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6 great compliments for employees

One of the best ways to motivate employees is to compliment them when they’re doing a good job. Here are six good compliments—but be sure to be honest when issuing them.

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When should a startup hire technical talent?

If you’re starting a business, you might be tempted to hire freelance coders and engineers to get right to work building the business. This article suggests that might not be the best approach, for a variety of reasons.

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Saving seconds adds up to saving hours over a year

There are very few things that help you save hours at work, but if you can save seconds here and there, those saved seconds can add up. This article shows how you can save a few seconds on tasks you do every day.

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How to explain your job—without being boring

“What do you do?” is a common conversation starter. This article gives tips on how to make your answer actually interesting. Hint: Being “crisp” is key.

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I’m not a programmer—how do I get started using AI? Here’s how!

If you’ve always wondered about how to use Copilot, Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence service, here are some resources. If you want a step-by-step guide, check out this one at PC Magazine. Are you more of a visual learner? Try this Beginner’s Guide on YouTube. Either way, the only skill you need to get started is the ability to ask a question. Need a question to start? How about this: Why should I buy a TimePilot time clock?

Workers want more meetings—but only if they’re productive

The assumption is that workers have always wanted fewer meetings, but that’s not the case, according to this magazine article. What they actually want is more meetings that are productive, with action items and follow-ups on previous actions.

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Want to sell your company? Advertise!

If you’re looking to sell your company, one of the best things you can do to raise your value is to increase your advertising, according to researchers. Advertising, they found, not only attracts customers, it also attracts investors.

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Learn how to handle holidays in the TimePilot software, get the code for a discount on iButtons, and, of course, learn more interesting time trivia and see the latest Cool Stuff our employees have come across. (Hint—the Cool Stuff item makes a nice stocking stuffer for Christmas!)

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Do you have any of these bad leadership habits?

Want to be a good leader? Make sure you don’t do these five things. Two examples: Multitasking and interrupting your employees’ work for trivial reasons. Multitasking reduces productivity and leads to mistakes, and it can take up to 25 minutes for an employee to return their attention to a project after an interruption.

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How to avoid ‘unhelpful help’ at work

Researchers offer tips on how to get valuable assistance when you ask for help. The key: If you can avoid a ‘fuzzy ask,’ the person you’re approaching for help can avoid a ‘murky understanding’ of the problem you’re trying to solve and give you good advice.

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Be happier by thinking in days, weeks or years—and not in minutes

Researchers at UCLA have found that people are happier when they look at how they spend their time with a “bird’s eye view” rather than a “ground-level” task by task view. “We found that taking a broad view of time … is positively associated with higher levels of positive affect, life satisfaction, meaning in life and flourishing,” they wrote.

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Helpful Tips and Resources

All About Holiday Schedules

Setting up holiday schedules in the TimePilot software is pretty straightforward, but there are some things you can do that will get the job done more quickly and efficiently. When you installed the TimePilot Central software, you created one or more holiday schedules and then assigned one to each employee.

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Inside TimePilot Central

If you use TimePilot on a daily or weekly basis, you probably spend a lot of time with TimePilot Central. The TimePilot Central screen contains lots of data; sometimes you can become more efficient by simplifying things. In TimePilot Central, there are several ways to do this: The quickest way

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Combining TimePilot Timeclock Systems

Many of our first-time customers aren’t aware that you can add other TimePilot products to your current TimePilot system. All of our TimePilot timeclocks are designed to be used together, in any combination. The key is that all of the clocks have unique names and they send the data they

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All About Alerts

You’ve got your system set up and it’s running well. You’re extracting your pay periods, running reports and perhaps exporting your data to your payroll service or software. Now you’d like to learn a little more. Are there any “secret” features in TimePilot that might make it even more helpful?

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An unusual way to use TimePilot Tap

A little over a month ago, we unveiled our newest product: TimePilot Tap, the ultimate portable timeclock. It has become a very popular product, and we’re finding out that the clock is being used in surprising ways. We intended Tap to be the ultimate portable timeclock, and envisioned companies using

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TimePilot Times Extra:TimePilot Tap unveiled!

TimePilot has just unveiled its newest timeclock: the portable, palm-sized TimePilot Tap! The Tap is small enough and light enough to be carried in a pocket, or it can be used as a desktop-based timeclock. It can handle as many as 12,000+ transactions and 2,000 employees, and its rechargeable battery

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All About Extraction

The word “Extraction” can mean many different things. If you’re a dentist, it means pulling a tooth; if you’re a soldier, it means removing someone from a hostile area. And if you’re a TimePilot user, it means something totally different, but equally important. As employees clock in and out of

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Clearing the Fog About ‘the Cloud’

The term keeps popping up more and more often: “It’s on the Cloud.” “We’re Cloud-friendly.” “It’s Cloud-based.” And in the immortal words of a pretty annoying commercial, “Thanks, Cloud!” So what is “the Cloud”? It’s just a cool way of saying “the Internet.” Up until a few years ago, the

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Interesting Issues

This is a collection of short items about TimePilot systems and software. One business, multiple companies The TimePilot software allows a user to create more than one company. If you’ve got just one business, why on earth would you need more than one company? You don’t need more than one

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TimePilot unveils new iPhone App

TimePilot is going mobile! Our first iPhone App is now available at Apple’s iTunes App Store. [Editor’s Note: This app has been replaced by our latest iPhone app, also available at the App Store.] The TimePilot iPhone App turns your iPhone into a portable timeclock. Employees can clock in and

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