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Instilling company culture across geographic divides

Workplace Insight

Due to the wide breadth of employees in large global companies, everything from time zones and language barriers to country culture and local business norms can create sticking points. In any form, these moments should: Feature waypoints for the future and the progress already made toward company goals.

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How to remain relevant in the 4th Industrial Revolution

The Persistent Assistant

Technological advances mean that we can add a link to a meeting to get delegates dialed in form all over the world, at the simple click of a button. Other than class-based training and distance learning there is also online training means that you can now constantly upskill yourself in your own free time. You can do this!

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Do you want to speak at Assist Travel 2016?

Practically Perfect PA

For example, you may like to talk about that trip that saw your Exec cross every continent and time zone – how did you manage it, what did you learn from such a difficult trip and what advice can you pass on to other assistants? Of course you can attend the event for free. I will get back in touch with you asap.

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Your business travel tips

Practically Perfect PA

Enter all travel details at appropriate times in his/her Outlook calendar, if used. Set a reminder several hours ahead of flights, and be sure to select the correct time zones involved. Make sure your phone and laptop are charged at all times – If you do not feel right in a situation, then go with your gut feeling.

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Chris McAlister – Founder of SightShift | Keys to Impactful Leadership Across Generations

Allwork

Is that a leadership principle, or is that a management principle, or is that a form of threat? Frank Cottle [ 00:07:59 ]: So my desire is to, and maybe my form of leadership is to always be learning and always be a student and be willing to be a student. Frank Cottle [ 00:05:19 ]: So that’s a classic carrot and stick though.

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Creating Effective Team Communication Systems

BioTeams

We do this by looking at how Nature has employed the oldest and most evolved form of biological signalling, using chemicals to communicate through smell and taste, but appropriating it for the organisational context.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda.