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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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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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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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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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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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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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Moxie Tip #14: Respect Resource Limits

Virtual Moxie

Among the things a client has the right to expect from you is that you’re respect the value and limits of his/her resources. It’s easy to understand that you should be careful about spending the clients money (one of the resources), right? But be as careful with a client’s time, energy, emotions, community, and intellectual capital because they all have limits.

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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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Are you suffering from collaboration overload? 9 beliefs and fears that help drive it

Ideas.Ted

We are collaborating too much. That’s what Rob Cross has realized after studying high (and low) performers at effective organizations for more than 20 years. “We’re too eager to jump into, or be dragged into, active collaborations that might run better without us and that burn up our valuable time and energy,” he writes in his new book Beyond Collaboration Overload.

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The Ultimate Guide To Customer Feedback For 2021

Small Business CEO

If you run a business that offers products or services to customers, it’s normal that customers will talk about your brand and company. It’s a logical procedure once they make a purchase, they’ll have a view regarding the deal whether it was a good or bad experience and if there is room for betterment. Photo: Source. Therefore, listening to your customers is the most significant thing you can ever do.

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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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Ep 135: Tarah J – Executive Assistant to the CMO at PODS

Go Burrows

Tarah J is the executive assistant to the chief marketing officer at PODS. She has over 10 years of administrative support experience, including many years at Estée Lauder Companies in New York. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Tarah shares her EA career story, tips for leading your executive(s), and advice for new assistants. I really enjoyed Tarah’s energy and passion for the EA profession and trust you will too!

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Rising Above Rejection: How to Achieve a Dream That Looks and Feels Impossible

Success

Shoba Narayan is a musical actor, which means she faces more rejection than the average person. Going from audition to audition and hearing the word no isn’t just a side effect of the business. It is the business. But even with a career that seems impossibly hard, Narayan has credits in major productions. She has played the role of Natasha in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 , Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton , and most recently, Princess Jasmine in Aladdin— all Broadway productions and are

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What is List Fatigue? 5 Ways to Overcome it!

Jennie Lyon

Do you find yourself scrolling past articles with titles like “7 Ways to Increase Your Email Subscribers by 20%” or “How to Gain More Followers on Social Media” because they all say the same thing? You’re not alone. It’s called list fatigue and it’ll ruin most of your marketing efforts if left unchecked. List fatigue… The post What is List Fatigue?

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A Non-Clinical Healthcare Career: From Economics to Administration

Small Business CEO

When people think of the healthcare sector, an image of a doctor or nurse likely springs to mind. Yet, there are many more occupations that support patient care, efficiency, and department operations. If you don’t have a desire to enter a clinical field, many other paths provide exceptional salaries, a rewarding working life, and many career opportunities.

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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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Professional Development for Executive Assistants

Worxbee

Have you wondered about professional development for executive assistants? For instance, what sort of professional development should EAs pursue? What sort of opportunities should employers make available? If you were to narrow down the many development opportunities out there, what should be a priority? Executive assistants play a vital role in the companies they work for and are expected to attain a high level of multifaceted skills.

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Business Coach vs. Mentor: Which One Do You Need?

Success

One of the most humbling aspects of becoming a new business owner is to admit that you don’t know everything… and be willing to look for aid and advice from someone more experienced. The idea is to learn and apply things you wouldn’t have otherwise thought of yourself. But if you’re looking for someone to help teach you, should you look for a coach or a mentor?

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Understanding Shifting Employee Values

AdminUniverse

Summary: There’s no time like the present to reevaluate your company vision and ensure that there is a balanced alignment between what is important to you and what is important to your team. Let’s talk about how you are going to make that happen. It’s no secret that a lot of different things have shifted. Read more. The post Understanding Shifting Employee Values appeared first on AdminUniverse.

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What Are the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as a Business Owner?

Small Business CEO

When you own and run a business, the marketing aspect of it must be done correctly. Your prospective consumers will not know you exist until you advertise to them, and they will not come to you to purchase your products and services unless you market to them. This is just one of the many mistakes that a small business owner can so easily fall prey to.

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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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An Interview the LUMINI Network – A Peer to Peer Advisory Group for Administrative Professionals

Admin Awards

On this next edition of Backbone LIVE! Admin Awards Founder Sunny Nunan interviews the Co-Founders of LUMINI Network, Sean Magennis and Jackie Ludwig, which is a peer to peer advisory group for Administrative Professionals inspired by their work together at Young Presidents Organization (YPO). We talk about all kinds of important stuff like why Admins need a peer group, the cost to replace an Admin (OUCH), why networking is critical and other juicy topics that lead to the creation of this unique

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How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams

Success

If you’ve felt like the number of scammy emails coming through your inbox has risen in the last year, you’re not alone. The FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report states that there were 300,000 more internet crimes (phishing, non-payment/non-delivery scams or extortion) complaints in 2020 than in 2019. While it’s relatively easy to avoid the more apparent phishers, online scams are getting more sophisticated and harder to spot. .

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Making Tough Calls That Disappoint Supporters

AdminUniverse

Summary: Sometimes as a leader, you have a better view of the big picture. Because of that elite perspective, not all of your decisions will be understood or appreciated and you are bound to have tough conversations. Let’s talk about why it is so important to have those. Nobody strives to make decisions that disappoint. Read more. The post Making Tough Calls That Disappoint Supporters appeared first on AdminUniverse.

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What to Look for in a Vehicle for Your Business

Small Business CEO

For many companies, owning or having access to a business vehicle is a non-negotiable. Whether you need your vehicles for employees who are out on the road a lot, for deliveries, transporting of goods or any other purposes, the vehicle you choose is an important decision. Your business vehicles can impact not only your budget but how smoothly your company operates on a day-to-day basis.

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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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Episode 391: Lisa Erickson talks about the Art and Science of Meditation

Productivityist

There is a true art and science when it comes to meditation. Meditation teacher Lisa Erickson shares how to build a sustainable practice once and for all. This episode is sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs. When your business is ready to make that next hire, LinkedIn Jobs can help by matching your role with qualified candidates so that you can find the right person quickly.

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Daring to Dream: Finding the Courage to Follow Your Own Path

Success

Balancing your parents’ plans for your life with your own dreams can be hard—often something the children of immigrants know well. Parents who move across the world want to give their children a more secure life than they had. Which is honorable—but doesn’t necessarily allow for the kind of risk that comes with bold goals. Judy Joo started out following her parents’ plans—spending five stressful years working in finance—before changing course: Judy was the first female Iron Chef to appear on Iro

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3 Skills Every Leader Must Cultivate to Successfully Manage Distributed Teams

Success

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way people work. This is changing every aspect of work—not just where and how work gets done—but also workplace design, employee-employer relationships, employee expectations, management styles and more. With the shift to remote work , many companies came to realize that embedded practices within their organizations no longer served a purpose; leaders woke up one day to find that their management style was no longer effective if people weren’t in t

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My Life Changed When I Decided to Play to Win

Success

I love running. I like to say that I took up long-distance running as a tween because it’s one of the few sports you can do anywhere. You don’t need special equipment or the right season; you can just lace up and hit the road. I decided this would be my thing. At high school in British Columbia, Canada, running for the track team became a big part of my life.

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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