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3 Ways Payroll Software Can Help Prevent Human Error

Insperity

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

As a small business owner or office manager, you’re likely already spread thin. A company with as few as ten employees can easily have sales representatives in four different states. Simply having a location on one side of the train tracks, for example, might make employees subject to a.015% 015% higher tax rate.

Payroll

Payroll Software Mailing Administrative Assistance

Answers to All Your Office Manager Certification Questions

SnackNation

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Answers to All Your Office Manager Certification Questions. What exactly will an Office Manager (OM) certification do for you? Below, we’ll answer some questions we’re guessing you have about how and why to earn your Office Manager certification. Question: What is an Office Manager Certification?

Office Management

Office Management Administrative Assistance Training Learning

9 business travel hacks for greater cost control

Insperity

APRIL 17, 2018

For instance, your office manager who never travels can still use her P-card to buy office supplies and earn cash back or reward miles to supplement your travel budget. Train novice travelers on ways to save. You can collect those airline miles or cash and use them to buy more airline tickets for business trips.

Controlling

Controlling Purchasing Flexibility Flexibility

Ep 159: Nellie Jacob – Longtime Executive Assistant and Strengths Coach

Go Burrows

MARCH 20, 2022

This empowered her to leave a role where leadership opportunities were not available, today she is the Executive Assistant and President’s Office Manager, where she uses her relationship building, strategic, influencer and execution talents to equip others for success. Her own and those belonging to others. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK.

Coaching

Coaching Leadership Mailing Mentoring

3 Ways Payroll Software Can Help Prevent Human Error

Insperity

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

As a small business owner or office manager, you’re likely already spread thin. A company with as few as ten employees can easily have sales representatives in four different states. Simply having a location on one side of the train tracks, for example, might make employees subject to a.015% 015% higher tax rate.

Payroll

Payroll Software Mailing Administrative Assistance

the gong, the missing reply-all button, and other weird things companies thought would boost productivity

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We had a one-room completely open-office plan and all of us were on phones all day. The aggressive sales. I never saw the owner, and was trained by someone who had only worked there a few weeks. ‘Sorry. “One store I worked at decided that we’d sell more if we approached customers more. The video monitoring.

Computer

Computer Sales Cubicle Purchasing

is it okay to be honest about just being in it for the money?

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The upper and middle management recently did a type of purpose-driven training. My boss, the CEO, wanted me to be the first assistant to do the training and the test and the assessment. My time and energy are 100% for sale. Am I missing the point of the training maybe? The work has no meaning to me.

Salary

Salary Training Sales Office Management

8 tips and tricks to building a winning reputation.

Ruby

MAY 19, 2015

An off day, an insufficiently trained employee, a late delivery, a politically incorrect tweet, or a small error can explode into a PR crisis—leading to scathing reviews, one-star ratings, nasty blog comments, and social media criticism. Make the effort and spare your potential customers the frustration of having to look elsewhere.

Small Business

Small Business Sales Networking Security

my boss complains about me to my parents, my boss doesn’t want me to work while traveling, and more

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 8, 2017

Yet others like the office manager have an office. If I’m offered a job, I’d like to request that if at all possible an arrangement be made for an office for the HR manager. Besides field technicians and sales reps, we have, including five people in office at all times, including me.

Payroll

Payroll Legal Sales Salary

What’s it Really Like for Men to Work as Executive Assistants? Let’s find out.

Bonnie Low-Kramen

JUNE 19, 2024

Why do men dominate the sales profession? The company was required to have bias training as part of the settlement. We, the men and women in these roles, handle all aspects of office management. Click here to set up a time to speak with me about your training needs which can be delivered virtually or in person.

Interviewing

Interviewing Training Cubicle Consulting

5 updates: the coworkers secretly bringing kids to work, asking someone to change her name, and more

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Bright and early Monday morning, Boss called Sansa, Arya and Office Manager into his office. My boss decided this would be the best approach and of course Office Manager and Sansa agreed. My boss decided to take a look at the camera footage from last week, and discovered what was going on.

Mentoring

Mentoring Interviewing Office Management Promotion

I don’t want my boss at my goodbye party, putting Dungeons & Dragons on a resume, and more

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I work as an admin/office manager in an office of about 15. Overall it’s one of the greatest jobs I’ve ever had but sometimes there are the typical small office conflicts. general office jobs, not food service or sales). It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving Interviewing Planning Equipment

the controversial calculator, the highlighter war, and other drama over office supplies

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Once I ordered a bunch of purple ball point pens because they were on sale for the same price as the black/blue ones, so why not have something fun. I explained about the one-time sale price and that we didn’t have a budget to spend 5x more for a pretty colour, but those pens haunted me for months. Biggest mistake of my year.

Supplies

Supplies Office Management Purchasing Security

Ep 335: Celebrating Birthdays at Work with Jess Lindgren

Go Burrows

AUGUST 3, 2025

*in her Grandma’s sewing room ––– THE LEADER ASSISTANT PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP To learn more about how you can join growth-minded Leader Assistants, check out our Leader Assistant Premium Membership for ongoing training, coaching, and community. I’m the office manager. They are the pre sales or engineers or whatever.

Office Management

Office Management Planning Mailing Catering

boss responds to every email with “calm down,” my office is overrun with buzzwords, and more

Ask a Manager

JULY 19, 2020

I work as a sales assistant to our sales team, so me keeping a cool head is very helpful (I think). I’m one of two staff members who train our organization on brand tone of voice, and jargon is one of the things we ask people to avoid. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. I have an issue with my interim boss.

Sales

Sales Communication Logistics Problem-Solving

We Gave Office Pets Free Rein in the Workplace – Here’s How it Made Our Office Better

SnackNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

It all started about a year ago, two team members happened to be training service animals, and got approval to bring their labradors in to help become more comfortable around people. Once leaders saw the joy, calm, and focus that these office pets brought to the table, it was a no-brainer to continue to allow pets in the office.

Food

Food Communication Advertising Sales

Why Performance Reviews are Dead (And What to Do Instead)

SnackNation

MARCH 10, 2017

We found this fact echoed in our annual State of the Office Manager Report, a first-of-its-kind survey of office managers from across the U.S. It’s important to bring your manager into this conversation, because they might see strengths that you might not recognize. Find Accountability Partners.

Planning

Planning Office Management Reporting Sales

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3 Ways Payroll Software Can Help Prevent Human Error

Answers to All Your Office Manager Certification Questions

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9 business travel hacks for greater cost control

Ep 159: Nellie Jacob – Longtime Executive Assistant and Strengths Coach

3 Ways Payroll Software Can Help Prevent Human Error

the gong, the missing reply-all button, and other weird things companies thought would boost productivity

is it okay to be honest about just being in it for the money?

8 tips and tricks to building a winning reputation.

my boss complains about me to my parents, my boss doesn’t want me to work while traveling, and more

What’s it Really Like for Men to Work as Executive Assistants? Let’s find out.

5 updates: the coworkers secretly bringing kids to work, asking someone to change her name, and more

I don’t want my boss at my goodbye party, putting Dungeons & Dragons on a resume, and more

the controversial calculator, the highlighter war, and other drama over office supplies

Ep 335: Celebrating Birthdays at Work with Jess Lindgren

boss responds to every email with “calm down,” my office is overrun with buzzwords, and more

We Gave Office Pets Free Rein in the Workplace – Here’s How it Made Our Office Better

Why Performance Reviews are Dead (And What to Do Instead)

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