The Assistant Room
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
So, it’s the work Christmas party: the one day a year you can let your hair down and wear flashing bauble earrings in the presence of your boss. Play it right and you’ll have a ton of gossip and new pals…play it wrong and you’ll be riddled with embarrassment until someone takes the baton of Most Inappropriate Person next year. The post How To Survive The Work Christmas Party first appeared on The Assistant Room.
Virtual Moxie
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Welcome to the 2022 Gift Guide! Curating for this year was so much fun. I kept in mind my want to feature companies and makers I’d not featured last year (and, as you’ll see, I didn’t quite stick to it!), offer items across categories and with varied price ranges, and to only include items raved about by someone whose opinion I trust (including myself!).
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Allwork
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
This article is part of the Allwork.Space 2023 Future Of Work Forecast. Click here to read about other trends we expect to see in the new year and how they will impact the future of work. Organizations are beginning to consider how they can make work more accessible; this includes AI and automation. . With the right learning technology, company leaders can understand where the skill gaps exist within their organizations and provide tools and data to fill those lapses. . 2023 will bear witne
Team: Solo Admin
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
In this blog post we talk about how you can take initiative and add value in your administrative assistant job. The post How to Add Value as an Administrative Assistant appeared first on Team: Solo Admin.
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.
Allwork
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Scientific research has proven beyond reasonable doubt that traditional 9-to-5 jobs and any other roles entailing desk work all day wreak havoc on metabolic health. . Work that involves sitting all day greatly contributes to high cholesterol, lowered insulin sensitivity, atherosclerosis, and various other metabolic problems that lead to conditions like diabetes. .
Success
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Confession: Before this assignment, I’d never even considered keeping a gratitude journal. I imagined parchment, elf-crystals, perfumed writing chambers where the air is 75% mulberry incense and purple-haired millennials talking an awful lot about chakras. Gratitude is also an example of what humans call feelings, and I have spent an awful lot of energy trying to avoid those.
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Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Positive interventions that distract us from difficult tasks actually help to reduce our stress levels, according to new research published in the Journal Work & Stress. The study, conducted by an international team of researchers at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and Trinity Business School suggests that short positive work distractions can help people to overcome daily demands like dealing with annoying emails or the tasks they dread.
C-Suite Assistants
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
As the founder of a Startup, you and your management team are covering all the bases, and are stretched to their limits. When your everyday to-do list is endless and your attention is frequently diverted from key projects and higher-level decisions to tend to administrative tasks, you know it’s time to hire an Executive Assistant. To support your startup business’s day-to-day operations, you need to find the right Executive Assistant.
GoBurrowAssistants
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Emily Morgan and Eileen Coombes help teams create the freedom to do more and make most of their time and energy. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Emily and Eileen share their career journeys from assistants to executive and founder roles at Delegate Solutions. They also talk about communication tips for working remotely and more! LEADERSHIP QUOTE.
Allwork
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
People who embrace a location-independent,technology-enabled lifestyle – have moved from being eccentrics to mainstream in less than a decade. The post Digital Nomads Working from the Road: The Aspirations and Reality for Digital Nomads appeared first on Allwork.Space.
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Success
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The first time I went whitewater rafting, my river guide was a scraggly hippie whose response to every topic, from butterfly sightings to tornado warnings, was, “No worries.” This was the spring of 2005. I was 25 and four years into a professional career; he was about the same age and taking his sixth consecutive semester off to find himself. Before our group plopped into individual inflatable kayaks, our dashing and potentially doped-out guide gave us a set of instructions from on high, like a
BMT Office Administration
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Are you tired of trying to keep track of projects via Excel spreadsheets and Gmail? If so, it’s time to introduce yourself to the ever-growing world of cloud-based project management software. With the right app, you can keep track of everything related to your project in one convenient location. That includes all tasks, task progress, assignees, communications, and deadlines — and since these programs are cloud-based — you can access them from anywhere.
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
In the face of hiring and skills issues, 77 percent of UK organisations say they are finding ways for technology to do jobs formerly performed by people, according to a new poll from Rackspace Technology. According to the survey, two thirds (64 percent) of UK companies are downsizing their staff, facilitated by technology, out of a necessity, with roles in customer service the most likely to be automated, as identified by 70 percent of business decision makers – followed by IT operations (62 pe
Worxbee
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Chemistry. It’s what creates the most productive and effective relationships between Executives and their Executive Assistants, and at Worxbee, we’ve got it down to a science. We’ve identified four unique EA archetypes and use these personas to forge long-lasting matches between busy leaders and superstar assistants—it’s all part of our proven, pre-vetted pairing process: the Admin Roadmap. 1.
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GoBurrowAssistants
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Amber Sullivan is a career EA with more than 15 years of experience supporting c-suite and senior executives. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Amber talks about leading a team of assistants, working with admins who lack ambition, balancing the demands of a fast-paced work environment with a fast-paced home life, and being honest during the interview process.
Allwork
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The prices of the two principal coworking companies, WeWork Inc. and IWG PLC, are down 76.5% and 59%, respectively, since November 2021. . The number of coworking centers is increasing rapidly despite these high-profile losses. . When done well, the provision of coworking centers can be a very profitable business. Buildings in smaller cities or suburbs provide an even bigger bang for the buck. .
Success
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
These three scenarios have one thing in common. Can you guess what it is? You just finished exercising, and your mom left you a voicemail: “Hi honey. Can you take me to the doctor tomorrow at 11 a.m.?” You have an important work call then, but you know she’ll be upset if you can’t do it. It’s 10 p.m. and your phone buzzes. It’s an email from a new client.
BMT Office Administration
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Team collaboration can be a real challenge if you’re still using written to-do lists and communicating through email. To-do lists are easy to misplace, which can ruin your productivity for the day, either by having to rewrite them or missing crucial due dates. Not only that, but keeping up with dozens of email threads is a remarkably inefficient way to handle task management, not to mention that it’s a huge hassle.
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
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
A poll from Perkbox claims that almost half of businesses moving towards more borderless working (47 percent) are concerned how the shift will impact their company culture. These concerns stem from perceptions around managing a globally distributed workforce and the challenges this can bring. For example, a third of business leaders (33 percent) say different time zones make collaboration less effective.
Jennie Lyon
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Strategic planning goes hand in hand. It’s mind-boggling to me how many businesses get bootstrapped together with absolutely no plan. Now don’t get me wrong, some people have pulled it off and made a successful go at it. But trust me, that doesn’t last for long. The minute their hobby becomes a viable business, the… The post Expert Strategic Business Planning Tips for 2023 That Move the Needle appeared first on Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing Services Inc.
GoBurrowAssistants
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Dawnee Frey is a Senior Executive Assistant with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. Having held positions in construction, legal, healthcare, tech, and biopharma, she is able to tailor her skills to meet the needs of various clients. In this episode, Dawnee and I talk about navigating goal setting when it can sometimes be tough to see the assistant role as directly impacting the bottom line.
Allwork
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
According to a study published in the journal Sustainability, there are many different interpretations of what being a “sustainable coworking space” means. . Researchers identify four categories for sustainability ideals, which are focused on the environment, flexible work, community building, or business growth. . Coworking center operators need to be clear on what sustainability means to their space when discussing or advertising sustainable practices. .
Success
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
What would you do if you were told you had only a few weeks to live? When Joan Zawoiski Lewis found out she was dying from pancreatic cancer, the grandmother from Pringle, Pennsylvania, told family and friends: “Don’t make a fuss. Just do something nice for somebody else. Then tell me about it.”. People from every state and continent would eventually heed “Joannie from Pringle” as her request spread and made the news.
Productivityist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
He’s been a frequent guest not only on this podcast, but every podcast I’ve done in the past. This one is extra special because it’s the 10th anniversary of the Sketchnote Handbook! Mike Rohde is a designer, teacher, and author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook , co-creator of The Sketchnote Ideabook , founder of Sketchnote Army , and Illustrator of REWORK, REMOTE, and The $100 Startup.
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
One of the many important talking points of The Great Workplace Conversation and the widespread adoption of hybrid working over the past three years has been how we talk about change. Whenever anybody refers to people ‘returning to work’, they can expect to be corrected by somebody else pointing out that most people never stopped working during the various lockdowns.
Karen Vivarelli
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
So, you’ve started your online business and you want to go on vacation? But it’s just you in your business running it. You can’t afford to go away and stop working. It’s exhausting and you need a break. You dream of putting your business on autopilot and making money while you lounge by the pool. This isn’t a dream or wishful thinking.
GoBurrowAssistants
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Beth Mickelson has been an assistant for over 20 years in a variety of industries including law, healthcare, environmental services and construction. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Beth shares her story of perseverance and encourages assistants to remain professional no matter the circumstances. LEADERSHIP QUOTE. Treat employees like they make a difference and they will. – Jim Goodnight.
Allwork
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
This article is part of the Allwork.Space 2023 Future Of Work Forecast. Click here to read about other trends we expect to see in the new year and how they will impact the future of work. The office sector will have to adapt to new ways of design that are more eco-conscious, and this is already being seen. . Organizations can be expected to integrate the remote and in-person employee experience by installing new, flexible technology within meeting rooms, common areas, and individual offices.
Success
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Anthony O’Neal never thought he’d be making seven figures as a personal finance expert. “Ten years ago, no one really believed you could be a millionaire off of the internet by itself,” says O’Neal, author of three best-selling books on eliminating debt. At 19, O’Neal was $35,000 in debt and a college dropout. Fast-forward 19 years, and he’s since helped more than 250,000 people on their path toward a debt-free life with his best-selling book Debt-Free Degree.
Productivityist
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
There’s a better way to be the best. That’s what Mike Williams shares in his book, Doing to Done: Productivity Made Simple and what we talk about in this episode of A Productive Conversation with Mike Vardy. He is a speaker, author, executive, and coach who helps leaders obtain small wins with a big impact on their lives and businesses. Today, Mike assists clients using an effective coaching methodology that’s far from complicated.
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
The European Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe as part of its LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action. As part of the European Green Deal, it believes that the projects funded can help the EU become climate-neutral by 2050 and reach climate, energy and environmental goals. They aim to support biodiversity, nature restoration and a circular economy while contributing to the clean energy transition across the continent.
Jennie Lyon
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
The Internet is full of business owners who are having great success with membership sites and online communities. Entrepreneurs just like you are using this profitable connective marketing model to build a stream of passive income that is second to none. And it’s much easier than you think. We all can agree there is no… The post 8 Things You Need To Know About Membership Sites appeared first on Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing Services Inc.
Team: Solo Admin
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Starting a new job is always a challenge, but it can be especially difficult when you are transitioning from one administrative support position to another. Whether you are moving to a new company or just changing roles within your current organization, there are certain things you can do to transition smoother for everyone involved. In this blog post, I will provide tips for making the switch to a new administrative support position.
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