Small Business Labs

JUNE 15, 2020

Gensler, a large global integrated architecture, design, planning and consulting firm, recently released its U.S. Work From Home Survey 2020 report. The survey was done between April 16th to May 4th and the respondents "were required to be working full time for a company of 100 or more people, to have worked in an office environment prior to COVID-19, and to be currently working from home."  In other words, Gensler's surveyed nicely captured the views of people who typically wo

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 14, 2020

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 Librar y. A participant in our recent Q&A (Ask the Career Coach) session asked: My executive treats me like a servant rather than a business partner. I’ve told him in previous conversations regarding him being late to appointments/interviews, that I’m looking out for his brand, and he has told me that is not necessary

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 16, 2020

Working alongside every successful Executive is an incredibly smart, switched-on and highly skilled Executive Assistant. There are many advanced skills that Assistants, who work in the C-suite, need to be successful in the role. We cover a lot of those skills on this website. In this article, we are going to cover some of [.].

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 14, 2020

I was thinking about a nice, witty introduction for this short article, but, in all honesty, I couldn’t come up with one. I think relationships – and I’m talking about romantic relationships here – are a very difficult topic, so putting out a witty, happy-go-lucky article about it, will simply be unfair. Consuming that article.

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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

JUNE 17, 2020

During a pandemic, productivity and mental health may seem to function far apart from each other, but they actually work hand in hand. For many of us, including myself, there has been a lot of pressure to not only stay productive, but to accomplish more than ever before. Although many are working from home, maintaining productivity may be even more difficult right now due to the state of our mental health.

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Productivityist

JUNE 17, 2020

This episode of the podcast delves into the concept of curation with the author of Curating Your Life , guest Gail Golden. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Shippo. The #1 challenge for most e-commerce businesses? Shipping. And these days customers expect it to be flawless. That’s why you need Shippo. Whether you’re a major retailer, or just getting started, you will save time and money, fulfill and ship at scale, and make returns easy for your customers with Shippo.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 18, 2020

Shortly after the beginning of the lockdown, I bought myself a guitar. It’s semi-acoustic Harley Benton from Thomann, semi-acoustic meaning it can be also plugged into an amplifier. I liked the color and shape, to be honest, and I also liked the overall price / quality rapport, those were the main criteria when I bought. Read more Learning To Play The Guitar – Part One.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 13, 2020

You’ve been grinding your business aspirations for months now, gaining huge success and living the dream. There’s just one problem: the stress has become so great that it’s starting to affect your mental and physical health. You’re eating poorly, gaining weight, and you can’t ever seem to relax. What’s to be done? The entrepreneur lifestyle certainly isn’t for everyone, but those who do pursue it find that stress management becomes a key tool in their success.

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Productivityist

JUNE 17, 2020

This episode of the podcast delves into the concept of curation with the author of Curating Your Life , guest Gail Golden. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Shippo. The #1 challenge for most e-commerce businesses? Shipping. And these days customers expect it to be flawless. That’s why you need Shippo. Whether you’re a major retailer, or just getting started, you will save time and money, fulfill and ship at scale, and make returns easy for your customers with Shippo.

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Admin Awards

JUNE 14, 2020

As I conveyed in my 2017 article of 5 Steps to Shifting your EA/PA Career When You Have Hit the Top : “There comes a time when you have hit the top of your ‘ladder’ as a Senior EA/PA, Assistant to the CEO/Chairman, a Chief of Staff, or any other number of titles that let you know that there are no higher Administrative titles in your company that you can apply for, nor a significantly higher pay grade that you can break into.” The goal of the above article was to offer options on how

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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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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 17, 2020

Last month, on May 15th, I stared a 230 days writing challenge. The goal was to write every day until the end of 2020. So far, so good, I’m on track with more than 30 posts already (32, to be precise, if we include this one too). Since this is quite a big task, I. Read more 30 Days Into A 230 Days Writing Challenge. The post 30 Days Into A 230 Days Writing Challenge appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 17, 2020

The benefits of conversion rate optimization for online retailers may not initially seem clear. Yet, with every other aspect of operating your online business, one thing is for sure. You want to ensure every person that visits your store is getting the type of experience they expect that encourages them to make a purchase or take some action. That’s why conversion rate optimization does.

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Productivityist

JUNE 15, 2020

Photo by John Baker on Unsplash. Digital technology has allowed all of us to work a lot more flexibly than ever before and we’re seeing a lot of business owners and freelancers move to new kinds of working norms. Working on the road isn’t anything new but what is new is staying connected and using all of the tools you would usually find in an office while on the road.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 16, 2020

When I learned how to meditate, one of the most surprising guidelines I received – from all the teachers I followed, no matter their tradition or lineage – was to always “get back to the task at hand” Which meant that, if my mind would slip away during meditation, all I had to do was. Read more Getting Back To The Task At Hand.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 19, 2020

In one of the places I worked, as a programmer, we used to have a lot of meetings. We used Agile and worked in sprints, which meant we had to see the whole team at least once a week (some meetings were for deciding the points allocated to each task, while others to discuss requirements). Read more The Geeky Diaries: I’m Done With People, I’m Going Back To Coding.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 15, 2020

When I first heard about people doing “retreats”, ten years ago, I was a bit confused. They were leaving their homes, traveling to a different country, and then spend one or two weeks, sometimes a month or more, in a different house, all alone. So basically they were leaving their own homes to isolate in. Read more 2 Ways To Look At The Coronavirus Crisis.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 13, 2020

Lately I’ve seen a lot of people doing sugar-free challenges. Like, you know, not eating sugar (or sweets) for at least 30 days. Many of them are documenting these challenges on social media and the vast majority of them are reporting very good results. A common thread of these reports is that sugar is “poison”. Read more We Don’t Need Balance, We Are Balance.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 19, 2020

Small businesses face a number of challenges in their day-to-day operations, including supply delays, market uncertainty, compliance issues, employee injuries, and cost calculations. Workers’ compensation can be a time-consuming and financially-draining hurdle to clear for small business owners if their employees suffer job-related injuries on-the-clock.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 18, 2020

Starting a business right from scratch and getting it off the ground isn’t easy. Many people venture into business but end up closing within their first few years of operation. Many factors have been linked to startup failure, but financing has proved to be the main challenge. Finding enough money to support business functions and cover company expenses has never been easy for startups.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 17, 2020

With the world in crisis and more people than ever are stuck at home without jobs, there has never been a better time to pick up a side-hustle. A side hustle is something that you can devote whatever spare time you have to whilst earning money at the same time. Ideally, they are scalable. A scalable side hustle is one that will grow as much or as little as you want it to.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 17, 2020

Health and safety law extends to all enterprises, no matter how small they are. You are responsible for the health and safety of your retail store. It is necessary to take proper precautions to reduce the dangers of occupational accidents and have a safe working atmosphere. All that’s required for many retail stores is a simple set of tasks. This article will walk you through the steps and help you make sure you’ve done everything you can.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 17, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defines a penny stock as any stock that trades below $5 a share. While savvy investors use penny stocks’ low prices to make money, many people are tempted to buy them without doing their research, but this is a mistake. Before investing in penny stocks, take time to learn about the risks involved and the key factors affecting their prices.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 18, 2020

These days with so many tools available on the internet it is a prerequisite in the business world that you have the ability to prepare and then make a great presentation. However, you would be surprised at the number of people that despite being highly educated have no idea where to start. You wouldn’t go to a job interview unprepared so why on earth would you make a business presentation without doing your homework?

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 15, 2020

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. If only it really was that simple. Yeah, that may have worked for your grandparents. But, these days, saving money to help your family get ahead financially is an ongoing challenge. In some ways, it’s never been harder. But we must carry on and keep trying. The very future of our families depends upon it.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 18, 2020

There are several complex steps to configure reliable, high-performance software design and architecture from scratch. Once you have developed the specific idea for your software project, there are several steps to develop a sophisticated, high-performance software program. If the proper steps are completed, you can largely improve security, agility, and the speed of your software development pipeline.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 18, 2020

Plants are fast-becoming an important part of modern design. Look at any new development structure, from apartments to corporate headquarters, and you’ll find greenery sprouting from every available space. Particularly amongst younger generations — although this trend is by far from exclusive to millennials — plants are an irresistible design choice for everything from external community areas to private indoor spaces.

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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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Small Business CEO

JUNE 17, 2020

Searching for that perfect product to start a business with can admittedly be difficult. Many of today’s inventors stumbled across their idea by chance or they say it “just came to them.” Or, they were facing a problem in their daily life and came up with a product idea to solve that problem, and the rest was history. When starting from scratch, it can be difficult to identify which of your current ideas are ‘winning’ products.

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Productivityist

JUNE 15, 2020

Photo by John Baker on Unsplash. Digital technology has allowed all of us to work a lot more flexibly than ever before and we’re seeing a lot of business owners and freelancers move to new kinds of working norms. Working on the road isn’t anything new but what is new is staying connected and using all of the tools you would usually find in an office while on the road.

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Productivityist

JUNE 14, 2020

KC Procter returns to the podcast to share three more things. Check out his original appearance on Episode 206 of the podcast. Enjoy the show? Want to keep up with the podcast? You can subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking the “Share” button in the player above – and you can share it further using the same button as well. You can take things even one step further by rating and reviewing the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Productivityist

JUNE 14, 2020

KC Procter returns to the podcast to share three more things. Check out his original appearance on Episode 206 of the podcast. Enjoy the show? Want to keep up with the podcast? You can subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking the “Share” button in the player above – and you can share it further using the same button as well. You can take things even one step further by rating and reviewing the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

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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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