A Seat at the Table

Practical strategies and real world advice to help you start, build and grow a profitable and sustainable business.

This is Niki in her home office workspace.
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Optimizing Your Workspace for Productivity

People are always curious about the wallpaper in the background of my videos or Zoom Meetings.  If you know anything about me, you know I’m authentically

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Embrace Your Inner Office Manager

Even if you only work at home a day or two a week, you need a plan. Work with your employer to think through action steps. Outline a detailed plan to address not only procedures, but also liability for any and every potential mishap in your home office.

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IKEA Home Office Rescue

I’ve suffered this last year with a small spec of a rectangle and a 5-shelf ‘over the door’ wire hanging system. Yeah, the kind in your kitchen pantry. After months of searching for just the right desk to fit my awkward and relatively small home office space, IKEA entered my life.

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If It Ain’t Broke, It Will Be

Just for a moment, imagine that your entire hard drive crashed, taking every single document, spreadsheet, e-mail or other file with it. Yup, that 138-page proposal you just finished? Gone. The speech you wrote and PowerPoint slides you designed for your boss? U-n-a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e