Lauren Bradley, Founder of The Officials, will appear on a panel for Strictly Recruitment’s community, The Business Support Network.
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Self-Care, COVID-19 and Pivots for your wellbeing
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be on a panel for Abigail Barnes‘ webinar series, The Productive Wellbeing Show.
On the panel was:
- Abigail Barnes
- Dinah Liversidge
- Paul Kelly of Strictly Recruitment
- Claire Brumby
- Jessica Gardiner of The Assistant Room
We were each asked 2 questions.
- What does a self-care routine look like for you & how has Covid-19 changed it?
- What happens if you skip a day?
Black Lives Matter: Helpful Resources for Admins and Assistants
The recent deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have lead to refreshed protests and unrest in all 50 states of the US due to prevalent systemic racism and police brutality.
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This Entrepreneur listed on Forbes under 30 said he would roll his eyes when passed to an Executive Assistant 🙄
The post that rankled
One of my commitments is to take the conversation on the value of assistants past our own industry bubble. I will be talking to CEOs, entrepreneurs, L&D, HR and executive leaderships teams at every turn about the power and growth acceleration potential in every assistant.
A few weeks ago Taylor Offer made a post that got under my skin a bit. You can read the post here.
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Lauren appears on Assistants Together Podcast
🎙 Podcast Debut! I loved talking to Hen Barker a caring recruiter and advocate for admins and assistants, for her Assistants Together podcast. We covered A LOT!
We discussed:
• Power of community
• The need for affordable training
• Knowing your worth
• Confidence
• Resources and research
• What assistants are asking about during lockdown
• Becoming a VA ain’t easy
• Furlough fears
• Onboarding yourself
• Treat your role like a business
• Being digitally desirable
• Why assistants shouldn’t be bored during the lockdown or ever!
• The non-no
What the what’s a wiki?
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website or database where multiple users collaboratively add and edit content to share knowledge. It requires high trust but allows for quick sharing and fosters collaboration.
Fortune 500 companies lose at least $31.5 billion a year by failing to share knowledge
Why the heck is it called a wiki?
The first known website wiki was called WikiWikiWeb. Wiki means quick in Hawaiian. Wiki wiki equates to really quick. So essentially it was the really quick web. This site was a place where multiple users could contribute to this shared knowledge repository on software design patterns.
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The Productivity Conundrum
Technology is a funny thing. It is now so intertwined with our daily lives that we don’t even notice it and yet we’re still looking for the holy grail – technology that will actually boost our productivity, make us more efficient and free our time to focus on high-value work.
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Struggling with working from home? Read this!
Working from home during these uncertain times is a bit of a headf*ck, even for those of us who are used to working from home. But dont worry, I got you boo!
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WFH with KIDS: A helpful guide for parents working from home
As we all do our best at social distancing and self isolation to slow the spread of COVID-19, a new normal is settling in across the globe. For parents, this new normal includes trying to juggle working and childcare at the same time. As a mother of two who works from home most of the time, I am used to my children periodically being home while I work. However, this is a new era. The schools have closed indefinitely and we all have to do what we can to keep the economy afloat while keeping our family and friends safe.
Here are some tips to help you stay focused while being attentive parents.
Member Spotlight – Rebecca Steifle
Each month we highlight one of our members, not only because they are fabulous people but also because we fully believe that shared experience and knowledge is important and makes everyone better people.
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