You Enabling an Alcoholic Co-Worker?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 12, 2010 Are You Enabling an Alcoholic Co-Worker? In one of my first jobs, I worked with a woman who always had the smell of what I thought was a really potent mouthwash on her breath. I was young and naive, and it was only later than someone clued me in: It was mouthwash --mixed with a little (actually, a lot) of Wild Turkey.

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CRM Magazine's Small Business Suite CRM Winners

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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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