May, 2022

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5 Smart Steps to End Micromanaging by a Client or Team Member

Virtual Moxie

Micromanaging, unless it’s a result of a mental-health issue, is a reaction to feeling unsafe. If you have a client or team member who micromanages you, whether all the time, or periodically, it’s likely for one of these reasons: You’ve dropped enough balls that she doesn’t believe you’ll do what needs to be done unless she watches you like a hawk. Her last VA dropped enough balls that’s she’s gunshy, and you aren’t doing enough to help her feel safe with you.

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The 29-Hour Work Day Foreword - Bonnie Low-Kramen

ProAssisting Blog

When Ethan Bull and Stephanie Bull asked me to write the foreword for their book, I was more than eager to dive into the much-needed conversation about how executive assistants can be leveraged by super busy executives like you. Why is it needed?

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How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant

The Assistant Room

If asking for a promotion or pay rise has been on your mind lately (or even over the last few months…) take a look at our guide below to give your confidence a boost and kickstart the process of receiving exactly what you know you are worthy of! The post How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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How to Speak Well… and Listen Better

Success

There are two sides to every conversation, and both are essential to the art of communication. So, how are your conversation skills? Think about it: Are you a smooth talker, or do you ramble? Are you an attentive listener , or do you tend to interrupt? Here’s how to master the art of conversation— both sides of it: When it’s your turn to talk …. 1. Get your thinking straight.

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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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Change Or Control? Here’s What Drives People To Become Entrepreneurs

Allwork

With the uptick in remote working possibilities, more and more people will come to the realization that becoming your own boss is very plausible. . Cox Business found that more than half of small business owners start their own businesses to be their own boss. . In a Q&A with Kathryn Petralia, co-founder of Kabbage, an American Express Company, she explained why so many more people are deciding to start their own business.

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Always Use Systems That Help You be Utterly Brilliant in Your Work

Virtual Moxie

After my post about micromanaging , Maria reached out with a terrific question: Anastacia, you said that MY systems and processes need to support me well. But I work in my CLIENT’S systems and processes and I don’t feel like they support me well in the work I do, so I don’t see how I can change anything about that. Got it. And this might blow your mind a bit, but here it is: You don’t have to manage your work in someone else’s system.

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The Art of Subtle Self-Promotion

All Things Admin

As an administrative professional, you’re used to working behind the scenes. Your job is to make your executive look good in the spotlight, not to shine it on yourself. You may even feel more comfortable behind the curtain than on stage. . And that’s OK…most of the time. However, to keep your career moving forward, you need to practice some self-promotion, too.

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Nature based solutions have the potential to transform cities and buildings

Workplace Insight

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new framework to help organisations and planners to recognise the significant value and benefit of nature-based solutions across urban developments. The report claims to reveal the scale of positive outcomes which Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can deliver, as well as the wide range of stakeholders who can benefit from their implementation across cities and urban areas.

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Afraid of Public Speaking? 7 Tips to Do It Well

Success

My first ever “speaking engagement” was at my childrens’ kindergarten. I was so nervous my knees were shaking and my fingers fumbled through the copious notes I kept referring to. It’s fair to say I was far more focused on myself—making a good impression and not making a fool of myself—than on the people in the room. All three of them. It was a humble beginning.

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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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Workplace Ageism: 4 In 10 Hiring Managers Admit To Age Bias

Allwork

ResumeBuilder published a survey of 800 hiring managers across the U.S. to get an understanding of the amount of ageism present in the hiring process. . According to the survey, nearly 4 in 10 admit to reviewing applicants’ resumes with age bias. . In a Q&A with Gia Ganesh, Vice President of People and Culture at Florence Healthcare (a clinical trial software company), she explained just how to avoid age bias. .

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Ep 167: Kate Wilkes – Chief People Officer at Happen to Your Career

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Mom, wife, and high performer, Kate Wilkes is an executive assistant who found work she loves, with a leader who poured into her. Kate is moving out of her EA role and into a Chief People Officer role doing work she loves. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Kate walks us through her career path from EA to Chief People Officer, shares how important culture is, and encourages assistants on how to find your path.

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Episode 422: Loretta Breuning talks about Status Games

Productivityist

It’s been nearly 6 years since I first had the pleasure of speaking with Loretta Breuning. This episode has been months in the making and I’m happy to have her back to chat about her book Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop. Loretta is a Professor Emerita of Management at California State University and the author of many personal development books including Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin Levels and the aforementioned

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Why LinkedIn Is Worth Your Time and How to Get Started

All Things Admin

By Jaclyn Baldovin, Radiant Digital Solutions. For administrative professionals looking to grow their careers, social media is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal. With 310 million monthly active users, LinkedIn provides you with an excellent opportunity to connect and network with thousands of business professionals. A fantastic place for admins to focus their social media efforts, the platform offers a wide variety of features to leverage for career advancement.

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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 four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

When a pilot programme for a four day week was announced in the UK early in the New Year, #4dayweek trended for days on twitter, with jokey comments on how employees taking part in the trial should do everything not to ‘f it up for the rest of us.’ But behind the humour there’s a real issue with productivity in the UK. Recent Office for National Statistics reveals that while productivity grew across all G7 countries during the pandemic, the UK experienced the largest falls in GDP growth and an i

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Your Words Are Powerful: 8 Positive Speaking Habits to Build Yourself Up

Success

Have you ever heard yourself saying: “This situation (or person) is just impossible.”. “I’m a total failure at…” or “I’m hopeless at…”. “I’ll never be able to figure this out.”. “I’ll try, but…”. “It’s just such a nightmare.”. If you answered “yes” to any of those, then it’s likely you’ve unconsciously been sabotaging your success simply by how you speak.

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The Past, Present, and Hybrid Future of Networking

Allwork

Business networking has been around for centuries, and building connections remains a crucial part of modern business. . Networking practices continue to change and evolve, and the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly changed the way businesses promote their services and build connections. . Networking now accommodates in-person and virtual events, and according to Austin Titus of Network Lead Exchange, the future of networking is likely to remain hybrid. .

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8 Ways to Expand Your Network Today

Success

The next time you’re standing at yet another industry happy hour, put down the Chardonnay and try these tips to start meeting people outside your niche. Networking is about building relationships , sharing information and finding sources of support. Often people play it safe, staying inside their industry walls, failing to pop that comfort-zone bubble and venture into unknown territory of new faces and new ideas.

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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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Here’s What Payscale’s Latest Report Reveal About The Gender Pay Gap

Allwork

Although the gender pay gap is steadily closing, the uncontrolled pay gap remains stagnant – with women being paid $0.82 for every $1.00 paid to men. . There are compounding racial inequalities creating an even wider pay gap for women from so-called minority groups. Other factors such as socio-economic background, age and level of education also contribute to pay disparities. .

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Nearly 80% Of Today’s Job Skills Are New Or Have Been Reprioritized Since 2016

Allwork

A new report from Boston Consulting Group, Emsi Burning Glass, and The Burning Glass Institute shows that desired job skills have greatly evolved since 2016. . According to the “Shifting Skills, Moving Targets, and Remaking the Workforce” report, 37% of the top 20 skills in US job postings have changed since 2016, while one in five skills include a new skill set altogether. .

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How to Anticipate Problems with If-Then Planning

Success

In our era of positive thinking , trying to anticipate problems might seem like being a “Debbie Downer.” Or, for those who feel strongly that focusing on an outcome may bring about that reality, thinking about hurdles and roadblocks seems like manifesting those problems into existence. For the rest of us, we might call thinking about future problems being realistic.

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The Meeting Room Of The Future

Allwork

With the help of technology, meeting rooms are evolving to enable greater productivity. . Hybrid meetings are now part of our current normal, and physical meeting environments are adapting to incorporate in-person as well as virtual collaboration. . From tightening cyber security to providing specialized facilities, here are some ways to improve your meeting environments for the future of work. .

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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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Automate These 3 Tasks For Your Coworking Space

Allwork

Repeatable tasks should be automated, giving coworking space operators and managers valuable time back in their day. . The Coworks automated billing platform is flexible and robust and is designed to help reduce hands-on time. The right technology can free your coworking space manager to focus on work that is of high value: cultivating the community, serving members, and growing the business.

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Be the Flame: 6 Principles for Leading Through Difficult Times

Success

“You are not here merely to make a living,” president Woodrow Wilson once said. “You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”. We all operate with a certain set of principles. These principles aren’t ones we often put into writing or even speak aloud, but they help us be resilient in times of chaos or confusion—switching indus

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4 Ways to Be a More Collaborative Leader

Success

There are two types of leadership—“me” and “we.” Where do you fall? Do you like your office door closed, no distractions allowed? Or do you prefer your door open, interruptions welcome? Beware that by tucking yourself away in the corner office, you are isolating yourself—and successful leadership requires collaboration , the opposite of isolation. So if you’re about to lock the door behind you, think instead about leaving it open, literally and figuratively.

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These 10 Remote-Friendly Companies Help Pay For Employee Vacations

Allwork

In a new survey, 62% of people said “vacation time” is one of the most important job benefits. . FlexJobs has created a list of 10 remote-friendly companies that will help pay for employee vacations. . In a Q&A with Jennifer Strauel, Chief People & Diversity Officer at arrivia , she explained the benefits of company-sponsored vacations for workers.

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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