Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Using figures of speech in our business writing makes it fun for us and entertaining for our readers. Truly my favorite figure of speech is the chiasmus (ky-AZ-mus). That’s when words in a sentence mirror each other. Politicians have made them famous (e.g., Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy).

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Small Business CEO

DECEMBER 23, 2018

It’s never easy building a strong reputation for your small business, but the Digital Age has certainly made things easier than they used to be. In fact, if you know how to leverage the right methods, there’s absolutely no reason your small business can’t enjoy just as much credibility as your much bigger competitors do. 4 Ways to Become More Credible Than Your Larger Competitors.

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Melissa Peoples

DECEMBER 27, 2018

[link] Stop Wasting Time In Outlook! Are you still using the default blank meeting invite in Outlook? If so, this video is for you! How often do you find yourself clicking inside the body of the invite and adding a meeting purpose, agenda, and meeting objective in your Outlook meeting invites? If you know how to manage meetings effectively, then every invite you send out has all three of those items inside the body of your invitation.

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Melissa Peoples

DECEMBER 26, 2018

[link] Aligning Executive Priorities - Just released part 2 of our Strategic Planning Conversations podcast series. In this podcast, we discuss how to align executive priorities for the upcoming year, how to make a plan to deliver on those priorities throughout the year, and how to find the confidence to take the seat at the table. Recently, I was having a conversation with a C-Suite level executive that I greatly respect.

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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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Small Business CEO

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Ever since the Industrial Revolution integrated functionality with design and production, the world has changed at an incredibly fast pace. Products that were once expensive, time-consuming, and cumbersome to create have become efficiently and cheaply mass-produced, making them more popular and widely distributed. But just how far does machine design take away from aesthetics?

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Small Business CEO

DECEMBER 23, 2018

When perusing coworking sites online, it is very easy to assume that the coworking space is one of fun and frivolity. Images of professionals standing around an after-hours cocktail bar or chatting amicably around a conference table can give the impression that coworking is a big scene. This is just one of the major misconceptions about the popular office format, which has already taken traction in places like Wellington and Auckland.

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