March, 2016

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Christine Arylo on self love, success and clutter

Clutter Coach

by. Creating an organized space makes it easier for you to lay your hands on the things you need and helps you be more effective because you now have time for the important stuff. It's also an essential part of taking care of the most valuable person in your life, yourself. Christine Arylo, coach and author of the new book, Choosing ME Before WE , graciously took some time from her book promotion schedule (you can hear her speak on June 2nd at 7pm in Oakland at Great Good Place for Books) to

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Eco Domain Names Are Finally Coming This Year

Eco-Office Gals

The fight to bring.ECO domains to the general public began as far back as 2009 when Al Gore, the former US vice president, backed the efforts of the company Dot Eco LLC to allow ecologically friendly businesses to enjoy the new TLD. According to Al Gore, the new domain will provide a unique opportunity for environmental movements such as his Alliance for Climate Protection (ACP), to enjoy increased online visibility. 7 years later and the dream is about to come to pass as.ECO domain names are ex

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A Watershed Moment for External Talent Platforms

Small Business Labs

The Harvard Business Review's How PwC and The Washington Post Are Finding and Hiring External Talent  covers the growing use of external talent platforms by corporations. Emergent Research Managing Partner Carolyn Ockels and I co-authored this article. We've covered PwC's Talent Exchange in the past , so I won't go into detail again here.

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Why the Lone Wolf Mentality Won't Work Anymore

On The Job

No other group in the workplace operates quite the way that the sales department does. Human resources doesn’t ring a cow bell and jump around when they sign up an employee for benefits. A product development worker doesn’t get a commission when he or she has a new idea. Sales teams have an “eat what you kill” mentality, which means they don’t collaborate or brainstorm, but instead zealously guard their territory and are rewarded individually for their successes, says Tim Sanders, former Yahoo!

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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!

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Leading Administrative Training Company Donates Program to Deserving Organizations

Office Dynamics

Office Dynamics International awarded two organizations its Star Achievement Series ® training program (Level 1) in support of Administrative Professionals. Office Dynamics International, the globally recognized authority for administrative training and development, made two sizable in-kind donations in the month of March. As a pioneer in the field, Office Dynamics has been a vocal advocate for the education of Administrative Professionals for over 25 years.

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Nag Me, Please

Clutter Coach

by Nagging is just another form of reminding, isn’t it? How you feel about the subject dictates whether you think of a reminder as a nag or as a helpful productivity tool. There are lots of ways to nag yourself; put books by the door that you have to kick out of the way if you’re not going to pick them up (and return them to the library), stick Post-Its on the mirror where they block your view, leave things out where they’ll visually bug you till you do something about them.

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Benefits of corporate hospitality for small businesses.

The Small Business Blog

For some small businesses corporate hospitality can often be overlooked as an unneeded jolly. In this article we will be examining how in fact this can be an easy preconception and that corporate hospitality can actually bring a wealth of benefits to any small business. Growing as a team: Within a small workforce it is extremely important to have happy, harmonised and engaged employees.

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Small and Independent Brewers Continue to Gain Share

Small Business Labs

According to the Brewers Association , small and independent craft brewers continued to gain share on beer industry giants in 2015. Key quote from their press release: In 2015, craft brewers produced 24.5 million barrels, and saw a 13 percent rise in volume and a 16 percent increase in retail dollar value.  Retail dollar value was estimated at $22.3 billion, representing 21 percent market share.

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Do You Speak "Spinglish"?

On The Job

Ever heard of "Spinglish"? It's a term used to describe the jargon often used to conceal the real meaning of what is happening. For example, companies don't lay off workers. They "rightsize" the organization or there is a "synery-related headcount restructuring." Even workers do it. Instead of goofing off at work, you're "zero-tasking." These are a few of the examples in the new " Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language, " by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf.

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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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How to Embrace an Owner Mentality

Office Dynamics

Embracing the “Owner” Mentality with Special Guest, Daren Martin, PhD. As an administrative professional, you probably think of yourself as an employee. You provide a service to your organization, and in return, they provide a paycheck. But what would life be like if you were to shift your mindset and instead of thinking like an employee, you thought like an owner?

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Five top tips for using a unique event space

Practically Perfect PA

Event Management is now one of the main tasks for assistants – practically every assistant I talk to has organised something! Be it the office Christmas party, team building events, off site board meetings and committee to large scale global conferences. We are doing it all! Finding venues that cover all of the different types of events we organise can be tricky.

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Time Management is You Management

Clutter Coach

by Here are some helpful hints from Jan Hayner for managing your time , courtesy of the Clutter Control Freak Blog (sponsored by Stacks and Stacks , which has some fab organizing products). These hints are especially helpful for those of you who have a hard time saying no. This means scheduling things during lunch so that you have no break time (not to mention no lunch) and otherwise feeling compelled to fill up your entire schedule with requests from others.

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10 Steps to Survive a Business Disaster

The Small Business Blog

In business, it sometimes pays to take a risk. But in the face of natural disasters, like floods and fires, or criminal activity like cyber hacking, your Recovery Procedure Plan needs to be as safe as houses. After all, everything is on the line. The PwC’s recent Global Economic Crime Survey makes for scary reading. While reporting that over half of British businesses will suffer cyber-attacks by 2018, a third of UK organisations admit that they have no response plan in place to protect themselv

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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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Tesla's Auto Pilot and Underground Self-Driving Cars

Small Business Labs

I had the opportunity to experience Tesla's self-driving auto pilot mode in their new Model X SUV. It's very cool and the car really does drive itself. While in auto pilot mode the human driver doesn't need to have their hands on the steering wheel or touch the pedals.  Sensors circling the Tesla coupled with front-facing radar and a camera mounted by the rearview mirror continuously scan the road. This allows the car's computer to automatically follow traffic, stay i

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Don't Let Hiring Managers Intimidate You

On The Job

I once had a hiring manager tell me that the best job interviews are really "conversations." While I don't doubt that she was sincere, I don't think those who are searching for a job feel like job interviews are "conversations." They probably feel more like they're interrogations, or parole hearings or something where their entire future hangs in the balance.

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How to Stay Energized Throughout the Week

Office Dynamics

I usually share tips on combating the Monday-morning “blahs,” especially after a nice, relaxing weekend. I once met someone who says she has a different problem: “Monday, I am refreshed from the weekend and ready to tackle just about anything,” she explains. “But by Friday, I am usually struggling to finish what I started.

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Practical Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. You may want to volunteer to organise the office move, the Christmas party, run a training course for the other support staff or organise an event.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

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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Idea > Decision > Action

Clutter Coach

by For many people, it’s easier and more fun to think up new ideas than to take action on the ones they already thought of. Buckling down and focusing on one idea and making it happen can make them antsy. Sometimes the project you take on is very large and there are so many things to address that you’re tempted to start them all at once.

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6 Ways to Use the Cloud to Boost Your Productivity

Productivity Bits

Cloud Productivity, anyone? Years ago, the word “cloud” had an entirely different connotation. But now, in the business world and beyond, almost everyone is aware of cloud computing services. With the cloud becoming ever more popular, there’s a good chance it’s become a part of how you do business. Cloud Productivity Hacks You may even have heard that the cloud can increase productivity for you or your business, but maybe you weren’t sure how.

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The Rise of Internet Middlemen

Small Business Labs

One of the most persistent myths about the Internet is that it's eliminating the need for middlemen.  Since the early days of the Internet when Bill Gates wrote in his book The Road Ahead  that the "information superhighway" would become the "ultimate go-between" and that "only the humans involved in a transaction will be the actual buyer and seller" there's been a constant theme that middlemen are finished.

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How to Turn Down Ideas Without Bruising Egos

On The Job

Managers often are told their teams need to be more innovative, but sometimes the ideas a team proposes just, well, stink. Experts advise how leaders can kill bad ideas without demoralizing the team or impeding new ideas. There’s nothing more fun or energizing than when a team is bouncing ideas back and forth, each proposal more creative or “out there” than the last.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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6 Ways Office Architecture Design Can be More Eco-Friendly

Eco-Office Gals

The world is a big place. From it, we have derived everything we, as a species has ever owned, sold, built, and demolished. And while the planet may seem (to some) capable of continuing to cater to our endless wants and desires, there is one question that eventually permeates the mind of every ecologically-inclined person: just how long can the earth sustain our voracious appetite for material possessions?

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The Executive Assistant

Laughing all the Way to Work

Being an Executive Assistant is more than just a title. When you get to this level it is expected you will take on leadership responsibilities. I am in an Administrative Assistant role again and am really enjoying it, but having just finished my career as an Executive Assistant, I am appreciating the work that they do, but am glad to leave it for someone else.

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Hoarding vs. Cluttering

Clutter Coach

by Hoarding is not the same thing as having too much clutter. I just watched an interesting. video profiling four hoarders called Possessed by Martin Hampton. The cases. are presented in escalating order of severity and the last one is a little hard. to watch because of the extreme level of dust and dirt. One of the. more confounding things about hoarding is that hoarders don’t know why they keep. stuff when they know it’s useless trash.

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Expand What Over-delivering Means to You in Order to More Easily Make it Happen

Virtual Moxie

Thanks to Shakisha, I recently learned a powerful new term. It's, “stalking your email.” She used it in a conversation we were having to describe what she had been doing while waiting for a reply from me, but then later the same day, I serendipitously got this question from Mya that used the same term. I love when that happens, don’t you? Mya asked: "I want to have Moxie standards for my business, and I have a conflict.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha