Practically Perfect PA
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
How Assistants can learn to improve business processes In this post, we will look at how Assistants can learn to improve business processes. Have you ever taken time to analyse your business processes, or do you just ‘do’ them without thinking? Do you ever notice any of your teams’ processes [.].
Practically Perfect PA
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Building effective workflows with your Executive I’m sure you have heard the term workflow a lot. It is certainly something you will have come across if you have ever decided to research how to manage your time best and increase your productivity. It is a term often used in project [.].
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On The Job
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
In an ideal world, a boss recognizes your talents and helps you develop them so that your career blossoms. But in the real world, bosses are stressed and overworked and may not have a lot of time to look out for your career. To be honest, some of them are jerks and could care less if you're reaching your goals. That's why it's always a good idea to have a plan when it comes to developing your own career.
Success
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact. By Jenn Lim. Author Jenn Lim knows a little something about happiness. She co-founded the workplace culture company Delivering Happiness with Tony Hsieh, the late CEO of Zappos.com. Their goal? To teach businesses how to make their employees happier while also improving their ROI.
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!
Small Business Labs
MAY 20, 2021
Forerunner Ventures' The universal holding pattern: a period of trial followed by an era of opportunity covers survey work they've done on the impact of the pandemic on consumers. One of their main findings is the desire for empowerment and independence has increased. Key quote: The pandemic offered a taste of independence with remote work for some and a desire to have control over one’s own destiny in a fractured economy for others, making self-employment an increasingly
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Virtual Moxie
OCTOBER 28, 2021
More than you’d imagine, I hear from folks who find themselves in uncomfortable situations with colleagues and/or clients that have them upset, concerned about something, feeling worried, or generally feeling off, sometimes for days. Knowing that talking to me isn’t going to help resolve things, I always ask the logical question: Have you talked with the other person about this?
Stephanie LH Calahan
JULY 8, 2021
It is easy to look at successful people and think that they always have it “together” and that their life is nothing but joy. But, everyone has points in their life that are messy. Dionne Thompson, host of the Hot Mess to Awesomeness podcast, has created a show to highlight those stories and I had a great time talking with her about mine.
Tips From T. Marie
AUGUST 25, 2021
In the worlds of psychology and business, you’ll often hear the terms ‘growth mindset’ and ‘fixed mindset’. Mindset in general refers to the learned attitudes you’ve adopted over time; so a growth mindset is the attitude that you can always change for the better whereas a fixed mindset means you believe that you’re stuck with your natural skills without any room for improvement.
Ideas.Ted
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. I’d like you to take a moment and imagine you’re four years old. You’re building a tower, and you’re really proud of it. But then the next minute another child comes running along and kicks over your tower.
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Worxbee
DECEMBER 12, 2021
When executives and their executive assistants form a tight partnership, magic can happen at work. It’s not just about managing schedules and arranging travel - it’s about forming a strategic relationship where the executive and EA are in it together and striving for success. EAs are in the perfect position to step to this level because they already operate in the executive sphere.
Small Business CEO
AUGUST 26, 2021
Digital transformation is crucial for organizations as it allows them to make the most of the latest technologies to enhance how they serve customers and compete in their markets. The rapport a seller has with clients has never been more serious with all the services customers have these days. A business needs to be flexible and agile to meet the evolving needs of customers.
Practically Perfect PA
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Feeling undervalued and how to make a change One of the many challenges that I often hear from Assistants is that their Executives and the wider organisation does not understand the role and the work that Assistants undertake. Assistants are renowned for getting on with their tasks and ensuring everything [.].
On The Job
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Do you find it difficult to say "no"? You may find it easy to say "no" to brussels sprouts, but much tougher to say "no" to a work colleague who seems to want your help with something that doesn't sound entirely ethical or may violate company policy. Or, what about the valuable customer who is pressuring you to do something you don't want to do? These are tricky situations because you need to maintain relationships with these people, but also believe that "going along" doesn't feel right and cou
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Success
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Something great starts with, well, something. Bob had a big idea for the community, yet his first step was just asking a few people to meet to talk about it. Allen wanted to start a new business and he began by setting up coffees and lunches every day with those who could help him learn. Cynthia’s first step in changing the culture of the call center she worked in was setting aside time each day to walk around and listen.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates that 4.9 billion people are using the Internet in 2021 , which is about 63% of the world's population. This, of course, means about 37% of the world's population are not Internet users, and not surprisingly, most of these folks are in developing countries. Key quote from the Washington Post's 1 in 3 people around the world have never used the Internet, a U.N. report estimates : " across the U.N.’s 46 lea
Eat Your Career
AUGUST 16, 2021
This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant in our recent Q&A session asked: “CVs (or resumes) are often rejected by recruiters for having career gaps. Can you suggest a way of avoiding rejection for this reason?”.
Virtual Moxie
AUGUST 12, 2021
I was reading some reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally old posts and articles I’d written; many of them more than a decade old. I was surprised by how evergreen many of them are, and especially this one, so although it’s more than a decade old, I wanted to share it. I’ll share it as originally written, and share new thoughts at the end. February 9, 2010.
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.
Go Burrows
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Nick Ginsburg is a passionate and innovative Executive Assistant and mental health advocate. By day he is the Executive Assistant to the Provost and Senior Vice-President at Monash University and by night he is the host of The Open Drive Podcast and Founder of The Collective, a judgment-free community for administrative professionals worldwide. Nick and I talk about authenticity, building and cultivating a community, and more!
Success
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Close your eyes and imagine stepping onstage to deliver your first TED Talk. It’s one of the most important moments of your career… only you forgot your pants. Feel that weight in your stomach? Good. That same wide-eyed, what have I done? nightmarish dread creeps over every entrepreneur soon after the euphoria of escaping the 9-to-5 world wears off.
Success
AUGUST 20, 2021
Are you ready for entrepreneurship ? Even if you think you know the answer, there are ways to be 100% certain. You can either dive headfirst into a new business and see what happens, or you can learn the traits of successful entrepreneurs. The second option will save you time, money and misplaced energy. Once and for all, you can ask yourself, Am I willing to do what successful entrepreneurs have done?
Success
AUGUST 2, 2021
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said, “Don’t mistake activity for achievement.” You may be busy from the moment your alarm goes off in the morning until the time your head hits the pillow at night, but are you accomplishing anything meaningful toward the fulfillment of your goals? Are you making forward progress, or are you just running in place?
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.
Success
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Creative problem-solving strategies separate forward-moving solutions from quick fixes. Truly an art, creative strategies address challenges by guiding you to see challenges in a whole new light. Can crisis equal opportunity? With these 6 creative ways to solve a problem, the answer is often a resounding yes. 1. Six Step Problem-Solving Model. Some problems seem overwhelming in their complexity.
Success
AUGUST 19, 2021
Researchers believe that the earliest spoken language was Mayan , which was around 7,000 years ago. Imagine, in 70 centuries, we’ve progressed to, “… and I was like, really ?”. Whether you are leading a team meeting, presenting to a prospective client or delivering a keynote speech to a global audience, verbal mistakes will undermine your credibility and distract from your message.
Success
DECEMBER 15, 2021
On this week’s episode of SUCCESS Line , I talk to Patrick, a real-estate entrepreneur who recently wrote and self-published his first book. He has already sold 500 copies, which is no small feat, but he has big dreams of best-seller lists and sequels. . He wants to know, “How do I build an audience for my work and hit that best-seller list?”. This is a challenge so many entrepreneurs face, whether they are publishing a book or not.
Success
JULY 3, 2021
To truly know yourself is the most important skill you can possess. When you know who you are, you know what you need to do instead of looking for permission from others. It allows you to bypass tons of frustration caused by putting time into the wrong things. Yes, life is supposed to be full of trial and error, but this lets you find the best areas for you to experiment with.
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
Success
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
When I work with companies on innovation projects, whether it’s industry-changing new products and services or smaller-scale ideas to streamline internal processes, I often see leaders and their teams struggling to freely ideate and really dive into the brainstorm process. When they do finally get there, it’s a big aha moment, but it takes a while. The reason is simple: When ideation isn’t second nature, it’s because company culture hasn’t supported it.
Success
JULY 24, 2021
It is one thing to be successful and it is another thing to be exceptionally successful. But to attain a high level of success, you have to be willing to put in the work. Because the theme of the modern-day careerist is this: How do you get more done in less time? So although a lot of people see the weekend as a time to hang out and relax, exceptionally successful people have a different idea of how Saturdays and Sundays should be spent.
Success
OCTOBER 1, 2021
I can hear my client’s breath on the phone, and it feels like the sliding door of an elevator opening—that moment when you aren’t sure whether you’ll be alone on a seconds-long ride of life—when she exhales and says, “I’m not very good with dates and times. I can’t remember when it happened, just that it did.”. As a book writing coach, I hear this more often than not.
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