October, 2021

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Managing colleagues who bypass you to get to your Executive

Practically Perfect PA

Managing colleagues who bypass you to get to your Executive I'm sure every Assistant will have at some point experienced a colleague who constantly goes to their Executive with every issue, question, idea before speaking to the Assistant. Am I right? I thought so! Managing colleagues who bypass you to [.].

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The Global Survey on Platform Based Freelancers

Small Business Labs

The recently released Global Survey on Freelancing covers data gleaned from over 1900 freelancers from across the globe.  To gather this data, the survey team - a collaboration between the Agile Talent Collaborative And the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto - worked with 75 freelance platforms, agencies and communities from various countries who helped them collect the data.

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The Future Driven Podcast - Hospitality & Value with ProAssisting

ProAssisting Blog

Recently, I was interviewed on the Future Driven podcast by Adam Kopp. It was a great conversation that allowed me to share more about the beginnings of ProAssisting and how we help Executives, Board Members, and Entrepreneurs thrive in their roles.

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The Truth About the PA Industry

The Assistant Room

In a recent survey we opened to Personal and Executive Assistants around the world, over 2000 business support professionals answered 'As a PA/EA, what are some common misconceptions that you have either heard of or experienced from others regarding your role?' The answers did not surprise or shock us.and not in a positive way. The post The Truth About the PA Industry first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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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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10 Easy Ways to Start Something Great

Success

Something great starts with, well, something. Bob had a big idea for the community, yet his first step was just asking a few people to meet to talk about it. Allen wanted to start a new business and he began by setting up coffees and lunches every day with those who could help him learn. Cynthia’s first step in changing the culture of the call center she worked in was setting aside time each day to walk around and listen.

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Looking for a Promotion? 3 Ways Managers Evaluate You

Eat Your Career

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Get that Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. Let’s discuss the things that are being evaluated when you’re going for a promotion.

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

The antiwork movement (also referred to as the post-work movement) is getting much attention these days.   This attention has been spurred by the growth of  Reddit's/antiwork forum , which has over 900,000 members - who are called "idlers" on Reddit.  According to Reddit, the forum is for: " those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on antiwork ideas and want personal help

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My #1 Work From Home Success Secret

Tips From T. Marie

If I’d written this article a few years ago I’d be sharing facts about the importance of a business website or the best way to automate your business processes by using online services. That’s because up until November of 2020, I was still clueless about the real #1 work from home success secret. What happened in November of 2020? I spent Thanksgiving in our local hospital’s emergency department.

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How to Organize Your Day

Ian's Messy Desk

The post How to Organize Your Day appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Do you ever rush out of the house in the morning, five minutes late, only to realize you left something important behind? Do you find yourself scrambling to complete an endless list of tasks at work before leaving the office … Continue reading → You just finished reading How to Organize Your Day !

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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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There Is Power in Writing Your Personal Story: Here’s How to Start

Success

I can hear my client’s breath on the phone, and it feels like the sliding door of an elevator opening—that moment when you aren’t sure whether you’ll be alone on a seconds-long ride of life—when she exhales and says, “I’m not very good with dates and times. I can’t remember when it happened, just that it did.”. As a book writing coach, I hear this more often than not.

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Study: Work Interruptions Aren't Always Bad

On The Job

Does it get on your last nerve when you're in the "zone" at work and then someone interrupts you? If so, you're not alone. But interruptions aren't always a bad thing, finds a new study by the University of Missouri. If an interruption is related to work -- the boss wants to talk about a new project or a colleague has a question about a process -- then that interruption can further increase your engagement in work.

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How to Avoid Being Pigeonholed at Work

Eat Your Career

If you’ve been attempting to advance your career for a while without success, you may be a victim of “pigeonholing.” Put simply, being pigeonholed at work means that people have developed such a strong image of you in your current position, they can’t even imagine you doing anything else. Perhaps they have come to rely on you too deeply, or maybe you’re just too darn good at what you do.

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Poynter Series on Journalists Going Freelance

Small Business Labs

The Poynter Institute is a non-profit that explores "the intersection of journalism, technology and the public interest."  They also provide training for journalists and programs that support their role in society.  They recently released a series of articles on freelancing.  These include: Why journalists are leaving their full-time media jobs to go freelance : this article covers one journalist's freelance journey, which started less than a year ago.  Key qu

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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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Facebook is Down! This is Why Your Business Should Never Rely On Social Media

Tips From T. Marie

Back in 2015 I wrote an article about using a social media page as your website. Today Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down. In fact, they are still offline as I write this article. I can’t help but wonder how many businesses are in a panic because they use a Facebook page as their website. And although I didn’t specifically mention a social media platform worldwide outage in that original article, it’s definitely just one more reason you should never use a Facebook page as your website.

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Moxie Tip #17: Push/Pull

Virtual Moxie

First do what YOU want, and then attract the clients who think that’s terrific. Pull is far easier than push. The post Moxie Tip #17: Push/Pull appeared first on AssistU.

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Never Stop Dreaming of Your Best Future

Success

As we sat down to plan the magazine this article originally appeared in , it quickly stood out to me that the official on-sale date—Oct. 5, the day this issue becomes widely available on newsstands—is exactly the 10-year anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs. In honor of the visionary Apple and Pixar co-founder, who inspired countless entrepreneurs, we decided that Imagination was the only fitting theme for the November/December issue of SUCCESS.

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Research: Female Managers Focus More on Well-Being of Workers

On The Job

Corporate women in America are more burned out than men, but continue to offer greater support to their teams than their male counterparts, finds a new study from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey and Co. Specifically, the study of 400 organizations employing 12 million people, found that women leaders are helping their employees navigate work/life challenges, such as making sure workloads are manageable and making sure workers are coping and doing well.

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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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How to Work With (and For) Difficult People

Eat Your Career

Let’s be honest: The workplace is full of difficult people! You aren’t going to “love” everyone you work with or for, but you still have to find a way to create productive working relationships with them. Otherwise, work can quickly turn into a stressful—even traumatic—situation, which can ultimately damage your performance, reputation, and long-term career opportunities.

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Stripe on the Growth of the Creator Economy and Creators' Income

Small Business Labs

Stripe  is one of the most successful and highly valued fintech companies.  They provide widely adopted online payments infrastructure products and services - including to creator economy companies. Their Stripe Connect platform  is used by most of the creator economy platforms and marketplaces. Because of this, a large share of the online payments that go to creators flows through their systems.

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The ultimate guide to managing your Executive’s emails

Practically Perfect PA

The ultimate guide to managing your Executive's emails Managing an Executive's emails is a fundamental part of the Assistant role and saves the Executive considerable time and stress. Because let's face so many of us still get very stressed out by email and the constant need to read, reply and [.].

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Moxie Tip #16: Building Trust

Virtual Moxie

Some people are naturally easily trusting. Others struggle. If you have a client who’s struggling, suggest that s/he give you a small thing to handle (take a small risk). Handle it superbly. Make sure s/he’s delighted. Do it again. Then again. Every time the risk/good outcome cycle repeats, trust builds. You should be able to have a reasonable amount of trust built with any client inside of 30 days.

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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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You Have a Responsibility to Market Your Small Business—Here’s How

Success

When it comes to running a business , I’ve learned a lot of things the hard way, and that’s one reason I work so hard to help other entrepreneurs avoid making the same costly mistakes I did. Working with entrepreneurs all over the world means I’ve pretty much seen it all… the good, the bad and the shocking. But I never fail to be stunned by the number of companies that don’t market themselves effectively.

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Do This One Thing to Be a Better Listener

On The Job

Are you a good listener? Most people believe they are good listeners, yet others often don't say the same about them. That can lead to a lot of misunderstandings, frustrations and hurt feelings. At work, it can harm your professional reputation or even lead to you missing out on some new opportunities because the boss doesn't believe you are a good listener.

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Have You Been Pigeonholed at Work? What It Means and What To Do

Eat Your Career

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Get that Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. Pigeonholed generally means that people have assigned you to a specific category.

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Social Commerce Forecast to Boom

Small Business Labs

One of the hottest investment firms is Ark Investment Management.  Their investment focus is on firms creating disruptive innovation and their stable of exchange-traded funds has around $40 billion invested in them. Their recent article Social Commerce:  The Next Wave in Online Shopping outlines why they're forecasting social commerce to boom over the next 5 years.

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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

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Managing High Stakes Projects, Programs, & Events

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Managing High Stakes Projects, Programs, & Events. Admins a nd EAs are ground zero for high stakes programs, projects, and events. Board meetings, investor visits, executive recruiting, due diligence, you name it – if it’s critical, strategic, and confidential, it hits the EA desk. In this ELSx webinar, we will cover an end to end overview of project managing high stakes activities including beginning with the end in mind, stakeholder management, best practices for visibility and deleg

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How Can You Be Sure That It’s Time?

Virtual Moxie

How can you be sure that it’s time to let a client go, time to change your business model, time to find training or sit for a certification, or time for…well, anything, really? When do you really know that you’re ready? Even when there’s a problem that seems irresolvable and you feel pushed to do something different, how do you ever know you’ve worked at things hard enough, or looked for enough solutions, or even completely addressed things (if another person’s involved).

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4 Essential Habits to Become a Next-Level Entrepreneur

Success

How far will you go as an entrepreneur? Do you see your company getting featured in magazines, growing year-over-year and making a global impact? First, let me assure you that your dreams are possible. The only catch is that everyone has the potential to do something great. Going from possible to probable is about developing the right habits for success.

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