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The Price Of Remote Work? Your Privacy

Allwork

60% of employers with remote employees are using work monitoring software of some type. The question is whether workers will just have to accept bossware on their work technology if they want to work remotely. In a Q&A with Allwork.Space, Breanne Murphy, Global Head of Partner Marketing at HiBob, said when workers are monitored in this way, it harms their sense of autonomy and creates stress.

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Executive Assistant Salary Trends: A Forecast for 2023

C-Suite Assistants

In September 2022 we published a blog on Executive Assistant salaries. In that blog, we tracked some of the changes we’ve seen over the last several years and refer to an increase of 20% in the average salary for an EA to the CEO over the last 5 years. If we go even further back when we published an exhaustive survey of salaries for Executive Assistants to the C-Suite, we can see that the average salary has increased by 60% since 2013.

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Getting Unstuck: Using a Career Analysis to Propel Your Career

Office Dynamics

We’ve all been there. Those low points in our career where we feel stuck, unable to move forward, and struggling to find meaning in our profession. Trust me – it happens to almost every single working person on the planet at some point or another.

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The rise of the pods shows how the workplace pendulum swings

Workplace Insight

Long before the office died (I read its obituary in several publications) there were hotly contested debates about open plan offices. That is of course before those debates were eclipsed by more current workplace rantings (ask the editor). Skimming through the open-plan office timeline, Herman Miller launched action office , L-shaped desks with screens became shared benches, and decades later tech brands rolled out efficient open-plan workspaces around the globe, with Facebook creating the bigge

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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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Stuff Rich People Do: 10 Things You’re Probably Not Doing Right Now

Success

Rich people and regular people do things differently. I had the grand epiphany that if we could find out what Richie Rich does on a regular basis, then all we would have to do is copy him and we’d be rich, right? I dunno. Let’s find out. These are the habits of rich people that you’re likely not doing: 1. Rich people want to be rich. I know. Thanks for the breaking news, Captain Obvious.

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Using critical observation as an Assistant

Practically Perfect PA

Using critical observation as an Assistant As an Assistant, observing and analysing any situation quickly, accurately and without bias is essential. Working in a fast-paced environment can make it challenging to develop critical observational skills. Using critical observation as an Assistant is important. We work at one hundred miles an [.

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Shifting the Mindset Around Learning at Work

Eat Your Career

A few years ago, I met someone who asked me what I did for a living. So I told him: I was a professional development trainer and I work with companies to help elevate employee performance, he said, “Oh man! That sounds awful!” I was SO shocked. I had never gotten a response like that. In fact, most people think my job sounds really fun, and it is! Obviously, this person had some bad experiences with workplace training.

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The CDC’s Vision For The Future Of Worker Health

Allwork

The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Future of Work Initiative is a complex set of practical and research guidelines designed to mitigate risk and harm associated with rapid changes in the future of work. The CDC intends to equip employers and workers with the tools to cope with adaptations — specifically, to prevent maladaptation that leads to adverse health outcomes.

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5 Relaxing Ideas for Self-Care Sundays for Those Who Work Alone

Team: Solo Admin

Are you someone who works alone? Maybe you’re an entrepreneur, remote worker, or administrative assistant. Whatever your situation, if you work alone, it’s easy to let yourself get too stressed. Read More The post 5 Relaxing Ideas for Self-Care Sundays for Those Who Work Alone appeared first on Team: Solo Admin.

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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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Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Personal Achievement

Success

Success and personal achievement can be determined by the 17 principles of success as outlined by Napoleon Hill. He is the author of the motivational classics The Law of Success and Think and Grow Rich. Read on to learn more—and discover what it takes to be successful. Napoleon Hill’s 17 principles of success 1. Definiteness of purpose Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

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Using critical observation as an Assistant

Practically Perfect PA

Using critical observation as an Assistant As an Assistant, observing and analysing any situation quickly, accurately and without bias is essential. Working in a fast-paced environment can make it challenging to develop critical observational skills. Using critical observation as an Assistant is essential.We work at one hundred miles an hour, and [.

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Ambient Scenting Makes Sense For Coworking Management

Allwork

A recently released study found that 60% of workers would take a lower paid job if it had a healthier working environment than their current job, and 42% said unpleasant odors created a stressful and anxious work environment. Pleasant fragrances can reduce stress, enhance moods, improve productivity on the job, and connect people with nature. Ambient scenting technology for office spaces can be computer controlled, efficient, hypoallergenic, and use sophisticated odor-neutralizing technology t

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Small business tax credits and deductions you should know about

BMT Office Administration

Congress routinely showers small businesses with tax preferences. And now is the time to think about them, since the tax-filing deadlines for calendar-year corporate returns are fast approaching—March 15 for S corps and April 18 for C corps. Snag: There are at least 24 different definitions of a small business in the tax code (we counted!), so check with your tax pro if you’re not sure whether your business qualifies.

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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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Spring Is the Season of Opportunity—Don’t Waste It

Success

I know the following things to be true: Life consists of perpetual, predictable patterns of change. The only constant factor is our feelings and attitudes toward life. We have the power of attitude , and attitude determines choice as choice determines results. You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself and take advantage of opportunity when it comes.

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Firms get that people want flexible working, but are still slow to act

Workplace Insight

Workers are increasingly demanding autonomy and flexible working options, but employers remain slow to respond, with only a small percentage increasing the number of flexible or remote roles, according to a new poll. Based on a survey of 4,500 people including 500 small and medium-sized business owners, Sonovate’s report, ‘ The Future World of Work’ [registration] claims that although 70 percent of businesses acknowledge that the most skilled people will only work under conditions that favour t

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Coworking Explained: What Is It And Why Should You Start?

Allwork

Coworking spaces offer small businesses, freelancers, and other professionals a productive environment to complete their tasks, expand their networks, and become involved in their local business community. As of 2022, there were more than 6,200 coworking spaces in the United States — giving more than one million people a space to work and collaborate.

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Episode 464: Growing Old and Staying Rad with Steven Kotler

Productivityist

If you’re interested in human performance and personal growth, I highly recommend checking out this episode with Steven Kotler. He has been studying human performance for over 30 years and has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to achieve peak performance evolved around Steven’s latest book, Gnar Country , which addresses how to stay “rad” as you grow older.

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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 Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

Success

Hollywood loves a good story, and few have a better one than Michael J. Fox. The charming Canadian child actor transitioned into adulthood as a box-office star miraculously untainted by scandal, and was blessed by a great marriage and family life. Then Fox’s golden-boy career was seemingly derailed much too soon by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease—only to be resurrected by award-winning guest roles and, briefly, his own NBC sitcom before he officially retired in 2020.

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Pipeline of women managers has stalled in wake of pandemic

Workplace Insight

The leadership pipeline for women has hollowed out in the middle, according to a new study “ Women in leadership: Why perception outpaces the pipeline—and what to do about it ” from IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Chief. The study of 2,500 organisations in 12 countries and 10 industries found a small increase in the number of women at the C-suite and Board level (now 12 percent for both), and an increase to 40 percent representation of women in junior professional/specialist roles (37

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Four Days Is Enough

Allwork

4 Day Week Global , a nonprofit organization dedicated to the concept of a shortened workweek, recently conducted a study that evaluated the success of 61 U.K. companies and their 2,900 employees in implementing a four-day workweek. An overwhelming majority of businesses (92%) that took part in the study said they intend to keep their four-day workweek.

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20 Things You Can Do Before Bed to Give You a Jump on Tomorrow

Productivityist

I’ve made no secret about my night owl tendencies. But whether you’re a night owl like me or not, it’s important to begin your day before bed. Not sure what you can do to make that happen? Well, these 20 tips are perfect for anyone who wants to start their day feeling refreshed, energized, and ready to tackle whatever comes their way.

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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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Great Employees Have These 3 Things

Success

Experience has taught me that when you are in the presence of a brilliant thinker, always have a pen and paper handy. As you begin to ask questions, you’ll find that a river of wisdom and practical examples freely flows from someone with valuable insight into the world. This was the case with J. Lennox Scott, Chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate , a third-generation real estate firm based in Seattle with over 100 offices and 3,000 agents in four states.

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Ep 208: Candice Burningham – Director and Founder of Admin Avenues

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Candice Burningham spent nearly two decades working in Australia and the UK as a C-Suite Executive Assistant to some of the biggest and brightest minds globally. In this episode, Candice talks about her career journey from office junior to c-suite EA to launching an admin employment marketplace and specialist agency for high-net-worth individuals in Australia.

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Dispelling the False Narrative About Working Two Remote Jobs

Allwork

Some sensational headlines about remote workers holding down two jobs have fueled mistrust of remote employees, causing employers to misunderstand the actual facts. Stories that speak to our feelings and intuitions, without regard for the actual evidence, can lead to dangerous mental blind spots known as the narrative fallacy. According to FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), multiple jobholders represent a historically low percentage of all employed members of the US workforce, averaging aro

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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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When to Retire from Your First Career and How to Plan Your Next Move

Success

Tom Brady. Cher. Tina Turner. What do they have in common? Besides being at the top of their respective game at one time or another, all three second-guessed their initial decision to retire. They returned for one more season and a few additional farewell tours. You might not knock on your former company’s doors months after blowing out the candles on your well wishes in retirement cake.

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Artificial intelligence could mean we all do more work, not less

Workplace Insight

There’s a common perception that artificial intelligence will help streamline our work. There are even fears that it could wipe out the need for some jobs altogether. But in a study of science laboratories I carried out with three colleagues at the University of Manchester, the introduction of automated processes that aim to simplify work — and free people’s time — can also make that work more complex, generating new tasks that many workers might perceive as mundane.

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Zoom Terminates Its President

Allwork

What’s going on: On Friday, Zoom Video Communications abruptly terminated its president Greg Tomb, who had only joined in June. He is entitled to severance benefits as it was “termination without cause.” According to a regulatory filing, Tomb was granted $45 million in stocks that would vest over four years, with an annual salary of $400,000.

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