2010

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8 Reasons Why You Should Work for a Tough Boss

ProAssisting Blog

Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. & Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Stress Management, (4) Comments 8 Reasons Why You Should Work for a Tough Boss Submitted by Ethan on April 28, 2010 at 03:00 PM When we say work for a tough boss, we’re not necessarily saying someone like the Kevin Spacey character in “Swimming with Sharks&# or the Meryl Streep character in &#

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You. | Main | Start 2011 off Organized! » 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World "Overwhelm" is a word that I have been hearing a lot lately.  I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  We have a lot that comes at us

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How to Be Proactive at Work: My 5 Step System

Eat Your Career

Let’s take a few minutes to look critically at your actions in the workplace. Do you react to the events happening around you or do you take initiative to prepare for, participate in and/or control the events? Do you take an active or passive role? Do you think in terms of the present or do you look to the future, anticipating outcomes and preparing for the consequences?

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Conquering The Open Loops Of Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. [ Author's Note: This is the Fourth Part of the Series " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Introduction. Part I – Rituals. Part II – Systems. Part III – Tools. Summary. Part III – Tools.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Green Gift Giving: Soda Stream Review & Giveaway!

Eco-Office Gals

The Sodastream products had struck my fancy for a few holiday seasons. Several blogs had been giving them away and unfortunately, I hadn’t won one yet. So, I was excited when the company agreed to be part of my Green Gift Giving series this season! Sodastream’s products are a great addition to the home or office making green steps: How Does SodaStream Help the Environment?

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Virtual Assistant Rates- You Want to Charge What?

Tips From T. Marie

Don’t let the title mislead you, this post is for both those of you that are interested in using a virtual assistant as well as virtual assistants themselves ( and those that want to be one). I love hanging around the virtual assistant forums. It’s become just one of the ways that I try to give back to the virtual assistant community. The forums were an important place for me when I was first starting my business and I got tons of great advice and information there.

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The Trend Towards US Manufacturing

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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Don't Underestimate The Importance Of Time Management

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.

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US Soldier Sends Message to HP Support

Make or Break Moments

I have to be honest – I don’t think I have any words to add to this message from a PRIOR HP customer. Talk about poor customer service! HP – do you have anything to say for your approach to helping customers? Tags: Missed Moments Resolving Conflict a message to HP HP customer support poor customer service US soldier.

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Creativity In Your Career Portfolio

Office Dynamics

We have set up a Career Portfolio Photo Album in our photo gallery with pictures of administrative professionals showcasing their portfolio as well as pictures of examples of what these administrative professionals are putting in their own portfolios. If you have an innovative idea, please email it to us to be added to the album. Here are some cool things that other admins have done with theirs: • Set up a virtual career portfolio in Google Docs to use when applying for jobs outside of their sta

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

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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From Executive Assistant to CEO

ProAssisting Blog

Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. & Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Tales from the Trenches, (6) Comments From Executive Assistant to CEO Submitted by Ethan on February 22, 2010 at 04:36 PM The New York Times has a great article about Ursula Burns, the new CEO for Xerox.

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « It Everywhere! The Major Meltdown in Time Management - Have You Been Hit? | Main | What if You’re Working Harder Than You Need to Be? » Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You Productivity Fact: You can be busy all day and still have gotten nothing done.

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51 Ways to Break a Limiting Belief

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Say Hello Meet Your Hostess 51 Ways to Break a Limiting Belief Written on July 7, 2010 by Chrissy Scivicque in Mindset , Motivation Previously, I wrote about the dangers of limiting beliefs , how they can prevent us from achieving the personal and professional success we

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How Your Daily Rituals Can Set The Tone Of Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. [ Author's Note: This is the Second Part of the Series " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Introduction. Part I – Rituals. Part II – Systems. Part III – Tools. Summary. Part I – Rituals.

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Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional

Unlock your full potential with our comprehensive guide on productivity. This detailed resource explores the three fundamental pillars of effective task management: Todo List Mastery, Time Management, and Habit Optimization. Learn to capture and prioritize your tasks effectively, schedule them using proven strategies like the Pomodoro Technique, and maintain your productivity through consistent habit tracking.

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Cyber Monday Deals 2010

Eco-Office Gals

Granted Eco-Office Gals doesn’t offer anything that you can wrap up pretty and slap a bow on, but there are a few deals coming out for Cyber Monday that I would be crazy to keep to myself! Here are a few deals that will move you into the world of WordPress and make your business green and paperless with HUGE savings! Enjoy! StudioPress Disconts No More (Except this one).

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LinkedIn Is the Key to Your Next Job

Job Advice Blog

People in transition should explore seriously the power of LinkedIn since it often provides the bridge between being in transition and getting that coveted job.

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3 Simple Steps to Taking Time Away from Your Business

Office Organization Success

When you’re constantly working on and in your business you forget to schedule in some down time for yourself. The summer is the perfect time to take that downtime, especially if it means taking a vacation somewhere nice. But then there’s always the worry that if you’re not involved in your business on a daily basis that things will fall apart and you won’t have any business to come back to when you return.

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Gartner's Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

Small Business Labs

One of my favorite technology trend analysis and forecasting efforts is Gartner's annual Hype Cycle report.    Gartner analyzes hundreds of technologies and forecasts which will - and will not - enter the mainstream over the next 2-5 years.    The Gartner chart below summarizes the analysis for 2010.    As you review this chart please keep in mind that Gartner mostly takes an enterprise viewpoint on technology.  For example, they ha

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

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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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.

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Make or Break Moments Recognized

Make or Break Moments

SUBSCRIBE home Bio Products Speaker for Hire Speaking Calendar Testimonials Monthly e-News Blogroll AllBusiness Customer Service Articles Alltop Customer Service AllWrite Ink Articles by DCB Church of the Customer Customer Care Institute Customer Experience Crossroads Customer Service Articles Customer Service Point Marketing 4 Business Open Forum Articles Return Customers Ritz Carlton Gold Standards of Service Categories Attitude Books Boss Moments Child Moments Communication Connecting Moments

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SMART Goals for Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Guest blogger Kathy Tosoian shares a blog about SMART goals. How many times have we heard someone say, "I need to lose weight," or "I'm going to start college this year," or "I want to be promoted to Office Manager sometime soon"? We set out with the best intentions, but for some reason, we often fall short. Why? Some of these goals are merely "wishes".

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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

ProAssisting Blog

Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. & Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Technology, Tricks of the Trade, (0) Comments Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems… Submitted by Ethan on March 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM I don’t know about you but whether I’m making calls for my boss or myself, I try as much as possible to bypass those pesky recorded

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention - Productive.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « You Can Steal Time Back From Email | Main | Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful » Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention "I just can't focus Stephanie.  I've tried different systems and they don't work.  I don't think I have ADD, but I'm beginning to wonder.

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Bad Career Advice: Never Give Up

Eat Your Career

This post is part of my Bad Career Advice series in which I expose outdated, clichéd, and counterproductive advice for exactly what it is. I understand the sentiment behind this piece of advice and clearly, its intent is to push you past your own perceived limits. While its heart is in the right place, I believe the advice to “never give up&# also ignores the blatant reality of life and instills the idea that quitting for any reason is an unacceptable act of defeat.

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How To Take Advantage Of The 80/20 Rule

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. If you are like most knowledge workers, you might be familiar with the 80/20 rule or the Pareto Principle which states that the 80% of the effects come from the 20% of causes. This means that 80% of your output is produced by 20% of your input.

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Earth Talk: Building a Green Economy

Eco-Office Gals

EarthTalk®. From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: What does it mean when one uses the phrase, “building a green economy?” I’ve heard it repeated a few times lately and would like to have a better understanding of the concept. – Rosie Chang, Islip, NY. The phrase “building a green economy” means different things to different people, but in general it refers to encouraging economic development that prioritizes sustainability—that is, working with nature and not ag

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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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10 Creative Ways To Reuse Gift Bags

Complete Organizing Solutions

Having three children with birthdays around Christmas means our holidays are filled with parties and gift giving galore. In preparation for wrapping some of my daughters gifts I noticed I had an over abundance of baby shower gift bags left over from when she was born. It was then that I realized two things, my daughter is quite spoiled, and there is know way I will ever use all of these bags!

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10 Tips to Beat the Overwhelm and Stay Focused

Office Organization Success

Many business owners share with me that one of their biggest problems is information overwhelm which in turn leads to lack of focus, and therefore they don’t actually get stuff done in their business. They’re so busy trying to keep up with all the information that they’re being hit with that they don’t actually get around to any implementation and so they stay stuck.

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Personal Organizer

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Personal Organizer Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 16, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! 5 Advantages of a To-Do List One of the fundamental personal-organizer tools is the list of things you need to get done daily.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. How to be successful and eco-friendly.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!