Eat Your Career

JULY 5, 2017

In the business world, it can be tempting to believe we’re all operating in the same objective reality. After all, we deal in things like facts and data. We forget sometimes that reality is actually quite subjective; it’s shaped by the observer. Different people can interpret the same facts and data in entirely different ways. In doing so, they can—in essence—create their own version of reality and shift the course of their future.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 20, 2017

This week I have been working on the programme for the Future Assistant conference taking place next February. The conference will look at how the industry is changing, how the role is evolving and what skills are required to keep up with these new demands. A huge challenge we face as assistants is moving from a position of support staff, where we take on any task assigned to us, to a more proactive position where we source our own work, take on projects that we think will make a difference and

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Small Business Labs

JULY 20, 2017

Amazon’s Treasure Truck program is expanding across the U.S. Amazon started testing the Treasure Truck last summer. It cruised around Seattle, stopping for people to pop in and buy a limited number of sale items. It also let people who bought something online arrange to pick up the item from the truck.  The company hasn't t yet announced which cities will be included in the Treasure Truck’s nationwide launch, but it is expected to initially include about a dozen locations.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

Physical clutter can damage your health. In a study done by the University of California Los Angeles, women who described their houses as cluttered, disorganized, disordered, or haphazard had daily patterns of the stress hormone cortisol that are normally associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue, and early mortality. These women were also more likely to feel depressed.

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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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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 13, 2017

At Cox Enterprises , conservation is more than a corporate priority. It’s a mindset we encourage every employee to adopt and apply to their lives. We’re constantly looking for ways to enable, inspire and reward positive change – whether in the office, during weekend volunteer projects or when employees are home with their families. This year, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Cox Conserves sustainability program, and much of our success comes from our employees’ ideas and engagement.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 26, 2017

Follow these golden rules to build a reputation as a caring bed and breakfast, boutique hotel or national chain, to win repeat bookings. Convincing guests to stay at your hotel for a second or third time is up to eight times cheaper than winning a brand new customer. Here’s how to do it…. 1. Offer the best nights’ sleep. Online retailers, such as Bed Guru, offer hotels generous multi-buy discounts on their range of contract beds and mattresses , so there’s no excuse for creaking double bed frame

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2017

This month we have a day in the life from Cressida Ford, PA at Cardiff University. Cressida recently spoke at the Assist Conference. She was full of useful tips and very charismatic on stage. This brilliant day in the life gives you guys a little insight into her warm personality and a fantastic outlook on life and the role of a PA. . What are the main aspects of your role?

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Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2017

71%  of healthcare executives surveyed said they are already using on-demand labor platforms, and the same percent believe that building a strong contingent workforce will help them win the war on talent. This data comes from Accenture's Digital Health Vision 2017. Key quote from the report: Driven by a surge in on-demand labor platforms and online work management solutions, traditional hierarchies are being replaced with open talent marketplaces, which four-fifths (80 percent) of heal

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2017

To end my 4 part series, I wanted to share my quick list of tips with you. In case you missed the rest of the series, you can read part 1 here , part 2 here and part 3 here. Remember that doing several little things throughout your day can also improve your productivity. You can pick and choose which ones you would like to try. Best of luck. Standardize processes.

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Clutter Coach

JULY 28, 2017

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! I know you have one. Everyone has a junk drawer. It’s okay to confess because, drum roll please, it’s perfectly okay to have one! Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. This podcast is based on my book, 52 Simple Ways to Get Organized, available on my website.

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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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Productivity Bits

JULY 11, 2017

Many organizations tend to neglect team collaboration in remote workers, and that is a concern. Those kinds of team members never see each other face to face, and sometimes even work in different time zones, which obviously means that it’s that much harder to stay in sync. With each year, the number of telecommuting workers rises drastically. Now, there are times when distance between teams is something that can’t be avoided.

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 10, 2017

Video for Cause Marketing – Event Marketing – SECOR 1st annual Parker 1K Marathon – “6 Blocks for SECOR” I was approached by SECOR to do a promo video for their 1st annual marathon in Parker Colorado coming up next month. The cause is to raise awareness and money for families in need locally in Douglas County. Check it out at www.sixblocksforsecor.org.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 26, 2017

A few years ago I was working as a PA within a large team of highly qualified, talented and very very confident project management consultants. I was asked by one of my colleagues to come along to a meeting to discuss how the organisation could communicate more successfully with staff. I wasn’t there to take notes or represent my Executive, I was there to offer my own thoughts and opinions, and I totally freaked out.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 18, 2017

Last October the British government asked Matthew Taylor , the CEO of the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) , to lead a study on the future of work with a focus on self-employment and the gig economy. The study - Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices - was released last week.  No one seems very happy with the study findings and recommendations.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2017

To end my 4 part series, I wanted to share my quick list of tips with you. In case you missed the rest of the series, you can read part 1 here , part 2 here and part 3 here. Remember that doing several little things throughout your day can also improve your productivity. You can pick and choose which ones you would like to try. Best of luck. . 1.

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Clutter Coach

JULY 20, 2017

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! If you’ve been listening to this podcast or reading the book, you know I love tricks. I love to think up sneaky ways to get people to do things they don’t want to do, although they want to HAVE DONE them. You know that feeling.

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Productivityist

JULY 27, 2017

This guest post is by Camilla Kragius. Camilla is the founder of No More Hamster Wheel. She loves to teach people how to work smarter instead of harder and how to excel in life. You can connect with her on Facebook. We all procrastinate. It’s unavoidable. But did you know that beating yourself up over your procrastination is the antithesis of productivity?

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Small Business CEO

JULY 6, 2017

All signs point to it. Within the last few weeks, you may have uncovered your grill for the first time in eight or nine months and fired up some New York strips. A little corn on the cob, freshly-sliced watermelon and homemade cherry cobbler rounded out your family’s all-American picnic. School’s out, so your house is bustling with kids (your own, plus their friends).

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 25, 2017

Project management is a key skill for PAs these days. So many organisations are recognising that PAs are natural project managers – we are organised, we structure our work in a way that lends itself well to project work and actually we’ve been managing projects for most of our working life! But as usual, most of us are not sent on project management training!

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Small Business Labs

JULY 11, 2017

The online platforms like Upwork, Uber, Lyft and WorkMarket are not just used to provide hourly or project work. For many, they function as platforms on which people can construct, test, build, and run small businesses. Others use them to generate income while working on building an unrelated small business. These are among the key findings of the Intuit On-Demand Workforce study.

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Energage

JULY 10, 2017

And What They Should Do Differently to Achieve Better Results. LinkedIn is the go-to social media platform for the business world, with more than 500 million members in 200 countries and territories. So it’s no surprise that much of the content discusses some element of leadership, from tips on how to manage people to the secrets of successful managers.

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Clutter Coach

JULY 17, 2017

by Should you use your email as a to do list? There are pros and cons, as there are to most other organizing issues. . The cons: . It gets too crowded in your in box to find things effectively, unless you’re a champ at deleting emails (forest for the trees syndrome), even if you use clearly labeled folders, you can have too many places to look to find your to do’s (a GTD no-no), you have to rely on the way the email is phrased by its writer, which won’t be consistent with the w

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Productivityist

JULY 5, 2017

I’ve put together these bullet points on personal productivity to celebrate my birthday. That’s why the number is so odd. You may even find some of the points themselves odd, but if you find one that you think would be worth adding to your own approach, then I’ll consider it a gift both given and received. You have time for whatever you want to have time for.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 31, 2017

Every entrepreneur’s dream is to be successful and generate revenue consistently, but there are so many factors that will contribute to the attainment of these goals. New bars are emerging and the existing ones are busy working hard to stay in business. It’s no gainsaying that the competition in bar business is really high. Whether you’re about to launch a bar business or you’ve already started one, managing it requires a lot of effort, dedication and planning.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 5, 2017

A really fundamental task for assistants is organising your department team meetings. If your organisation is anything like the businesses I used to work for I bet you organise A LOT of team meetings. I know that most of you are aware that some meetings are not the best use of time, but did you know something like $37 billion a year is lost to unnecessary team meetings?!

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2017

The indoor farming startup Plenty recently raised $200 million in venture funding. The round was led by Softbank's Vision fund and also included investments by tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt. The advantages of indoor farming are clear. By taking plants out of their outdoor environments and moving them inside to a controlled environment you can eliminate the problems associated with drought, pests, weeds and extreme weather.

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Energage

JULY 3, 2017

How Successful Firms Redefine The Role of Managers. Back in the day, the role of manager was well understood. Businesses had standard operating procedures, and managers supervised the employees doing the work. Whether t hey were part of the industrial revolution or the service economy, managers performed similar enforcement functions. They made sure their dire ct reports could do their jobs—and do them over and over again with great consistency until they were told to do otherwise.

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Clutter Coach

JULY 13, 2017

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! What’s next with that big decluttering project? I’ll talk about ways to develop criteria and make decisions so you can make your vision a reality. Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play.

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Productivityist

JULY 20, 2017

Today’s guest post is by Ryan McRae. Ryan is the creator of the blog, The ADHD NERD , a blog dedicated to helping people be more productive, successful and happy especially if they have ADHD. I recently took a three-day productivity retreat—I noticed that I was falling behind on projects, freelance work, and my own writing and that I simply couldn’t catch up.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 7, 2017

You’re traveling for business, your eyes veer from the road for just a moment, and all of a sudden “bam.” You’ve crashed into the vehicle ahead of you, and your vehicle is damaged. The person driving the other vehicle may also be injured. A million questions are running through your mind: Will your business’s insurance cover the damage?

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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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