Success

AUGUST 28, 2022

Amber Slone was on a mission. It was early May, a couple of months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and her coworkers had been working from home for 10 weeks. They were bored. She was bored. And the last thing anyone wanted was another Zoom call. Nevertheless, she wanted to engage her colleagues. So the 33-year-old found herself driving around Dallas, darting from one coworker’s home to the next with dozens of soda bottles and ice cream pints in tow.

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The Assistant Room

AUGUST 16, 2022

You've probably heard it before: your self esteem impacts every part of your life. The truth is, if you want to be successful at work, you need to feel confident in yourself and the value that you bring. Building self esteem isn't easy—but it is possible! The post How to Build your Self Esteem at Work first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 2, 2022

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Overcoming an Overwhelming Workload”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. A lot of people, particularly Administrative Professionals really struggle with delegation.

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Allwork

AUGUST 30, 2022

Remote workers want to feel connected to their company’s mission, goals, and people; your corporate culture must address that need to retain talent. Communicate your company’s values clearly to workers and solicit feedback from them. Leverage existing and emerging technologies to enhance collaboration, connection, trust, and productivity. . Just when you thought opportunities might get better for companies, the annual inflation rate in the U.S. jumped from 1.4% in 2020 to 8.5% by the end of July

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

By: Eliz White-Peters, 4aVP Chief of Staff & Administrative SME Solopreneur. With many questioning the #FutureOffice as companies see their financial reports filled with empty real estate and the associated costs while employees discuss the need for remote or hybrid working, what ever happened to #WorkFromAnywhere? Yes. Work from Anywhere. Social media has numerous sites with exotic and not so glamorous photos from near and far in the life of a “nomad worker” Now, nomads have b

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 11, 2022

Working with Founders We recently sat down with a wonderful panel of Assistants to discuss the differences between Assistants working with Founders rather than CEOs or other C-suite Executives. We talked about working under pressure, supporting a visionary, collaborating and encouraging a founder to delegate. We discussed the challenges of [.].

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BMT Office Administration

AUGUST 8, 2022

Worried that your company might not have a particular document on hand if the IRS conducted an audit? Scared that producing relevant evidence in a former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit would be difficult because written warnings and performance appraisals are buried among mounds of other paperwork? Smart businesses ease such concerns with proactive measures.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 1, 2022

As most professionals know: You don’t need a formal leadership title to be a leader! But, what exactly does “informal” leadership really look like? The concept can be a little fuzzy. Many professionals want to embrace leadership principles, but they worry about appearances. They don’t want to look like they’re overstepping or crossing some invisible boundary in their job description.

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Allwork

AUGUST 11, 2022

Coqual, a global equity-championing think tank, has released a report into the experiences of Black British people. The report has revealed that 52% of Black women in the U.K. plan to leave the workforce. . 68% of Black employees in the U.K. have experienced racial prejudice at work. The report suggests that these hostile work environments are essentially driving Black women out of the workplace. .

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

By: Dawn Monroe, MOSM, MCE, MCCT, CVE, CVP. Integrating Microsoft Forms into Your Outlook Email. Polling Power. Do you ever have the need to email a quick survey to several people? In the past, you may have used the Voting Buttons feature in Microsoft Outlook. You can now add a Poll integrating Microsoft Forms which is an even better choice! Voting buttons have been around for quite a while, but they have some limitations.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 30, 2022

This week’s featured vault episode is with guest, Jill Blumenstock! Jill is a certified Yoga Teacher and Vedic Astrologer, and has seen firsthand the impact of tuning into your own natural rhythms. It’s a time guide that’s beyond just your horoscope; you learn how to best manage your time. In this episode, we uncover how to chart your astrological patterns, how to apply it to your daily life – and hear Jill’s live reading of me!

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Success

AUGUST 27, 2022

I often ask my clients, “If anything will get in your way, what will it be?” It’s an important question, especially during this time of year. Holidays can be both joyful and complicated. Expectations are high, and we can feel tangled and conflicted. We daydream things like, The holidays will be perfect! Our family will enjoy special times together! All my gifts will bring joy and excitement!

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BMT Office Administration

AUGUST 17, 2022

It can be difficult to manage your time well at work. Keeping up with a multitude of tasks, projects, and demands while staying connected with your team and clients can spread employees or business owners very thin. There are a number of tools and techniques that you can use to keep yourself or your team on track by better managing tasks, understanding where time is being spent, and reducing distractions.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 14, 2022

I recently surveyed Leader Assistants of the world to ask them a few questions about their careers and experiences with executives. In this episode, I share the first batch of responses received – some good, some bad, some ugly. I hope listening to what these executives said to their assistants reminds you that life is too short to work in a toxic environment – and that working for amazing executives and teams is something to be grateful for.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, people and businesses, including those that operate coworking spaces, have been caught in the middle of the chaos. . The flexible workspace industry has come together to provide support, training, resources, additional levels of safety and as many of the other basics as possible to help people to continue to live and work. .

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

ELSx Webinar: Performing a Calendar Audit for your Executives. September 15, 2022 | 1:00 PM CDT. Register for free here! Join Julia Leibowitz and Tiffany Nguyen in the latest ELSx Sponsored Webinar: Performing a Calendar Audit for your Executives. Something we have been thinking a lot about these days is calendar audits. People are busy. We forget sometimes that the most important part of life – work, family, or. otherwise – are the meaningful connections we form with one another.

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 3, 2022

Every administrative professional needs a procedures manual. Procedures are documented processes that explain exactly how to complete a task. They help you provide consistent customer service, make it easier for you to delegate tasks, and showcase the value you bring to your executive and organization. When I talk about procedures, most people think of a physical binder sitting on a desk or bookshelf.

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Success

AUGUST 21, 2022

“Think positive!”. “Look on the bright side!”. Sure—in a perfect world. You’ve heard all those mantras before, but welcome to the real world, where life is hard and stress makes it difficult to always whistle a happy tune. So how can you carry a positive attitude every day, at work and at home? How do you actually do it? We all know people who are unfailingly perky and optimistic, always looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

AUGUST 31, 2022

One of the very real dangers of the new remote workplace is being invisible. Bonnie offers solid advice about how to avoid being “out of sight, out of mind.” Read the article here. The post Staying Visible in an Invisible Workplace featured in All Business.com appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 21, 2022

Dr. Heather Denniston bridges the connection between personal well-being and professional success for elite leaders and their teams. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Dr. Denniston shares her career journey, chats about well-being (at home and at work), and walks through the concept of “Energy Leakage Liability” and how we unnecessarily spill our limited energy.

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Allwork

AUGUST 25, 2022

Instagram’s new feature enables users to shop through their DMs. Only physical products can be sold through Instagram Shop, which rules out services like coworking memberships. . To sell memberships, promote your space in other ways including with ads, authentic content and hashtags. In July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new “payments in chat” feature that enables American Instagram users to buy items from sellers through Direct Messages.

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

ELSx Webinar: Adapting to the Changing Landscape. November 1, 2022 | 1pm CDT. Register Today! Join Rhonda Scharf in the latest ELSx Webinar: Adapting to the Changing Landscape. Every day your role changes. What you did yesterday won’t be what you do tomorrow. Change is happening faster than ever, and we can expect that our working lives will transition in ways we could have never imagined.

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Karen Vivarelli

AUGUST 30, 2022

Does this sound like you? You’re new to the VA world and someone sends you an enquiry but you have no idea how to respond. Trust me…we’ve all been there! Don’t worry I’ve got you covered Below are some points to include in your follow up email so your potential client knows that you are interested in working with them and can easily transition to the next step in the onboarding process: Thank them for their enquiry – Showing gratitude for their interest in working with you is a great way t

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Success

AUGUST 1, 2022

Nice people don’t always finish first. The more money at stake, the more cutthroat a business is likely to be. All the hedge fund managers in Greenwich, Connecticut, probably didn’t pay for their Ferraris by being nice to people. But what works on Wall Street—at least some of the time—is probably not going to work on Main Street. And Kansas-based Advisors Excel built its business the old-fashioned way—with honesty and care not only for its clients, but its employees, too.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

AUGUST 31, 2022

“Is Executive Assistant the Right Career For You?” Bonnie takes on the perception vs. the reality of the EA role in the new workplace. Read the article here. The post Harvard Business Review Article About EAs by Bonnie Low-Kramen appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.

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Jennie Lyon

AUGUST 30, 2022

The holiday season is upon us, so it’s time to get ahead of the competition. For many, seasonal marketing is in full swing by early September. Not only is it key to know the important dates to consumers, but it’s equally important to put some effort into your SEO. Optimizing the whole experience of your… The post The Best SEO Tips for Q4 appeared first on Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing Services Inc.

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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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AUGUST 17, 2022

The sort of actions that require a high degree of willpower are actions that are important, but also strenuous and boring . According to the American Psychological Association, the number one reason people struggle to attain their goals in life — especially in their careers and at work — is due to a lack of willpower. . Practicing small acts of self-control — during the workday in particular — can go a long way in improving overall willpower, even in other areas of your life. .

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Worxbee

AUGUST 30, 2022

When you reclaim your time from repetitive tasks, you free yourself to pursue the big fish. Sounds too good to be true? Not with an experienced, efficient executive assistant on your side. Experienced EAs know how to get tasks done effectively and proactively – saving you time and money. Let’s examine why and how EAs save you time and money. EAs support the growth of the company One of the main draws to having an EA is that they increase productivity and provide problem-solving.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 28, 2022

As strategic assistant and producer of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Emily Housley is Crisp CEO’s partner in getting stuff done. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Emily shares the story of how she landed her first assistant role, how it has morphed since she began, and how to present yourself as an extension of your executive.

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Success

AUGUST 6, 2022

I once read about a big benefits-management company that conducted a survey where it asked 365 CEOs and sales-management executives, “What are the three key factors that separate high-performing sales professionals from moderate- to low-performing sales professionals?”. Both CEOs and C-level sales executives (all people who don’t sell, but rely on their salespeople to get paid) ranked self-discipline/motivation as the most important factor.

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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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