article thumbnail

Should You Encourage Your Team to Pursue Side Hustles?

Success

In some ways, side hustles can work as training crucibles you don’t have to pay for. In this way, encouraging side hustles is a lot like encouraging employee development without having to foot the bill for expensive seminars or training materials or forcing mandatory training on resistant team members.

Salary 264
article thumbnail

5 Ways to Thank the Assistants Who Help You Succeed

Office Dynamics

This happens to be one of my favorite weeks of the year – and not just because I was once an assistant myself before I founded my training company, Office Dynamics, back in 1990. For example, if there’s a seminar, conference or training session they can attend in the future, on- or off-site, let them go! Joan Burge.

Gifts 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Ways to thank the assistants who help you succeed

Office Dynamics

For example, if there is a seminar or training session they can attend either on- or off-site, let them go! This depends, of course, on your employer’s policies and project deadlines. Here are five great ways to thank those outstanding, indispensable administrative professionals who help us succeed each and every day!

article thumbnail

3 C's To Help Simplify Instructions

Ian's Messy Desk

For example: Your manager wants to improve employee technical skills; mentions the benefits of having a needs analysis to plan the training ; and asks you to look into self-study manuals, seminars, teleconferencing and cheaper training options. Identify specific ways to strengthen technical training.

article thumbnail

College May Not be for Everyone, but Education is

The Office Professionals Place

The fact of the matter is that in today’s economy, acquiring additional education and training is becoming a requirement from the employer and for your professional development. Register for a professional development workshop or seminar. These seminars may enlist 1-2 day training. Check out Free training online.

IAAP 100
article thumbnail

Building on your skills

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Building on your skills Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:46 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources It’s the time of year when we all do some self assessment and then look ahead to changes we want to make in the coming year.Â

Skills 100
article thumbnail

5 Ways to Thank the Assistants Who Help You Succeed

Office Dynamics

For example, if there’s a seminar or training session they can attend this week either on- or off-site, let them go! This depends, of course, on your employer’s policies and project deadlines. Support their professional development. Sure, you’ll miss them for a few hours. Avoid talking about work. Give them special flex time.