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Yes, You Need to Dress Better at Work

On The Job

In today's Wall Street Journal there is a story about how to dress for success. This is a topic I've been writing about for years, but many people have decided they can ignore such advice because of Mark Zuckerberg. After all, Zuckerberg is a bazillionaire and he dresses like a 17-year-old. The thinking is that if Zuckerberg can be a success dressed in a hoodie and jeans, then why can't everyone?

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A team away day with a difference

Practically Perfect PA

Many of us are often asked to find venues for team days or to organise corporate events. Sometimes these tasks can give us sleepless nights! Waitrose can offer a venue with a difference, at one of their three Cookery Schools. So, if you are planning a team day, looking for a venue for a private function or corporate event, then why not consider hiring one of the schools?

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Unexpected Events Help You Create Stronger Standards

Virtual Moxie

As you’ve undoubtedly heard me say, I believe that a person’s standards can always be higher. Even when a person believes she has things nailed, something will come along—a situation she couldn’t have seen before, an experience that wakes her up to something she was asleep to, a challenge she faces and learns from, just to name a few possibilities—that show her that the standard she had simply no longer serves her and needs to be higher, or stronger.

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The Power Of The Color Red

Office Dynamics

While February is the month of red, I love red all year round. Do you know the power of the color red? Many of you know I wear red lipstick daily and red is one of our key corporate colors, along with black, white and silver. Yes, I even have red in my house. There is power in the color red. Red lip color means you’re willing to stand by your every word.

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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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The Low Information Diet

Clutter Coach

by I’ve been reading Timothy Ferriss’s blog, specifically his entries about the " low information diet." This is a powerful concept. It refers to not reading the newspaper, spending. less time on email and the web and generally limiting the information that. comes into your life. Here’s a great example of why you don’t need to follow. the news, from Ferriss’s interview with Drew Curtis of Fark.com: Ferriss: If you had to limit your information intake to less

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1 Billion Digital Nomads by 2035?

Small Business Labs

I ran across a really fun and interesting presentation on digital nomads. It was created by the founder of Nomad List , which is a site catering to digital nomads.  Digital nomads are people who live a location-independent lifestyle that allows them to travel and work anywhere in the world.  The Future of Digital Nomads - How Remote Work Will Transform the World in the Next 20 years  suggests that by 2035 there will be 1 billion digital nomads.

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Real World Advice for Reaching Your Goals [free webinar]

Office Dynamics

Are you struggling with reaching your goal? Or are you one of the 16% of assistants who don’t have a goal for themselves at all? We’re here to help you achieve your goals with this real-world advice on goal setting and goal getting with administrative expert, Joan Burge. Handout: Actualizing-Your-Professional-Goals-Webinar-Handout-Office-Dynamics.

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Digital Progress Critical to Employee Retention

On The Job

If companies want to retain talent, they need to realize that being seen as technologically savvy is critical to workers. Recent research , from MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte, finds that "employees across all age groups want to work for businesses that are deeply committed to digital progress.” “Company leaders need to bear this in mind in order to attract and retain the best talent ,” the report says.

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Organizing kitchen spices

Clutter Coach

by I worked with a client unpacking and setting up her kitchen this week. I corralled and sorted all her spice containers; jars, plastic bags, paper bags, plastic boxes, fabric bags; and we saw that there were duplicates and even triplicates of some spices. One problem is that spices don’t all come in the same kind of container and plastic bags don’t work well in a spice rack.

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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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Study: Gig Economy Growing Fast, Creating Mostly Part-Time Jobs

Small Business Labs

JP Morgan Chase Research Institute's study Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy  uses a random sample of 1 million bank accounts to analyze workers participation in the on-demand economy. According to the study, nearly 1% of U.S. adults earned income in September 2015 via one of the growing number of firms that are part of the sharing, gig or on-demand economy.

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10 Ways To Define Success

Brilliantly Better

Success is one of the most important concepts for humans. It shapes a lot of our activities, a lot of our perceptions and it drives us to do things we wouldn’t do, in “normal” contexts. We, humans, are striving to be… The post 10 Ways To Define Success appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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How To Be More Creative (And More Productive)

Productivityist

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been guilty of expecting change without instigating it. According to Einstein, I have suffered insanity (which is perhaps a fair diagnosis given the frustration that arises when expectations don’t lead to action).

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Why Multitasking Sucks

Clutter Coach

by Multitasking has the same effect on your productivity that drinking too much has on your wittiness at a party. You think it’s increasing, but it’s actually decreasing. In both cases, people seem happily unaware of this fact. By now, you must’ve heard that multitasking is a boondoggle. It doesn’t make you more productive. In fact, it makes you less productive.

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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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The Rise of Corporate Independent Worker Talent Pools

Small Business Labs

Spend Matters' PwC Launches its Online Talent Exchange to Join the Independent Workforce Platform Economy  covers a new initiative by the consulting and accounting giant, the PwC Talent Exchange.   PwC describes their Talent Exchange as a platform that provides registered independent consultants and freelancers: “a single, integrated platform that facilitates the project lifecycle from searching for open roles, to joining a project, to submitting hours and expenses, to networking

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Conversations With A Mysterious Partner 3 – Uncomfortable Situations

Brilliantly Better

Coming back with a new installment form the “Conversations With A Mysterious Partner Series” Two new things: a new (visiting) mysterious partner (like I told you, these mysterious partners, whose role is, obvious, to remain mysterious, will be many) and… The post Conversations With A Mysterious Partner 3 – Uncomfortable Situations appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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How To Be More Creative (And More Productive)

Productivityist

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been guilty of expecting change without instigating it. According to Einstein, I have suffered insanity (which is perhaps a fair diagnosis given the frustration that arises when expectations don’t lead to action).

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Should I Save or Should It Go?

Clutter Coach

by People who are collectors love to tell me that things they've held onto for years and years have actually come in handy, so it was worthwhile to keep it. There's often a note of triumph in their voices when they come to the story's punchline, "and I had one!" They assume that I'm against keeping things and they want to head off any suggestions I might have for downsizing.

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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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The Productivityist Podcast: A Mindful Conversation with Patrick Rhone

Productivityist

On this episode of the podcast, Patrick Rhone returns so that we can have another great conversation. This time around we focus on reading more (and better), mindfulness (and Patrick’s new book “Mindfulness for Mere Mortals), and much more. I always have a blast talking with Patrick. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I enjoyed putting it together (with help from producer John Poelstra).

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The Productivityist Podcast: A Mindful Conversation with Patrick Rhone

Productivityist

On this episode of the podcast, Patrick Rhone returns so that we can have another great conversation. This time around we focus on reading more (and better), mindfulness (and Patrick’s new book “Mindfulness for Mere Mortals), and much more. I always have a blast talking with Patrick. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I enjoyed putting it together (with help from producer John Poelstra).

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Why I Stopped Doing GTD: Part 3

Productivityist

This is a piece that was originally published in The Productivityist Weekly newsletter. I wanted to share it with you on the blog as well to explain why Productivityist no longer writes or focuses on the GTD methodology. If you would like more updates, Click here and you’ll get it delivered to your inbox every week. In the past two posts (found here and here ) I’ve discussed the first two reasons why I’ve stopped using GTD.

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Why I Stopped Doing GTD: Part 3

Productivityist

This is a piece that was originally published in The Productivityist Weekly newsletter. I wanted to share it with you on the blog as well to explain why Productivityist no longer writes or focuses on the GTD methodology. If you would like more updates, Click here and you’ll get it delivered to your inbox every week. In the past two posts (found here and here ) I’ve discussed the first two reasons why I’ve stopped using GTD.

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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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Check Out the Clutter Diet

Clutter Coach

by Getting organized can be challenging and time consuming. My aim with the blog is to help people with that task as much as I can without actually being there in person. Of course, I'd be happy if you wanted to hire me, but if you have a large project, hiring a professional can be pricey, to be honest. So, I'm thrilled to recommend my colleague Lorie Marrero's Clutter Diet service.

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