Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 27, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « The Great Organizing Giveaway is Here! | Main | Sometimes we just have to laugh @ our procrastination (video from @AgentXPQ) » Celebrate Life Now! It Could Be Gone Faster Thank You Think - Ours Almost Was Three years ago our life was turned upside down when my husband had a heart attack.  Today is our 3-year anniversary with healthy lifestyles!

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 5, 2010

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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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 20, 2010

E-Mail me or follow me. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 22, 2010

Hosting a free teleclass is one of my favorite ways to increase my subscriber base as well as get to know members of my community. Setting up your teleclass is relatively straightforward too – all you need is a: Registration page. Teleconference bridge line. Follow-up system usually via an autoresponder. And you’re good to go. And hosting a free teleclass is low to zero cost to you too!

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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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Customers Rock!

JANUARY 18, 2010

This may be it. This may be the year that it finally happens. 2010 may just be the year that companies start to focus on their customers and serving them well. Now, I am cautiously optimistic about this focus on customer service, but let me tell you why I feel this way. - Brands are using a focus on customers as a competitive differentiator in their advertisements.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 20, 2010

One of the many wonderful aspects of my work is meeting all kinds of incredible executive assistants and administrative professionals. I was fortunate to meet Darlene Mahon when I spoke at an administrative event at her company last April. Since then, her employer brought in the Star Achievement Series® curriculum for administrative professionals and Darlene is a Certified Trainer along with Peggy Vasquez, Executive Assistant to Lab Director.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 12, 2010

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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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 4, 2010

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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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 18, 2010

There comes a point in every solopreneur’s business where they need to sit down and plan … and I mean, really plan! Not just write down a few ideas on the back of an envelope and hope for the best, but really map out a long-term strategic plan for their business. Creating this kind of business plan is so important as, for one reason, it immediately eliminates a lot of the overwhelm and frustration that you’re probably feeling, but it also allows you to: See where you’re g

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

E-Mail me or follow me. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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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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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 27, 2010

I came across an article I had been interviewed for last May. It appeared in the admin advisor. Since many of you probably never saw this article, I want to share the top reasons for bad communications between executives (or supervisors) and assistants. As you read them, please think about your own situation. What might be creating a barrier between you and your manager or executive?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 29, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Celebrate Life Now! It Could Be Gone Faster Thank You Think - Ours Almost Was | Main | Mon. Motivation: Create a Work Environment that Enhances Your Goals (@GinaParris Video) » Sometimes we just have to laugh @ our procrastination (video from @AgentXPQ) Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself to really have an "a-ha" moment.  @AgentXPQ decided to do just t

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 25, 2010

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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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 25, 2010

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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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 28, 2010

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Living in a Style Vacuum Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant I’ve been working from home as a Virtual Assistant for more than 13 years now. Early on, I attended a lot of in-person networking events and met often with clients.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 9, 2010

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 3, 2010

After 39 years of living in and with this profession, these are my wishes for every administrative professional, especially you. I hope you will pass this on to your peers so that we might light a fire that burns in all administrative professionals' hearts. My wishes for you are that you. live your profession with inspiration, enthusiasm, energy, inquisitiveness, and passion. wake up every day with excitement about the work you do and the opportunities that lie ahead that day. will never settle

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « For Goodness Sakes! Let GO of Your Story | Main | The Great Organizing Giveaway is Here! » Learn 5 Secrets to Put Procrastination Off Until Tomorrow! "I can’t help it!  I was born to procrastinate." That was the statement I heard when talking with a new client about a week ago.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 19, 2010

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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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 7, 2010

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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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 26, 2010

Whether you admit it or not, the word resolution goes hand in hand with the start of a new year. Whether you make your resolutions in the form of business goals and priorities, or actual resolutions …. By mid to late January, you’re likely tired of forcing yourself to follow-through on what you set out just a few weeks ago. In comes Terri Z at Solo-E, a virtual learning resource for solo entrepreneurs, with the Post Resolution Hangover Giveaway.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 1, 2010

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 25, 2010

I have received an overwhelming good response to my Monday Motivators of January 18 called Inspiring Others (full article below). I want to share one administrative subscriber's thoughts, building on what I wrote. For some reason this issue of Monday Motivators has touched my heart in a special way. Just yesterday (Sunday) during lunch, my family and I were talking about individuals having jobs where they feel as though they are not making a real difference.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success | Main | High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference » Office Organization - 5 Steps to Setting Up Your Core Systems (Guest Post: Tracey Lawton) For many solopreneurs they think that once they've set themselves up in business it's all about marketing, marketing, marketing.

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

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! Thursday, January 21, 2010 Are you Ga Ga For Google? Google is an office professional’s best friend. I remember the days when you could use Google as a search engine only.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 5, 2010

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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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 20, 2010

Join me… Wednesday, February 10, 2010. 1:00 pm Eastern/NY. If one of your goals in 2010 is to create an info product and have it available FOR SALE on YOUR website or blog, but you don’t know how to get started with creating your product, then I know you’ll want to be on this call with me. On this call you’ll learn: How to choose which product to create first, particularly if you’ve got LOTS of ideas floating around in your head.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2010

E-Mail me or follow me. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 24, 2010

"How do you change a negative attitude from HR? What do you say? What do when HR has said directly to the EAs on more than one occasion that there isn't much to our roles? They have always placed responsibility back on our laps, indicating if you want to advance, you have to move to a more challenging position and forget about being an assistant. A few of them have been assistants but a long time ago.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed | Main | Office Organization - 5 Steps to Setting Up Your Core Systems » Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success (Guest Post: Natalie Dee) Nothing succeeds like success.

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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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