Office Dynamics

AUGUST 10, 2016

Organization skills is the one thing most successful business owners have in common. Without the ability to organize your work and your resources, you could be twisting in the wind in no time. You may have been able to muddle along back in the day, but in today’s competitive environment, you need to work any advantage to your favor. Fortunately, there are at least 9 ways to improve your organization skills without too much effort on your part.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 2, 2016

Coworking is booming. The industry is growing and hybridizing so fast , we're having a hard time keeping up with it.  We recently released our 2016 coworking forecast and we are projecting continued rapid growth over the next 4 years, although at a slower rate than the industry's current dizzying pace.  As the chart below shows, we expect the number of global coworking spaces will grow from a bit over 11,000 this year to just over 26,000 in 2020.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 5, 2016

What is Packing Pro. Packing Pro is, very simply, an app that helps you pack for your next trip. It is £2.29 from the Apple Store. What does it do? Users can pick either sample lists, or use the Expert list-making tool to automatically customise their own lists based on the number of adults (males & females), children & days, as well as temperature, destination, food prep & clothes washing preferences.

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Office Organization Success

AUGUST 25, 2016

There are many, many ways to build your build list. But the best list building strategies are the ones you don’t have to think about! These become the mainstay of your List Building System. Set them up once and they continue to work for you again and again. Having a list of interested potential clients, who want to know more about you and your services, will provide you with a long-term, successful, business.

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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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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

There seems to be some confusion regarding counteroffers today. Are counteroffers a good tactic or career suicide? First, let me explain what a counteroffer is. A counteroffer is the leveraging […] The post Counteroffer Confusion appeared first on JTL Services Inc.

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Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 11, 2016

A whole range of greener sources of energy have come to the surface and continue to do so as the topic of global warming continues to dominate the global conversation. There has been a much greater focus on greener initiatives, and it’s great to see people actively improving efforts to save on waste and energy. Combined heat and power is one of those systems that aims to keep waste and energy at a minimum, and is one of the greenest co-generation processes.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 9, 2016

We recently conducted a study in partnership with the sales and marketing automation company  Infusionsoft on  how small businesses define and achieve success. We were surprised by one of the findings. This is the extent to which successful small businesses are using coaches. We didn't set out to study this topic. We didn't even have questions on the use of coaches in our interview guide.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 2, 2016

I recently organised an event for just over 150 assistants in Leeds and Edinburgh, where we showcased loads of office technology that would help Assistants and their Executives be more productive. During the course of the events you would not believe (or maybe you would!) how many of the Assistants mentioned that their organisations didn’t let them download software, still blocked Social Media sites and used old fashioned and out of date technology.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 18, 2016

The Following is a Guest Post By: Sydnee Yates is a content writer for PDF Supply. She studied Literature (with a specialization in creative writing) in undergraduate school. She received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Since graduating in 2015, she has been working on finishing her memoir, which she hopes to publish soon and has now found a passion in blog writing.

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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

There seems to be some confusion regarding counteroffers today. Are counteroffers a good tactic or career suicide? First, let me explain what a counteroffer is. A counteroffer is the leveraging [.]. The post Counteroffer Confusion appeared first on Free Job Advice Blog.

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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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Clutter Coach

AUGUST 30, 2016

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. In this episode, I’ll talk about how to handle that blizzard of paper your kids bring home from school everyday. Here are some highlights: Where should I keep school papers? How do I deal with this huge quantity of art my kids bring home? What’s the important stuff to keep?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 22, 2016

How do you deal with conflict? Are you a person who holds onto everything or do you let your anger out? Conflict affects our attitude, which impacts our ability to be productive. Conflict is destructive if not positively handled. It damages peace and orderliness within us as relationships are broken. Our ability to trust people is hindered, and we pull away rather than build relationships.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 16, 2016

It used to be hiring employees was the goal of almost all small business owners. This is no longer true.  As the Your Story article Running an employee-free business without compromising on scale and quality  points out, you no longer need traditional employees to start and scale a small business.  Key quote: With the emergence of workflow automation, machine learning (or artificial intelligence), talent marketplaces, collaboration tools, and a curated network of independent op

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 12, 2016

Thanks to our wonderful partners at Travo , we have a very special giveaway for Practically Perfect PA readers this month. We are offering ten lucky readers the chance to attend Assist Travel for free. Yes, that is right – a whole day of fantastic training specifically for assistants – completely for free! The conference is taking place on Friday 9th September in London.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 17, 2016

A recent article on Small Business Trends explains that although you may believe you and your business are providing excellent customer service, chances are your customers/clients aren’t exactly on the same page. In fact, when GetFiveStars.com founder Mike Blumenthal conducted a survey, although business owners themselves believed that 75% of customers were experiencing excellent customer service, the customers themselves had something else to say.

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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 15, 2016

When you sit back and think about the short lifespan of the Internet and how much it has grown it’s mind blowing. Remember when social media had just come into [.]. The post Leveraging Your LinkedIn Profile appeared first on Free Job Advice Blog.

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Clutter Coach

AUGUST 27, 2016

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. In this episode, I’ll talk about some simple ways to keep your email inbox from getting completely out of control. Here are some highlights: There’s plenty of space. Why should I purge email? What about the ones I need to refer back to? It’s too time consuming to decide what to purge!

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 1, 2016

Recently, I was conducting a full-day workshop for administrative professionals at a large organization. I was purposely brought in to help these assistants manage change, build strategic partnerships with their managers, learn how to be more proactive, and build peer synergy. This was a mandatory training event and sometimes when employees are told they must attend training, they get a little defensive.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)  recently released a study showing that nearly  30% of the U.S. workforce are gig workers. This works out to be about 44 million Americans. They also found that contingent workers represented $792.4 billion in staffing buyer spend. That's a lot of money and you can see why corporations are trying to better manage this spend.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 15, 2016

Our lovely friends over at Career Moves recently conducted a survey to find out how important salary is when looking for a new role. You will be surprised by the results. Here is Sarah with more details… Do we just want a good salary? The Career Moves Office Support team recently sent out a Salary and Insights Survey, which produced some surprising results.

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Productivity Bits

AUGUST 16, 2016

O btaining motivation to work on projects can be very difficult to achieve. Additionally, it can be quite difficult to organize your schedule in a way that promotes success. When trying to approach projects both in life and at home, it is important to draw your motivation from many sources in order to complete your projects effectively and punctually.

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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 15, 2016

When you sit back and think about the short lifespan of the Internet and how much it has grown it’s mind blowing. Remember when social media had just come into […] The post Leveraging Your LinkedIn Profile appeared first on JTL Services Inc.

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Clutter Coach

AUGUST 19, 2016

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. In this episode, I’ll talk about how everyone needs an office of some kind to stay organized, but it doesn’t have to be what you think. Here are some highlights: I have an office that I never use. What do I need for my office? Why is having an office important?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 8, 2016

I had the fortunate opportunity last week to be a part of an incredible graduation and celebration for 39 administrative professionals graduating from our Star Achievement Series® who embarked upon this journey that started 3 years ago. Yes, I said 3 years. I was so impressed with these individuals who took 96 hours of training consisting of 3 levels of learning over a 3 year period.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 18, 2016

I'm a bit behind on my reading. So I just got to the World Economic Forum's Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2016 list , which was released in June.  Nanotech plays a big role in the list with 3 (assuming you include "organs-on-chips" in nano). Health/bio related also come in with 3. There are 2 power related and 2 IT related (3, if you include autonomous vehicles in IT).  The 10 are: 1.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 9, 2016

It’s that time of year again! Practically Perfect PA is nearly 5 years old (and yet I haven’t aged a day!) and every year I ask you lovely lot to give me feedback on the industry, the blog and other activities we have been working on – from our events to our new launched eBook. Your feedback is always welcome, but this year it will be particularly helpful as I am working on lots of new projects for the rest of 2016 and into 2017.

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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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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 15, 2016

You keep hearing about the potential of livestreaming video to reach new audiences, but have yet to jump into real-time video broadcasting. You know your business needs to up your social media marketing game, but you’re afraid of looking foolish or having nothing to say to a live audience. Before you let fear of the unknown stop you from trying a potentially powerful brand-building tool, familiarize yourself with a few livestreaming tips to build your confidence.

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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 15, 2016

When you sit back and think about the short lifespan of the Internet and how much it has grown it’s mind blowing. Remember when social media had just come into its own with Myspace and sites like it? Those sites created the “stranger danger” line of thinking. In those days, you had to keep anything […]. The post Leveraging Your LinkedIn Profile appeared first on JTL Services Inc.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 14, 2016

High-quality cookware has always been the heart of all serious cooks. You require a variety of pans and pots to make time in the kitchen easy and enjoyable. Expensive does not always mean the best as some companies sell their brand rather than quality. This does not tend to mean that cheap cookware have better quality compared to the expensive ones.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 15, 2016

I am so excited it is my birthday this week. I have always loved celebrating my birthday. This year it is extra special because last year, at this time, I was in the hospital having open heart surgery for a mitral valve repair. I am elated I will be spending this birthday with my entire family and not laying in a hospital bed. I am very grateful that I am well and even doing better than ever.

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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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