Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Upwork and the Freelancers Union released their 2017 Freelancing in America study last week. This is the 4th year of this study. The key finding is the estimated number of freelancers continued to grow in 2017, reaching 57.3 million, up from 53 million in 2014. That's about 36 percent of the workforce. According to the study, part-time freelancers are both the largest group and the ones driving this growth.
Office Dynamics
OCTOBER 6, 2017
As you climb the corporate ladder, delivering a business presentation becomes one of the most important skills that you need to learn. A business presentation has to be informative, engaging, influencing, and entertaining at the same time. If one of these four key objectives are not covered well, the effectiveness of the presentation falls down immediately.
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Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 5, 2017
A few years ago I wrote a really detailed blog about dealing with confidential electronic documents and paperwork. This is obviously an important subject for assistants because we have to, have to, have to, keep our Executive’s confidence. We must be trustworthy and as hard as it is, keep all confidential matters to ourselves. Today, I thought I would write an update on my blog from a few years ago and concentrate on electronic documents.
Eco-Office Gals
OCTOBER 9, 2017
For years, there has been a push to find alternative energy sources that will replace the use of fossil fuels. However, there really has not been a lot of movement towards making the replacement permanently on a large scale. Yes, many smaller entities and even households are doing a great job relying on renewable energy sources, but as a whole, the United States has not made much progress and fossil fuels are still very much the energy source of choice.
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.
Tips From T. Marie
OCTOBER 5, 2017
You spend a lot of time in your office. It could be a corner of your living room, a dedicated room in your home or even a small, rented space. No matter where your office is, a key to making work enjoyable (and productive) is creating an office space that you love. Over the next. Read more.
Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This is part three of a three-part series where I’m covering the following topics: Part 1: Getting Leadership Approval. Part 2: Retaining Information. Part 3: Leveraging Learning. In this article, I’ll share some strategies to help you use what you’ve learned in training. Previously, I shared the importance of creating an action plan—a document that outlines the specific, incremental steps you’re going to take to implement what you’ve learned in training.
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Office Dynamics
OCTOBER 23, 2017
by Barbara McNichol. Our society loves “3”; we remember things in “3s”; we’ve learned it from kindergarten when we were told to hop, skip, jump and stop, look, and listen. Businesses gravitate toward “3” when they create marketing taglines. Look at these examples: Reduce, reuse, recycle (recycle guide). Buy it. Sell it. Love it. (eBay). Grace, space, pace.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Administrators will no doubt at some stage in their careers be the one leading and facilitating a planning session. When you’re that person a lot is at stake – mainly credibility. People, and this could mean your peers, will judge you on how well you planned the meeting, your ability to control it effectively, produce outcomes and manage personalities.
Productivityist
OCTOBER 5, 2017
A scan is defined by Merriam-Webster as “…to examine by point-by-point observation or checking.” However, the definition goes deeper into that: – to investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly. – to glance from point to point often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item. Scanning, whether using either of those definitions, can give you the information you need to make a decision.
Small Business CEO
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Many small business owners view business insurance as the necessary evil, and thus they are reluctant whether they should take more coverages or not. In reality, nobody really knows (except the insurers, perhaps) until the disaster happens; in that case, it’s all too late. The result of the reluctance is the gap between the coverage they have and the amount they actually need.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 3, 2017
This is part two of a three-part series where I’m covering the following topics: Part 1: Getting Leadership Approval. Part 2: Retaining Information. Part 3: Leveraging Learning. In this article, we’re diving into the big question: How do you effectively capture—and more importantly, retain —learning in a professional development training program? For many professionals, training isn’t an everyday occurrence.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 12, 2017
LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, recently shared his list of the 3 trends that will shape the future of work. These are: AI and Automation. The Skills Gap. Independent Workers. None of these are particularly new or surprising. They're all well known to anyone who has been following the future of work. But Weiner's role at LinkedIn provides him with a very large set of data on what's going on with work.
Clutter Coach
OCTOBER 27, 2017
by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is Podcast 76 and it’s about organizing challenges for couples. I usually work with individuals, but sometimes I work with couples and families too. Even when I’m working just with an individual, there are family members lurking in the background and they have their own wants, needs, agendas, resistances and bad habits that we have to take into account.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 24, 2017
As much as we all want to work in paperless offices it still seems like something that is way way into the future. Yes, I think most of us have cut down a whole bunch on our paper consumption, however, we still have to print things off, get people to sign things and work with paper documents a lot. The reality is that paper is going to be around for a little while longer.
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Productivityist
OCTOBER 16, 2017
I have a question for you: When was the last time you looked back at what already happened today instead of looking forward to tomorrow? Most of us tend to look ahead because that’s the direction we’re moving. But the problem is that if you only look ahead, and don’t take the time to reflect on what led you to this point, then you could wind up going down the wrong path.
Tips From T. Marie
OCTOBER 5, 2017
You spend a lot of time in your office. It could be a corner of your living room, a dedicated room in your home or even a small, rented space. No matter where your office is, a key to making work enjoyable (and productive) is creating an office space that you love. Over the next few weeks I’m going to give you some ideas for starting a love affair with your office.?
Small Business CEO
OCTOBER 26, 2017
You would be surprised some of the simple business ideas that can bring in a decent sized paycheck. If you have access to the internet, you have the ability to make money even from your own home. Depending on your qualifications, the possibilities may vary. Nonetheless, a little ingenuity can go a long way in today’s internet age. Keep in mind, some of these ideas may or may not work for you.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 3, 2017
According to research from The Business Journals SMB Insights group the number of minority owned small businesses in the U.S. is growing much faster than overall small business growth rate. As their chart below shows, between 2007 and 2017 the number minority owned SMBs have grown by 79% reaching 11.1 million. This growth is about 10 times faster than the 7.6% overall growth rate for U.S. small businesses during this period.
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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.
Clutter Coach
OCTOBER 20, 2017
by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is Podcast 75: do it your way. Back in podcast 17 I talked about how you can make your office less boring and conventional by outfitting it with patterned file folders and a tape dispenser shaped like an animal. Today I’ll talk about making your processes and systems less boring.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 10, 2017
There are many methods a minute taker can use to take minutes e.g. Recording devices , laptop, iPad, and just plain writing. Those people who write the minutes probably use their own version of shorthand (tips on how to do this are covered in this post ), text language or EasyScript. But what about ‘real’ shorthand – Pitmans 2000 or Teeline? Shorthand a necessity then… .
Productivityist
OCTOBER 2, 2017
The following is a guest post by my good friend Shawn Blanc, creator of The Focus Course. Shawn is a writer, small-business owner, productivity coach, and creative entrepreneur. For more than a decade, Shawn has been teaching and learning about creativity, diligence, and focus. In a word or two, how would you describe your average day? Busy? Overwhelming?
The Marq
OCTOBER 31, 2017
I have a very short video for tonight, Halloween, in United States! It's all about the scariest thing I know about business. Check it out.and Happy Halloween! Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com.
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Small Business CEO
OCTOBER 6, 2017
The last things anyone wants is to leave a meeting feeling like they haven’t accomplished anything. Or worse, feeling like they’ve taken a step backward or are more confused than ever. If this seems to be frequently happening within your company, it’s time you reassess how you handle meetings and implement ways to improve these meetings. While having a room set aside for meetings can be helpful, it’s what happens in those rooms that’s going to have the most impact on their ultimate success.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 30, 2017
The nature of migrant work is rapidly changing. A combination of technological enablement coupled with social, demographic and economic shifts is resulting in growing numbers of migrant workers. But these new migrants aren't like the old ones. The new migrants are often choosing this as a lifestyle or doing it to supplement their retirement.
Clutter Coach
OCTOBER 13, 2017
by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! It’s to be expected that organizers like to label things. They run around with their little machines and slap a label onto anything that’s not moving. I don’t go that far, and not everything needs a label. Ease of finding things and ease of putting them away are two big reasons that getting organized matters, for anything you organize.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 12, 2017
So it goes without saying that you get tons of emails, oh and your Executive probably gets tons of emails too! These days, we are all swimming in the sea of digital communications and most of us are drowning! Recently I have been doing a lot of research on how to maximise my time, be more productive and generally kick ass during the hours I can dedicate to work (the rest of my time is taken up with making meals that my kids don’t eat, tidying up Lego and my other half’s dirty clothes
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.
Productivityist
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Peter Shankman joins me on this episode of the podcast. Peter is the founder of Help A Reporter Out and the author of the new book Faster Than Normal. During our conversation, we dive into why he considers ADHD to be a gift, how he leverages dopamine to boost his productivity, and what people without ADHD can do to tap into some of the productivity benefits they have at their disposal.
The Marq
OCTOBER 25, 2017
It's not easy keeping everyone happy in all of your transaction, and sometimes not even in a single deal. So, what do you do? Do you strive to do everything possible to win the favor of a person no matter what? I briefly touch on this in today's late night post. Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com.
Small Business CEO
OCTOBER 22, 2017
As a successful real estate agent, you probably have your hands full with satisfied clients and profitable commissions. If you love meeting with clients at all hours and working through the paperwork to help people’s dreams come true, you probably want to continue doing so until retirement age. But if you’re ready for a new adventure, the promise of steadier income, and a different set of responsibilities at work, it might be time to start your own real estate business.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Ardent Partners recently released their 2017-2018 State of the Contingent Workforce Management report. Ardent Partners is an analyst firm focused on corporate procurement and supply chains. The report is targeted at procurement and HR professionals who manage contingent workforce programs at larger organizations. This is the 5th year of this study on the use of non-employee talent by corporations.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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