Remarkably BOOST Communication And Drastically IMPROVE Team Building!

The MBTI® provides a valuable tool for managers and individuals to handle communication issues and to synergistically build better teams.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which was designed to implement the theories of C. G. Jung, is an easy-to-use questionnaire for identifying our natural preferences and strengths. The objectives of this workshop are to:

• Identify their own work or managerial preferences and how these preferences are similar and different from others on their team.

• Examine how these personality similarities and differences facilitate and block productivity.

• Develop and sharpen interpersonal skills that will heighten personal job effectiveness.

• Understand the basic differences between people, allowing them to work together while remaining comfortable with themselves.

MBTI® is a tool that provides a positive and constructive way of understanding and valuing differences between people.

Read more here: http://www.mbrownassociates.com/leadership-more.html

Marshall is a Certified Provider of the MBTI® Instrument.

Career Self-Assessment Quiz

How well do you know your career values, passions and goals?

I am happy to offer you a free career self-assessment quiz. This career self-assessment quiz is designed to give you a sense of how well you know your career values, passions and goals, as well as the steps necessary to get you to that place of career fulfillment.

http://www.mbrownassociates.com/assessment-register.html

Take it today!

Could you benefit from partnering with a Virtual Assistant?

Consider this:

1. Are you running your business or is your business running you?

2. Is running your business more work than you thought it would be?

3. What is one hour of your time worth?


If you’ve been thinking about working with a Virtual Assistant, congratulations! That means you have identified areas of your business that you need help with…and you’ve finally admitted that you can’t do it all by yourself any more. You could easily hand these duties over to your Virtual Assistant (or VA) to manage for you.

If you're wasting time on administrative tasks, you're probably not growing your business (and let’s face it, it’s not the work you want to do anyway). If you're not growing your business, you're not making money.

Some business owners put off hiring a VA until they "hit the wall." Things like overdue bills, missed appointments, late projects, and unreturned phone calls add up until the business (and possibly the owner) nearly collapses. Working with a VA allows you to focus on the things that require your attention and expertise – and generate revenue. (Let’s not forget the reason you started your business in the first place.) A VA handles the things that will keep your business running smoothly, such as client relationship management, maintaining your calendar, sending out client welcome packets, and managing your email. Some VAs also have experience in marketing, web design/maintenance, and e-commerce.

Most people who are considering working with a VA wonder if they can afford it. Referring to question #3 above, what is one hour of your time worth? For example, if you charge $100/hour for your services, and pay a VA $50/hour for hers (or his), you are realizing a profit of $50/hour. Why spend your valuable time doing administrative work when you can pay a professional VA to handle it for you?

Let’s take this one step further. Say you are spending 20 hours a month on the administrative part of your business (that’s less than one hour a day). If you pay a VA $1,000/month to do that work (20 hrs x $50/hour), you will have 20 more billable hours per month ($2,000 in additional revenue) and will therefore enjoy a net profit of $1,000 per month, or $12,000 per year. Ask yourself this: Can you afford not to work with a Virtual Assistant?


Kim Murray is the owner of Harmony Virtual Assistance, LLC (www.HarmonyVA.com). She is also Marshall Brown’s Virtual Assistant. If you would like to learn more about virtual assistance, please visit Kim’s website or check out the client information available at www.AssistU.com.

Job search via the Internet

The Internet, if properly and wisely used, can be a very effective and efficient way to market your story, i.e. your resume. Your resume can be distributed in a matter of minutes, if not seconds, to an unlimited number of recruiters and employers. And therein lies a problem. With a traditional print resume, you can control its distribution and can customize qualifications according to what you believe are the needs of a specific organization.

To conduct an online targeted mar-keting campaign, you need to have some selectivity over who reads your resume and a way to reach those you want.

Also, use some caution when conducting online job searches, since it is possible for a supervisor or colleague to come across your resume. You do not want this to happen, particularly if your current employer is not aware you are seeking a new position.

You are likely familiar with basic Internet research tools, such as Google or Yahoo. You also can take advantage of search engines as information resources to help focus and narrow your marketing arenas. Think about your job search needs and use web sites to:

* Identify organizations where you have some interest in working;
* Research organizations that have job openings for which you intend to apply;
* Review job listings on an organization¹s web site;
* Locate on-line job databases specializing in your field or industry;
* Become informed about salary range norms and other benefits;
* Learn of local networking events and headhunters¹ offices;
* Investigate cost of living and other needed community information, if considering relocation.

Read more here: http://www.mbrownassociates.com/postingyourselfonline.html