The Assistant Room
JULY 29, 2021
Do you routinely find yourself being thrown under the bus? Do others confuse your role of successful business support professional with the profile of office scapegoat? Are you regularly taking the fall for others wrongdoings or mishaps with absolutely no idea why? Well…you are not alone. The post How to Stop Your Boss Throwing You Under the Bus first appeared on The Assistant Room.
Success
JULY 24, 2021
It is one thing to be successful and it is another thing to be exceptionally successful. But to attain a high level of success, you have to be willing to put in the work. Because the theme of the modern-day careerist is this: How do you get more done in less time? So although a lot of people see the weekend as a time to hang out and relax, exceptionally successful people have a different idea of how Saturdays and Sundays should be spent.
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Small Business Labs
JULY 27, 2021
The Verge's Road-Tripping With Amazon Nomads looks at people who travel across the country looking for merchandise they can sell for a profit on Amazon. Key article quote defining Amazon Nomads: " merchants who travel the backroads of America searching clearance aisles and dying chains for goods to sell on Amazon. Some live out of RVs and vans, moving from town to town, only stopping long enough to pick the stores clean and ship their wares to Amazon’s fulfillment centers." These nom
Executive Leadership Support Blog
JULY 26, 2021
This ELSx webinar is sponsored by Cabinet, the fastest scheduling software for executive assistants. Let’s face it: scheduling is a major part of the EA role. We must be fast, organized, and two steps ahead of our executives when it comes to managing their time. Although scheduling may seem simple, there are many shortcuts, best practices, and tips for not only surviving but thriving in this part of the job.
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.
Virtual Moxie
JULY 27, 2021
You cannot afford to under-communicate, or communicate late. If you’re worried that something you’ve done (or not done) will upset your client, not communicating will just make it worse. No matter what you need to say, communicate what needs to be said quickly. The post Moxie Tip #4: Communication appeared first on AssistU.
Success
JULY 25, 2021
The root of stress management is realizing stress is information that we can examine and use, and the first step in understanding that data is becoming mindful of our stress and its impact upon us, says Kathleen Hall, founder of The Stress Institute in Atlanta. While the subtleties may vary in stress management sources’ tips on how to manage stress, there are a number of constants.
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Eat Your Career
JULY 28, 2021
This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant in our recent Q&A session asked: “What are some strategies to be an effective leader when there are colleagues in your team who are more experienced and also have been at the company longer than you?
Virtual Moxie
JULY 27, 2021
You cannot afford to under communicate, or communicate late. If you’re worried that something you’ve done (or not done) will upset your client, not communicating will just make it worse. No matter what you need to say, communicate what needs to be said quickly. The post Moxie Tip #4: Communication appeared first on AssistU.
Success
JULY 30, 2021
Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural traits that belong only to a lucky few. In this article, originally published on LinkedIn Pulse , Dr. Travis Bradberry explains how being likeable is under your control, and it’s a matter of emotional intelligence (EQ). If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likeable leader.
Small Business Labs
JULY 29, 2021
Regular readers know we like both new buzzwords and pet trends here at Small Business Labs. So it's no surprise we enjoyed Wunderman Thompson's article On-Demand Pet Care , which is a pet trends article (it covers new on-demand pet services) and has two buzzwords that are new to us - petrenthood and petriarcy. Even better, they are in the same paragraph in the article. Key quote: Rover CEO Aaron Easterly explains that the company’s growth—as well as the growth of the sector—has be
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.
Ideas.Ted
JULY 27, 2021
This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Remember how it felt when someone looked you in the eye, gave you a firm handshake and said with feeling, “Thank you so much”? In today’s digital workplace, we can do the same thing — what I like to call “value visibly” — by being attentive and aware of other people and clearly communicating “I hear you” a
Small Business CEO
JULY 30, 2021
Statistics of recent years speak volumes about the active transition of both users and marketers to a separate type of content – video. Netizens give about 70% of their traffic to watching videos and other media. Given this attractive figure, small businesses are also turning to video in the race for consumers’ attention. Today we’ll take a look at how video marketing is driving the exponential growth of projects, how it improves Google rankings, and how to professionally create and edit m
Success
JULY 30, 2021
SLOW DOWN. High achievers tend to be prone to overworking themselves. The next time you feel stress over your schedule, take some time and get serious about narrowing your priorities. Read: Lecrae’s Restoration Project. GIVE AND GET. New members of Achievers, our startup social network, are asked for two things when they sign up: One give, and one get.
Brilliantly Better
JULY 26, 2021
Time to publish another installment of the weekly “Monday Moving Forward” series, a series in which we post, surprisingly, only Mondays, because that’s when we have more chances to feel unmotivated. Mondays have a bad reputation, and, to a certain extent, it’s justified. That’s why I decided to try out various approaches, tips and tricks.
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Ideas.Ted
JULY 28, 2021
In the US, fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire western half of the country experiencing drought , signs pointed to a long and dangerous fire season. In recent weeks, smoke has turned the sky hazy across a large swath of the US as dozens of large fires burn , and a lot of people are wondering what’s in the air they’re breathing.
Small Business CEO
JULY 30, 2021
Did you know that the average password contains eight characters or less ? That’s not secure—far from it! And yet, 90% of internet users are in fear of having their accounts hacked. If that’s the case, why aren’t people using more secure passwords? The topic of passwords is a difficult one, especially when it comes to business. It’s not uncommon for employees to take the easy route and use the same one-or-two passwords across all their work accounts; they may even use the same passwords th
Success
JULY 30, 2021
Good leaders know they must be kind to employees. There is no way around it in 2021, as the pandemic redefines what is most important to workers. Today, we’re in the thick of what economists are calling the Great Resignation, where more than 40% of workers want to switch employers. The reasons vary, but employers’ hesitancy to embrace hybrid working is a factor.
Go Burrows
JULY 25, 2021
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to help with a listener’s scenario and question about working with an unresponsive executive. CONNECT WITH ME. My LinkedIn. The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant. Ask a question for a future episode by emailing me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.
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Jennie Lyon
JULY 27, 2021
Do you seek out all of the latest news about social media? As a digital marketing expert and virtual assistant who focuses on social media, watching trends, new features, and announcements from social media networks is simply part of my job. I need to be on top of everything to offer my clients the best… The post Best New Social Media Features to Boost Engagement!
Small Business CEO
JULY 29, 2021
VIP customers are a blessing for any business. VIP customers are akin to assets that appreciate in value over time. One of the biggest benefits of having—and leveraging—existing relationships. In fact, studies have shown that it’s 6 times more difficult to acquire new customers than to keep existing customers. To make sure your customers treat you the same way the business thinks about them, you have to make them feel special.
Success
JULY 27, 2021
If your definition of success involves pushing yourself to achieve a goal , there’s no one more successful than Olympic Gold medalists. Every two years, we watch their victories replayed on highlight reels, forever freezing them at their athletic peak. But in the meantime, they’ve had to find out where to go after reaching the top. Gymnast Carly Patterson was just 16 when her dazzling performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics made her the second American woman ever to win the all-around competitio
Productivityist
JULY 26, 2021
The concept of to-do lists has been around for ages. Sure, the way they’ve been constructed over the years has changed but the concept is largely the same: put together a list of things you either need or want to do. Humans haven’t really changed all that much, either. If you’ve ever read How to Live on 24 Hours a Day , you’d know this.
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Ideas.Ted
JULY 30, 2021
Art has the power to move, inspire and teach us, usually without a single word. But too often, social and environmental movements use bleak and gloomy images to sound the alarm on important issues, and these images are neither impactful nor empowering. In fact, they can have the opposite effect. Research suggests humans can adapt all easily to bad news — so the more doom-and-gloom talk there is about the climate, the more people will simply accept we’re on an unchangeable path toward
Small Business CEO
JULY 27, 2021
Working, studying, starting your own business, buying real estate in the USA – all this may become possible thanks to the Green Card. This cherished card confirms your residency permit and gives you the right to employment in the USA, as well as serves as the key to obtaining the U.S. citizenship. One of the most popular ways to get a Green Card is to take part in the annual Diversity Visa Lottery.
Success
JULY 24, 2021
The American Dream lies to us in all kinds of ways. Among the worst is that pursuing it will bring happiness , and if it doesn’t, there is something wrong with us, and to solve that, we have to try harder, be better, achieve more, remain almost delusionally optimistic. Michael Phelps is a fascinating case study in optimism. He had the audacity to believe that he could become the best ever at his chosen profession, and then he validated that optimism by doing so.
Brilliantly Better
JULY 30, 2021
It looks like these days I’m experiencing a variety of ways to think differently. Whether it’s thinking outside of the jar, or realizing the obstacle is not the bottleneck, I’m exposed (luckily) to all sort of different perspectives. Todays was no different. The Benefits Of Working From Coffee Shops No, this is not going to. Read more.
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!
Admin Awards
JULY 28, 2021
In this episode of OpenWork, a live interview video series by Guerrero Media, Admin Award’s Founder Sunny Nunan was interviewed about the modern Administrative Professional’s career, from transitions to career pathing, empowerment, and professional development, as well as the one thing every admin professional should know. You’ll also hear a story within the first segment of this interview that will probably make your head spin around on your neck, that hasn’t been told before this i
Small Business CEO
JULY 27, 2021
The labor market offers many vacancies for English teachers in China. Obtaining a work visa is essential, otherwise, you can be deported or incurred a fine in case of illegal work. Though there are a lot of options for Chinese visas, a work visa causes a great number of questions. photo credit: Polina Tankilevitch / Pexels. It should be noted that only a native speaker can officially work as an English teacher.
Success
JULY 26, 2021
We go to work to earn a paycheck. We use that paycheck to pay our bills, feed our families and hopefully have enough left over to set aside something for the future. We often get caught in this cycle of working and paying bills without ever really stopping to ask ourselves why we do what we do every day. Why do we earn money? There are various reasons, but for a lot of us, the answer is to find freedom.
Brilliantly Better
JULY 29, 2021
I don’t even know if this qualifies as clickbait. I understand that the title may have stirred some feelings inside of you (and depending on which side you place yourself on the Covid-19 spectrum, these feelings may be reassurance or anger), but I assure you, the blog post has (almost) nothing to do with the. Read more. The post Flattening The Curve appeared first on Dragos Roua.
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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