Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Managing colleagues who bypass you to get to your Executive I'm sure every Assistant will have at some point experienced a colleague who constantly goes to their Executive with every issue, question, idea before speaking to the Assistant. Am I right? I thought so! Managing colleagues who bypass you to [.].
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 5, 2021
The recently released Global Survey on Freelancing covers data gleaned from over 1900 freelancers from across the globe. To gather this data, the survey team - a collaboration between the Agile Talent Collaborative And the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto - worked with 75 freelance platforms, agencies and communities from various countries who helped them collect the data.
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ProAssisting Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Recently, I was interviewed on the Future Driven podcast by Adam Kopp. It was a great conversation that allowed me to share more about the beginnings of ProAssisting and how we help Executives, Board Members, and Entrepreneurs thrive in their roles.
The Assistant Room
OCTOBER 10, 2021
In a recent survey we opened to Personal and Executive Assistants around the world, over 2000 business support professionals answered 'As a PA/EA, what are some common misconceptions that you have either heard of or experienced from others regarding your role?' The answers did not surprise or shock us.and not in a positive way. The post The Truth About the PA Industry first appeared on The Assistant Room.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Success
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Something great starts with, well, something. Bob had a big idea for the community, yet his first step was just asking a few people to meet to talk about it. Allen wanted to start a new business and he began by setting up coffees and lunches every day with those who could help him learn. Cynthia’s first step in changing the culture of the call center she worked in was setting aside time each day to walk around and listen.
Virtual Moxie
OCTOBER 28, 2021
More than you’d imagine, I hear from folks who find themselves in uncomfortable situations with colleagues and/or clients that have them upset, concerned about something, feeling worried, or generally feeling off, sometimes for days. Knowing that talking to me isn’t going to help resolve things, I always ask the logical question: Have you talked with the other person about this?
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Tips From T. Marie
OCTOBER 26, 2021
If I’d written this article a few years ago I’d be sharing facts about the importance of a business website or the best way to automate your business processes by using online services. That’s because up until November of 2020, I was still clueless about the real #1 work from home success secret. What happened in November of 2020? I spent Thanksgiving in our local hospital’s emergency department.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The antiwork movement (also referred to as the post-work movement) is getting much attention these days. This attention has been spurred by the growth of Reddit's/antiwork forum , which has over 900,000 members - who are called "idlers" on Reddit. According to Reddit, the forum is for: " those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on antiwork ideas and want personal help
Ian's Messy Desk
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The post How to Organize Your Day appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Do you ever rush out of the house in the morning, five minutes late, only to realize you left something important behind? Do you find yourself scrambling to complete an endless list of tasks at work before leaving the office … Continue reading → You just finished reading How to Organize Your Day !
Success
OCTOBER 1, 2021
I can hear my client’s breath on the phone, and it feels like the sliding door of an elevator opening—that moment when you aren’t sure whether you’ll be alone on a seconds-long ride of life—when she exhales and says, “I’m not very good with dates and times. I can’t remember when it happened, just that it did.”. As a book writing coach, I hear this more often than not.
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Ideas.Ted
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. I’d like you to take a moment and imagine you’re four years old. You’re building a tower, and you’re really proud of it. But then the next minute another child comes running along and kicks over your tower.
Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 21, 2021
If you’ve been attempting to advance your career for a while without success, you may be a victim of “pigeonholing.” Put simply, being pigeonholed at work means that people have developed such a strong image of you in your current position, they can’t even imagine you doing anything else. Perhaps they have come to rely on you too deeply, or maybe you’re just too darn good at what you do.
Tips From T. Marie
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Back in 2015 I wrote an article about using a social media page as your website. Today Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down. In fact, they are still offline as I write this article. I can’t help but wonder how many businesses are in a panic because they use a Facebook page as their website. And although I didn’t specifically mention a social media platform worldwide outage in that original article, it’s definitely just one more reason you should never use a Facebook page as your website.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The Poynter Institute is a non-profit that explores "the intersection of journalism, technology and the public interest." They also provide training for journalists and programs that support their role in society. They recently released a series of articles on freelancing. These include: Why journalists are leaving their full-time media jobs to go freelance : this article covers one journalist's freelance journey, which started less than a year ago. Key qu
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Virtual Moxie
OCTOBER 26, 2021
First do what YOU want, and then attract the clients who think that’s terrific. Pull is far easier than push. The post Moxie Tip #17: Push/Pull appeared first on AssistU.
Success
OCTOBER 2, 2021
There’s a scene near the beginning of the film Steve Jobs , in which the titular character, played by Michael Fassbender, is about to go on stage and introduce the world to the Macintosh. It’s a moment he hopes will usher in the point-and-click future of personal computing and change the arc of history forever. But before he takes the stage, Jobs is fixated—absolutely obsessed —with a single, tiny, seemingly extraneous detail.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The ultimate guide to managing your Executive's emails Managing an Executive's emails is a fundamental part of the Assistant role and saves the Executive considerable time and stress. Because let's face so many of us still get very stressed out by email and the constant need to read, reply and [.].
Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Let’s be honest: The workplace is full of difficult people! You aren’t going to “love” everyone you work with or for, but you still have to find a way to create productive working relationships with them. Otherwise, work can quickly turn into a stressful—even traumatic—situation, which can ultimately damage your performance, reputation, and long-term career opportunities.
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Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.
Executive Leadership Support Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Managing High Stakes Projects, Programs, & Events. Admins a nd EAs are ground zero for high stakes programs, projects, and events. Board meetings, investor visits, executive recruiting, due diligence, you name it – if it’s critical, strategic, and confidential, it hits the EA desk. In this ELSx webinar, we will cover an end to end overview of project managing high stakes activities including beginning with the end in mind, stakeholder management, best practices for visibility and deleg
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Stripe is one of the most successful and highly valued fintech companies. They provide widely adopted online payments infrastructure products and services - including to creator economy companies. Their Stripe Connect platform is used by most of the creator economy platforms and marketplaces. Because of this, a large share of the online payments that go to creators flows through their systems.
Virtual Moxie
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Some people are naturally easily trusting. Others struggle. If you have a client who’s struggling, suggest that s/he give you a small thing to handle (take a small risk). Handle it superbly. Make sure s/he’s delighted. Do it again. Then again. Every time the risk/good outcome cycle repeats, trust builds. You should be able to have a reasonable amount of trust built with any client inside of 30 days.
Success
OCTOBER 13, 2021
We often credit Henry Ford as the benevolent figure behind the five-day workweek. In 1926, Ford Motor Company became one of the first businesses in America to institute that standard for its workers. But the events leading up to that concession stretched back some 40 years. On May 3, 1886, a large group of workers gathered at Chicago’s Haymarket Square to support a strike for the eight-hour workday.
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Go Burrows
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Nick Ginsburg is a passionate and innovative Executive Assistant and mental health advocate. By day he is the Executive Assistant to the Provost and Senior Vice-President at Monash University and by night he is the host of The Open Drive Podcast and Founder of The Collective, a judgment-free community for administrative professionals worldwide. Nick and I talk about authenticity, building and cultivating a community, and more!
Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 19, 2021
This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Get that Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. Pigeonholed generally means that people have assigned you to a specific category.
Ideas.Ted
OCTOBER 21, 2021
This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Many trainings and articles about microaggressions focus on how you can intervene in the moment, which is a crucial part of allyship. But in addition to intervening, there are other important ways to support people who experience microaggressions, systemic inequities and other barriers to opportunity — and one w
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 19, 2021
One of the hottest investment firms is Ark Investment Management. Their investment focus is on firms creating disruptive innovation and their stable of exchange-traded funds has around $40 billion invested in them. Their recent article Social Commerce: The Next Wave in Online Shopping outlines why they're forecasting social commerce to boom over the next 5 years.
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.
Virtual Moxie
OCTOBER 14, 2021
How can you be sure that it’s time to let a client go, time to change your business model, time to find training or sit for a certification, or time for…well, anything, really? When do you really know that you’re ready? Even when there’s a problem that seems irresolvable and you feel pushed to do something different, how do you ever know you’ve worked at things hard enough, or looked for enough solutions, or even completely addressed things (if another person’s involved).
Success
OCTOBER 3, 2021
As we sat down to plan the magazine this article originally appeared in , it quickly stood out to me that the official on-sale date—Oct. 5, the day this issue becomes widely available on newsstands—is exactly the 10-year anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs. In honor of the visionary Apple and Pixar co-founder, who inspired countless entrepreneurs, we decided that Imagination was the only fitting theme for the November/December issue of SUCCESS.
Small Business CEO
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Here is some much-needed great news: you do not need a dedicated home office to work successfully from home. With some creativity, you can set up a functional workspace in a variety of unused and often overlooked spaces in your home. For example, the following ideas will help get you well on your way to a positive telecommuting experience: Transform Your Stair Landing Area.
Productivityist
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Pamela Slim uncovers how to connect with potential clients and customers using the true breadth of the marketplace. Pamela Slim is an author, community builder, consultant and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. Since 2005, Pam has advised thousands of entrepreneurs as well as companies serving the small business market such as Infusionsoft, Progressive Insurance and Prezi.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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