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12 Ways to Reach Greater Success Through Self-Management

Virtual Moxie

Today's post is courtesy of my beautiful friend, Rosa Say. I agree with that quote, and I wanted to share her 12 rules with you so you could consider how they can help you move your VA practice from good to great. Hint : Personally, I think you should adopt all twelve, as quickly as you can. 1. Live by your values, whatever they are. You confuse people when you don’t, because they can’t predict how you’ll behave. 2.

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Coworking, Independent Work and Happiness

Small Business Labs

Over the last year or so we've been digging deeper into why independent workers are consistently more happy at work than traditional employees.  Last fall in our article Why the Self-Employed Flourish  we pointed out the key reasons independent workers tend to be happy and satisfied with their work: Most independent workers have. work that matches their strengths and interests and a job that gives them a sense of purpose. They also tend to a have higher degrees of work cont

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Three Keys To Making Your Best Week Ever Webinar Replay

Office Dynamics

It’s been a great week. Like, one of the best weeks – ever. Why? Because we had a sensational webinar event with Adam Timm and he shared with us three keys to making your best week ever. Now we’re equipped and there is nothing stopping us from having a great week. Every week. Take a moment and catch the replay right here, right now.

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4 Things You Must Know Before a Job Search

On The Job

When you're out of work or desperate to leave your current job, sometimes you're not thinking clearly about what you need to do to get a new position. You just need a new job. Right. Now. So you fill out a bunch of online applications and throw together a resume by making a few updates on the one you wrote two years ago. (Or was it three?) Still, by entering your job search is such a rushed way, you're likely to make mistakes.

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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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[Quick Tip] My 3-Step Plan For Getting On Track After Vacation

Office Organization Success

We had a wonderful family vacation last week in Traverse City. The weather was fabulous; the scenery was breathtaking; and there was so much to do. We went on a zip line canopy tour through the forest at Boyne City — my first time at doing this and it was fabulous. And now, it’s back to reality … It always takes me a little while to get back into the flow after I’ve been on vacation.

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Top 5 Tips for Productive Meetings

The Small Business Blog

As pointed out in an earlier post, it is worth thinking twice before scheduling a meeting and preferable to first consider whether the meeting is really necessary. When you do arrange a meeting, make sure it is as productive as possible. 1. Be clear about what you want to achieve. This could be one of… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Productive Meetings on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Could a Cup of Coffee Lead to Better Employee Morale?

On The Job

There’s been much written about how we all dread Mondays, but a new survey finds that twice as many workers feel “ energized and productive” at the beginning of the week as compared to how they feel when they reach Friday. So what happens during the week that leads only 17% of workers to feel they’re on top of their game by week’s end? That’s a question being pondered by Xavier Unkovic , global president for Mars Drinks, whose parent company is Mars Inc.

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Have You Heard About This “Light House” Client Getting Technique?

Office Organization Success

If you’re not attracting enough clients to your business and are feeling overwhelmed, but you don’t know what to do next, I have a gift for you may just help you take that next step. But first… Have you ever been to the beach on a cloudy night? You can’t see a darn thing. You look out into the ocean and it’s just a big sheet of black.

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The Rise of Micro Multinationals

Small Business Labs

A study recently issued by eBay reports that in the last year 190,000 U.S. small businesses that use their platform export to multiple countries and continents. This is up from about 30,000 in 2009. Even more are exporters (meaning they sell their goods or services to at least 1 country outside of the U.S.). Key quote from the study: Data from eBay demonstrates that 95% of the US SMBs on our platform [those selling $10,000 or more] engage in exporting.

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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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Are You Struggling to Find IT Staff?

The Small Business Blog

Integrated cloud-based IT systems can help solve one of the biggest problems for small businesses: How to find the right information technology experts. Recruiting the right IT staff seems to be problematic for almost half of all SMEs across the UK, according to a recent report published by IT hosting company Node4. This problem might… Read the full article here: Are You Struggling to Find IT Staff?

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A day in the life: Kate Browne, PA, Azure Capital Limited

Practically Perfect PA

What are the main aspects of your role? I am Personal Assistant to the Chairman and Managing Director and Office Manager to an office of 45 and have 4 support staff reporting to me. The main aspects of my role are pretty traditional PA duties but we also do a number of client and staff functions which I’m responsible for. My Chairman and Managing Director also sit on many other boards which adds additional workload and tasks to my role.

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Yes, Small Business Owners Can Take a Vacation

Tips From T. Marie

I’m writing this post from a gazebo at Acres of Wildlife Campground. Yes, I’m working from a campground in the Maine woods. I’ve been sleeping in a tent for the past three nights, working only from 9am to 12pm each day. Starting tomorrow I will be putting the laptop away to enjoy four work free days of camping with my family. As a solo entrepreneur, I think that makes me totally qualified to tell the rest of the solo entrepreneurs and small business owners out there that they not only can tak

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Why You Should Relocate to Raleigh

Job Advice Blog

Jobs Housing both huge corporations and thriving startups, every engineer or computer scientist should learn about Raleigh and consider a move. Several companies, including some of our out of state clients, have turned their eyes to Raleigh for their new projects.

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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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Top 5 Tips for Productive Meetings

The Small Business Blog

As pointed out in an earlier post, it is worth thinking twice before scheduling a meeting and preferable to first consider whether the meeting is really necessary. When you do arrange a meeting, make sure it is as productive as possible. 1. Be clear about what you want to achieve. This could be one of… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Productive Meetings on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Where Does Clutter Come From?

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2012-05-08 10:40:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Clutter comes from many sources; a primary one is what we call delayed decision making. That’s when things pile up because you haven’t made a decision to move them on to their next stop: being put away, thrown away, taken to the cleaners, returned to their owner, tossed in the Goodwill bag, shredded, mailed back or foisted off on someone else.

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Two Ways to Avoid Internet Time Suck and Get More Work Done

Productivityist

You look up at the clock and gaze at the computer screen in disbelief. Where did the time go? There is still work to do. So you work frantically to finish and find yourself displeased with the results. It feels as if you are your own worst enemy, right? Maybe so, but let’s not jump to assumptions; before you beat yourself up, let’s step back for a second.

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3 Ways to Grow Your Small Business By Building Credibility

Small Business CEO

You already know that a targeted marketing campaign that reaches consumers in your niche is the best way to convert leads. But, attaining growth requires your business to maximize the number of lead conversions available from your finite audience. How you utilize your company’s online presence can make a dramatic impact on those numbers. With these 3 easy tips, you can learn to use your online presence more efficiently and gain a wider reach for your business.

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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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Blindfolded

Brilliantly Better

I want to picture this in your mind: a blindfolded man, living in a house he never saw before. The man doesn’t even know he’s … The post Blindfolded appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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If you had to start your business over, what would you change?

Men With Pens

Click here to read the full article →Another rocking post from Men With Pens! If you had to start your business over, what would you change? first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Do YOUR Things

Productivityist

“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” – Herb Kelleher. I have this quote framed on a wall in my office. I can’t help but see it every day and it does what it is supposed to do…sort of. It doesn’t make me do things. It makes me think about what my things are. I used to get caught up in all of the things that were on my to-do list, but I have realized that many of those things weren’t my things.

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How Translations can Help Small Businesses

Small Business CEO

Today, we live in a globalising world and we can see and experience that almost everywhere we go, whether it’s in our personal or professional life. In the business world, you might think that the process of globalisation is perhaps most important and favourable for larger organisations and businesses which already have an established international position and are recognised across the world.

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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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Five Ways to Deal with a Ripoff Report

Small Business CEO

It happens. Someone posts a rant about you or your business on Ripoff Report (ripoffreport.com). Maybe it’s riddled with inaccuracies. Or perhaps the person who posted the report isn’t even a client, but instead a competitor who trades in fake reviews, hoping to direct potential clients away from your business to their business. Whatever the case, the bottom line is that the scathing profile on Ripoff Report could be decimating your business.

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Desk Phones Vs. Softphones – Which one is better?

Small Business CEO

Desk phones are going out of trend. In fact, most of the decision makers have already migrated to soft and VoIP phones according to recent Frost & Sullivan survey. Softphones are more interactive, responsive and offer better productivity. It is hardly surprising why many firms in first world nations have switched to softphones and left PBX-based phone behind.

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