The Assistant Room
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
When it comes to navigating office gossip and drama you can find yourself in a sticky situation with your boss. Read our ten ways to avoid office politics. The post 10 Ways To Avoid Office Politics And Drama first appeared on The Assistant Room.
Success
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
I don’t know his name, but his messy, shoulder-length hair hides a pair of hauntingly blue eyes. It’s a warm September day in New York, but he’s sitting under a mountain of ragged bits of clothing, towels and blankets. In one hand, he loosely holds a piece of string attached to the neck of the small, mangy-looking dog lying next to him. In the other hand, he clutches a nearly empty bottle of cheap vodka.
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Allwork
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
According to the Harvard School of Public Health , snacking often leads to making poorer food choices, such as potato chips, candy, and cookies, causing unwanted weight gain from excess calories. Nevertheless, snacking throughout the workday can be profoundly beneficial to workers because it provides energy, curbs their appetite, and maintains their nutrition levels if their schedule doesn’t permit eating full meals at set times.
Office Dynamics
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
We’ve all been there. Those low points in our career where we feel stuck, unable to move forward, and struggling to find meaning in our profession. Trust me – it happens to almost every single working person on the planet at some point or another.
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.
Tips From T. Marie
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Do you struggle to find time to create content for your business? You’re not alone! In today’s fast-paced world, many busy entrepreneurs and home business owners struggle to produce the content they need to stay competitive. But what if you could use artificial intelligence (AI) to help you create content quickly? Can it provide the same quality of content?
Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Continuing Education Units (or CEUs) are often required to maintain professional certifications. If you’ve dedicated the time, energy, and attention necessary to obtain your certification, you certainly don’t want to lose it because you didn’t keep up with the requirements. In most cases, if you fail to meet the CEU requirements, you’ll have to requalify for the certification, which may include taking another exam.
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Success
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Success and personal achievement can be determined by the 17 principles of success as outlined by Napoleon Hill. He is the author of the motivational classics The Law of Success and Think and Grow Rich. Read on to learn more—and discover what it takes to be successful. Napoleon Hill’s 17 principles of success 1. Definiteness of purpose Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
Allwork
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
AI can help companies hire the right employees, take over the interview process, and power today’s chatbots — which enable HR departments to spend less time answering basic questions. In the coworking industry, AI-based forecasting provides a way for businesses to anticipate any potential budget deficits in advance and adjust accordingly. AI software can help coworking spaces track bookings, report problems, and easily provide credit/refunds to customers.
Office Dynamics
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Did you know you can begin to transform your professional life with a simple mindset shift? It really is all about perspective. The administrative profession is vital to almost every business in the world. Administrative assistants provide critical support to executives, without which leaders would struggle to maintain momentum, stay organized, and accomplish tasks.
Tips From T. Marie
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
When you’re a small business or home business owner, it can be hard to stay on top of all the tasks and projects that you need to complete. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure of just what to focus on first. By learning how to effectively triage your projects and tasks, you can make sure you’re spending your time on the most important tasks and keep your business headed in the right direction with less stress.
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.
Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
If you’ve been following me for any period of time, you probably know that I consider myself a productivity enthusiast. But in the recent past, I’ve started to feel that many traditional concepts of “time management” are just incomplete. The modern trend to focus on tips, tricks, and hacks has removed the nuance from the conversation and forced us to blindly adopt a “faster is better” mentality.
Virtual Moxie
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
During a recent Office Hours call with Reanne, we explored her interest in improving her existing VA practice. One of the things she was curious about was how she would know when it was time to leave the relationship with a client. The idealist in me immediately jumped to what I know to be true in my bones and have learned to pragmatically teach, which is that when a VA and client both choose each other thoughtfully and well, and the relationship is strong and ease-filled for the two of them, th
Success
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
We often confuse being productive with working as fast as we can every second of the day. We fear that slowing down and organizing will kill our productivity, but the facts suggest otherwise: The average office employee spends “at least two hours a day—or 25% of their workweek—looking for the documents, information or people they need to do their jobs,” according to Glean ’s 2022 Hybrid Workplace Habits & Hangups survey. “54% of U.S. office professionals surveyed agreed that they spend more
Allwork
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
60% of employers with remote employees are using work monitoring software of some type. The question is whether workers will just have to accept bossware on their work technology if they want to work remotely. In a Q&A with Allwork.Space, Breanne Murphy, Global Head of Partner Marketing at HiBob, said when workers are monitored in this way, it harms their sense of autonomy and creates stress.
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Practically Perfect PA
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
What do you want in your next role? One of the most common interview questions is ‘what do you want in your new role?’ so it makes sense to think about this before you embark on your new job search. It’s time to think about you. I know as Assistants, [.
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Empathy is the ability to understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. That understanding helps us to better decide how to respond to a situation. The post Building Bridges for Empathy: Key Considerations for Leaders appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.
Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
It’s no secret that the modern workplace is overflowing with communication tools and channels. Some conversations still take place in person…but many others happen via email, in virtual meetings, or within collaboration tools like Slack and Teams. It’s easier than ever before to lose sight of what’s happening. If you’re struggling to manage the flow of communication with your leaders or with your team, this video will help.
Workplace Insight
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Long before the office died (I read its obituary in several publications) there were hotly contested debates about open plan offices. That is of course before those debates were eclipsed by more current workplace rantings (ask the editor). Skimming through the open-plan office timeline, Herman Miller launched action office , L-shaped desks with screens became shared benches, and decades later tech brands rolled out efficient open-plan workspaces around the globe, with Facebook creating the bigge
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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.
Success
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
We’ve all heard the narrative about senior women who don’t support the women below them. (Of course, what we hear less about are the battles those senior women fought and the toll they have taken.) We know about the “mansplainers,” the low-key harassers and the “underminers” young women face at work. Some women might object to the premise of this article.
Allwork
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Many organizations have been exploring workplace design solutions that can attract employees back to the office. However, an amazing physical space alone can’t achieve that. Melissa Pesci and Amin Mojtahedi of HGA surveyed their clients to understand what makes a productive and happy workplace and came up with six scalable ideas. Companies must be intentional about reimagining their office environment to transition from a remote to on-site work model.
C-Suite Assistants
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
In September 2022 we published a blog on Executive Assistant salaries. In that blog, we tracked some of the changes we’ve seen over the last several years and refer to an increase of 20% in the average salary for an EA to the CEO over the last 5 years. If we go even further back when we published an exhaustive survey of salaries for Executive Assistants to the C-Suite, we can see that the average salary has increased by 60% since 2013.
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
In January 1986, Bonnie Low-Kramen, who was 27 at the time and temping in Broadway box offices as she tried to carve out a career as an actor, was tipped off to a gig as the public-relations director for the Whole Theatre, a small theater in northern New Jersey. The post A former personal assistant to an Oscar-winning actress says the job comes with plenty of perks — but you have to set boundaries appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.
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All Things Admin
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Updated February 20, 2023 If an administrative professional from the 1950s happened to be magically transported to today’s office, they’d be in for quite a shock! Gone are the days when filing, phone skills, and semi-legible shorthand were key requirements for an admin job. Today’s job descriptions are more likely to include analytical reasoning, critical thinking, complex problem-solving skills, and UX design.
Workplace Insight
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Businesses that adopted a four day working week as part of a pilot programme say they are more profitable and their staff are fitter, happier and more productive, researchers have told MPs. A large majority of companies that took part in the pilot now plan to carry on. The programme, led in the UK by non-profit 4 Day Week Global , the UK’s 4 Day Week Campaign and think-tank Autonomy , involved around 3,000 workers through a six-month trial of a four day week, with no loss of pay.
Success
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
It’s difficult to lead well, especially in a fast-paced environment. Leading change in a company in distress means many things need to happen quickly. Leaders often put culture on the back burner as a “nice to have.” As a serial CEO, I’ve led six companies through transformational change over more than 20 years. I’ve found that authentic leaders that follow the pillars of leadership—and the culture that results from leadership—is a multiplier of productivity and a driver of success.
Allwork
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
What’s going on: During its quarterly earnings call with investors on Wednesday, Disney announced plans to cut $5.5 billion in costs: $3 billion coming from content and the remaining $2.5 billion from non-content related areas. Additionally, they are cutting 7,000 jobs, representing 3% of their global workforce of 220,000 (166,000 of which are based in the U.S.).
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!
Productivityist
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
I was so happy to have Ryder Carroll back on show. It’s always great to hear from the creator of the Bullet Journal, especially as the approach continues to evolve and gain in popularity. In this episode, we cover a lot of ground, diving into the history of Bullet Journaling and exploring how it has developed over the years. It’s always fascinating to hear about the origins of the method and how Ryder’s approach has changed over time.
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Your Staff Matter. They are important. Your staff are the sole reason you will succeed. The post Employee focus is the path to success appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Deedee Benyi is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Data Scientist at The Hartford. She came to this role after a varied career path including Automotive Service Management in addition to Real Estate and Vacation Planning in the USVI. In this episode, Deedee talks about how to understand the business so you can better support your executive team, supporting multiple executives, creating a professional and personal brand, as well as championing the collective administrative professional brand.
Workplace Insight
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Workers are increasingly demanding autonomy and flexible working options, but employers remain slow to respond, with only a small percentage increasing the number of flexible or remote roles, according to a new poll. Based on a survey of 4,500 people including 500 small and medium-sized business owners, Sonovate’s report, ‘ The Future World of Work’ [registration] claims that although 70 percent of businesses acknowledge that the most skilled people will only work under conditions that favour t
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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