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(Excerpt from Become an Inner Circle Assistant book, Joan Burge). For the first time in history, the administrative professional’s job description hints at the full engagement of cognitive powers. When the job description includes identifying goals for the coming year; meshing them with your executive’s goals and department and organization goals; being prepared to track progress at specific intervals; and being accountable for success or lack thereof, it’s easy to tell this is not a job for dum
According to the Direct Selling Association (DSA), about 20.2 million Americans are involved in direct selling the U.S. This is up from 15.8 million in 2010. Also known as multi-level marketing, retail sales by direct selling companies increased from $28.6 billion to $36.1 billion. This makes direct selling a relatively bright sector of the retail industry.
We don’t want you to miss out on the great Practically Perfect PA content… Here is a round up of this month’s posts and newsletters. April’s Blog Posts. 3rd April 2017: How to make a bad first impression better. 6th April 2017: Using networks to get stuff done. 11th April 2017: Day in the life: Donna Lindsay. 13th April 2017: Need a fresh start this Easter?
A Quick Guide to Video Marketing for Small Business. How confident are you in your video content marketing strategy? If you aren’t sure about how to get it right, you aren’t alone. You don’t have to be a “natural” to have success in this area. You just have to learn what to do and where to start. All of your video content marketing on the internet should cultivate an eager awareness about your brand.
Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform
Designed by Freepik. My good friend and fellow expert in the administrative field, Julie Perrine, has a saying that goes something like this, “In admin, you can start here and go anywhere!”. Incidentally, if you don’t know Julie, you should. She’ll be at the annual Conference for Administrative Excellence this year and she is an absolute wealth of knowledge and insight.
Estimates are that most manufacturing equipment in the U.S. sits idle about 50% of the time. So comes as no surprise several companies are trying to become the "Uber of manufacturing" by creating online marketplaces to connect customers who need parts made with companies who have spare manufacturing capacity. The Quartz article An Uber model for manufacturing is ready to upend the industry covers the distributed manufacturing company MakeTime.
Practically Perfect PA has now been up and running for 5 years. Over that time, I have seen the blog grow and grow and grow! There are now over 11,000 of you signed up to the blog posts and newsletters and we attract over 90,000 visitors each month on the website. That’s a lot of people! I still do the bulk of the work, which I absolutely bloody love, but sometimes a gal needs a little help!
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Practically Perfect PA has now been up and running for 5 years. Over that time, I have seen the blog grow and grow and grow! There are now over 11,000 of you signed up to the blog posts and newsletters and we attract over 90,000 visitors each month on the website. That’s a lot of people! I still do the bulk of the work, which I absolutely bloody love, but sometimes a gal needs a little help!
by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! In this episode, I’ll talk about how doing any regular task, such as your daily tidy up, focusing on the movements and releasing thinking, is like doing a meditation. Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play.
Administrative professionals are the superheroes of travel planning. Admins use their telepathy to know what brands their travelers prefer, time travel to get days of work done in mere hours, and teleportation to support their travelers, even when they are halfway around the world. Their only kryptonite? Themselves. Admins spend their days prioritizing other’s needs and often forget to think of themselves.
This post is part of a series in which I share some of my recent work related to career advancement and professional development from the past month. Enjoy! From U.S. News & World Report. 3 Ways to Develop Executive Presence Regardless of Your Title. Regardless of title or status in the corporate hierarchy, everyone has the ability to develop “executive presence.” When you do, you’ll enhance your professional reputation and improve your chances for advancement.
Who am I? When you work for a private individual it can be complicated defining your role in their life. As well as dealing with all the usual challenges, much depends on their personal situation, and how that reflects on what is required. Working the way I do, I am usually in a client’s home, so the relationship is very different to being office based.
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
I attended an event today on minute taking. Our organization set it up for Admin Professionals' Week. Unfortunately, my first impression of the speaker was not very good because she was dressed down and looked rather frumpy. I don't believe in judging a book by its cover, but I was amazed at how easily my mind went there and how I equated how she looked to what she had to say.
“In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.” ~ Seth Godin. It’s no secret the world has changed. You are doing more with less. Things are moving at the speed of light. And Google has become the new resume. The question is … what are you doing about it? How are you standing out?
This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. This week’s article is all about using what you’ve got! If you want to achieve career success, it’s not enough to just show up. You have to fully utilize your talents, skills and abilities to deliver value in the workplace. Unfortunately, a lot of professionals have a hard time with this.
We don’t want you to miss out on the great Practically Perfect PA content… Here is a round up of this month’s posts and newsletters. April’s Blog Posts. 3rd April 2017: How to make a bad first impression better. 6th April 2017: Using networks to get stuff done. 11th April 2017: Day in the life: Donna Lindsay. 13th April 2017: Need a fresh start this Easter?
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
by Using a pre-made file system can be a great idea, but only if you buy into it completely. Systems in general, filing and other, often have lots of moving parts that need to mesh together so if you leave one out because you don’t really like it, the system will eventually break. For example, if you color code your file folders, you have to continue to do it, and you have to continue to use the same colors.
How We Blend Human and Machine to Deliver the Best Results to You . While our nation debates the role artificial intelligence (AI) will play in making many administrative jobs obsolete, WorkplaceDynamics is fully vested in building AI capabilities into our Engagement Platform. But the decision didn’t come without much debate over the value of human analysis vs. relying on smart algorithms to achieve a similar output.
Who am I? When you work for a private individual it can be complicated defining your role in their life. As well as dealing with all the usual challenges, much depends on their personal situation, and how that reflects on what is required. Working the way I do, I am usually in a client’s home, so the relationship is very different to being office based.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.
This guest post is by Productivityist team member Jim Woods. He is a writer, editor, and Productivityist Coaching Practitioner. You can connect with him @jimwoodswrites on Twitter or his website jimwoodswrites.com. We all know about the to-do list. We use it everyday. Sometimes, we even obsess over it. We watch our to-do list shrink, and we watch it grow.
Are you planning to start a tech company, but not sure whether it’s the way to go, or what does it like living as a tech startup founder? The best way to go is to learn from those who have been there and done that. If you’re looking for someone who falls in that criteria, meet Par Chadha , one of L.A.’s top tech entrepreneurs. He has started more than a dozen tech startups.
I have been studying one of the most highly regarded books on the future of AI (Artificial Intelligence), “Superintelligence – paths, dangers, strategies” by Nick Bostrom. Bostrom meticulously reviews the five most likely paths to “superintelligence” which he defines “as any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of (individual) humans in virtually all domains of interest.” One of Bostrom’s conclusions is totally unexpected and re
Practically Perfect PA has now been up and running for 5 years. Over that time, I have seen the blog grow and grow and grow! There are now over 11,000 of you signed up to the blog posts and newsletters and we attract over 90,000 visitors each month on the website. That’s a lot of people! I still do the bulk of the work, which I absolutely bloody love, but sometimes a gal needs a little help!
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
This episode’s guest is an amazing woman that I’ve been “pursuing” to get into the podcast for a while. She’s the host and producer of The Pursuit , a talk show and podcast where she interviews influencers and the who’s who of business. Kelsey Humphreys is a media entrepreneur, success coach and consultant, a motivational journalist who’s written for Entrepreneur Magazine and The Huffington Post (among others), and the author of the book Go Solo: How to Quit the Job You Hate an
Injuries in the workplace can be life changing or fatal, which is why it’s so important they are avoided at all costs. But as well as the risk to life, work accidents are a costly business, with the ability to put a company in financial trouble should a worker claim that poor health and safety practices were to blame for their accident. Therefore, it’s important you are prepared for such an occasion and can handle everything your workplace throws at you and your workforce.
I have been studying one of the most highly regarded books on the future of AI (Artificial Intelligence), "Superintelligence - paths, dangers, strategies" by Nick Bostrom. Bostrom meticulously reviews the five most likely paths to "superintelligence" which he defines "as any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of (individual) humans in virtually all domains of interest.
C REATING A NEW DIALOGUE; An Interview on Essential Workplace Values: Curiosity, Passion, Optimism with Erika Andersen, Author & Founder/Partner, Proteus International The following interview was published by C-Suite Executive Support Professionals in their September 2016 newsletter and is shared here with their permission. CSESP: How do you believe the Executive Assistant role will evolve in the future?
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
How We Blend Human and Machine to Deliver the Best Results to You . While our nation debates the role artificial intelligence (AI) will play in making many administrative jobs obsolete, WorkplaceDynamics is fully vested in building AI capabilities into our Engagement Platform. But the decision didn’t come without much debate over the value of human analysis vs. relying on smart algorithms to achieve a similar output.
If you or your business have a low credit score or suspect that you might have a low credit score, one part of the loan application process that might cause you some trepidation is the dreaded credit check. Lenders will pore over your history in minute, vivid detail to determine whether or not you’re the type of individual they want to trust with borrowing their precious funds, and the entire ordeal can be altogether unnerving.
This is a guest post by Alex Reddle. There’s an old saying that money makes the world go round. Of course it does, but what also gets my world truly spinning is the thought of all those single women out… The post The Spice Of Life appeared first on Dragos Roua.
Designed by Freepik. This is part of a series by editor Barbara McNichol to provide tips for writing like a pro. Ever heard someone say “his bucket is emptier (or more empty) than mine”? How can something be emptier than empty? The same holds true for all “absolute” words. In grammar, “absolute” means it can’t be compared. That is, you would never use “less” or “more” in front of these absolute words: perfect. final. first/last. complete. universal. destroyed. invisible. dead. unique. total. imp
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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