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How to be an Effective Mentor

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to be an Effective Mentor Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 2, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Mentoring can be one of the most effective means of teaching: inviting someone to learn from the example of another with more experience.

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. Take inspiration from the two examples below, which are suggestions for a job seeker and for people who deal with others in crisis. Words for Holiday Messages.

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These 10 Remote-Friendly Companies Help Pay For Employee Vacations

Allwork

PulsePoint offers paid vacation and company holidays (including birthdays) and provides a $500 annual travel reimbursement for vacation. . Time away is a great example of providing what your employees want and need. Examples that we’re hearing from our employees and candidates include: . FullContact. PulsePoint.

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Why You Must Learn to Work With Other Departments

On The Job

In the past, the only time the tech department and those in finance or business operations might have interacted was at the annual holiday party. Currently, it’s easier to find examples of cross-functional teams that don’t work. They suggest, for example: Providing greet and learn opportunities.

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5 Challenges and Mistakes Faced by Every Solopreneur

Office Organization Success

The main reason I started my business in the first place (way back in November 2001) was so that I could have a flexible schedule – I had two young children at the time and needed to have a very flexible schedule that would allow me to be around for them, particularly during school holidays. You will get there much faster.

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Are you stuck in a rut?

Practically Perfect PA

Is there a small piece of admin work that you know you could polish up really easily that will help your colleagues (putting a holiday request form online for example). If so, think about ways that you can offer them advise or go all out and offer to mentor them. We don’t want to make waves, we just want you moving again.

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5 Challenges and Mistakes Faced by Every Solopreneur

Office Organization Success

The main reason I started my business in the first place (way back in November 2001) was so that I could choose my own schedule – I had two young children at the time and needed to have a very flexible schedule that would allow me to be around for them, particularly during school holidays. Challenge/Mistake #2 – Taking on the WRONG Clients.

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