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.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Too often, we get caught up in the daily grind of our lives. We forget to take a step back and really examine how we’re spending our time. We go through the motions: ticking things off our to-do lists, taking endless (and sometimes senseless) meetings, and going to appointments. But we don’t stop to ask ourselves if we’re really making the most of the precious hours we have each day.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Mounting research links playing video games to improved cognitive and communication skills. According to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, children who play at least three hours of video games a day “were faster and more accurate” when it came to cognitive tasks. Not all video games are created equal, and each video game comes with its own share of benefits.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Working with an Administrative Professional can be like having a personal SWAT team on speed dial. They help you focus, enhance your productivity and give you the ability to use your time more efficiently. Admins are essential to providing leaders organize strategies for long-term success by taking on the tedious tasks that cause bottlenecks, allowing leaders to “keep the main thing, the main thing.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In 1909, E M Forster – not exactly known for a body of work including dystopian fiction – published a novella called The Machine Stops. You can read it here but the story describes a future in which people live below ground, in isolation but with all their needs met by an omnipresent Machine (you can see where this is going). People are allowed to travel, but tend not to and instead communicate and share ideas entirely through technology.

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Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What’s your ‘why’? When I ask my students why they want to start their own businesses , the most common responses are, “I want to change the world!” and “I want to help as many people as possible!” But while I’m sure the desire to be of service factors in for many of my students, it’s rarely what’s really driving their decision to give notice. And that’s just fine.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It may be possible to help coworking members avoid burnout situations by encouraging them to take brain breaks. The best brain breaks are simple, easy to set up, and can accommodate different abilities. By facilitating brain breaks, you’ll show that you have your members’ wellbeing at heart. It’s never been more important to give ourselves — and others — regular breaks at work.

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Virtual Moxie

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I recently wrote about FOFO (Fear of Finding Out) and mentioned that it’s one of two top things I hear about from VAs. The other is a combo platter of FOBO + FODA: Fear of Better Options, and Fear of Doing Anything. FOBO is where a person becomes overwhelmed with the sheer number of options available and fears that she will make the wrong choice. It’s often paired with FODA, which makes a person so afraid of making a mistake or failing that, as a result, she just does nothing at all.

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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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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.

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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.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What’s going on: Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of a freshly re-constructed version of Microsoft Teams next month, which is optimized to provide more efficient system resource consumption on PCs and laptops. After intensively testing this upgraded Teams client internally, Microsoft has announced plans to make a preview of the new version available to Microsoft Teams users in March.

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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

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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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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Remember Roger Bannister? Until 1954, it seemed impossible for a human to run a mile in under four minutes. Then Bannister did it, and his record stood for only 46 days. In the next 67 years, more than 1,500 runners beat the four-minute mile. What changed? Only a belief in what’s possible. Most powerful ideas Quick, name history’s most powerful ideas!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What’s going on: JPMorgan Chase is putting a halt to the use of ChatGPT by its staff — an AI-driven tool developed by Open AI and unleashed to the public in late November. ChatGPT has been turning heads with its potential to craft convincing academic essays, creative scripts, trip itineraries, and even computer code, with UBS estimating that the tool had gained 100 million monthly active users in January.

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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.

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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.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A number of apparent truisms about work and workplaces entered mainstream consciousness in the wake of the pandemic, and the shift to more flexible and hybrid working cultures. One of them is that people are better off carrying out focussed, quiet work at home, and creative and collaborative work in the office. And that this might suggest our approach to office acoustics would shift in particular ways.

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Success

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Reinventing yourself can be difficult; the thought of just getting started alone can be overwhelming. So we asked a few entrepreneurs, CEOs, business founders and authors to share their best advice for reinventing yourself and making changes in your life. Here’s what they had to say: 1. If you want to reinvent yourself, just go for it. Reinventing yourself can sometimes be a conscious move, or it can be something you just stumble upon.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The physical environment is only one aspect of the total experience of a worker. Because of workplace decentralization, the role of technology and human resources in workplace design has expanded significantly as design teams and clients strive for a cohesive workplace experience. Today, design teams often include additional consultants to achieve project goals, so here’s a list of the specialists needed to develop a cohesive workplace experience.

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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.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Only 24 percent of people trust their remote working colleagues to get work done from home, according to a new poll from Envoy. However, the latest edition of its Return to the Workplace survey also suggests that 94 percent of workers believe their managers trust them to do their work from anywhere, home or the office. And the older the worker, the greater the confidence they have in expressing such a belief.

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Success

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Life is a wild card. You never know what new challenge or obstacle is coming next, but you always have two options: take control or fold under pressure. Adopt an unstoppable attitude inspired by these quotes or perish. It’s not always about what happens to you. Sometimes it’s about how you choose to handle the storms—to keep moving forward with your life when uncertainty is raging around you.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They call them influencers for a reason; these people are known to certain populations and demographics, and these influencers have the special skill of persuasion. Seeing your favorite social media celeb on Twitter, etc., advocating for a particular company might be more enticing than seeing a simple job ad for the company. In a Q&A, Erin Lazarus, SHL’s Head of Solution Architects in the Americas, she explained her opinion on the future of job recruiting by social media influencers.

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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.

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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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Jennie Lyon

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Email marketing is one of the most effective ways to reach and engage with your target audience. You need a solid email list, and social media can be a powerful tool if you’re looking to increase your list. In this episode, I’ll show you how to 10x your email list using exclusive strategies and expert… The post How To 10x Your Email List This Year Using Social Media appeared first on Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing Services Inc.

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Success

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Managing and parenting are alike in many ways—and you can use your child-raising skills at work to be a better manager. Expectations must be set, accountability must be enforced , mutual respect must be fostered and praise must be doled out with some regularity—all of which come together to support an individual in becoming a self-sufficient and successful human being.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What’s going on: Clario, a healthcare research and technology company, has joined forces with WeWork to grant its employees access to WeWork All Access passes and flexible spaces in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, and Costa Rica, granting their colleagues freedom when it comes to their workspace. Working together, Clario and WeWork have developed a solution that provides balance between fixed, flexible and remote working.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Welcome to this episode of our podcast, where we’ll be diving into the post-pandemic workplace and discussing how to overcome the challenges facing both staff and leaders. The post It’s an Inside Job appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.

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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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