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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. One of the predictions centred around the idea that Assistants would become information managers in their organisations.

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What can assistants expect in 2013

Practically Perfect PA

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. In honour of it now being 2013 I´ve got 13 things I think we can expect to see in the year ahead. With the assistant role now encompassing so many varied tasks we should expect to see a rise in training for assistants in 2013. Role diversification.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

Success

psychologist and author of over a dozen books, including Make More Money by Making Your Employees Happy. Certainly, the concept was not on the list of critical concerns in 1939 when he began writing his first book. He wrote 39 books that eventually led to him being known as the “father of modern management.”

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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I was aging out of foster care—it was 2013, and I was pretty desperate to find a job,” she explains. Even though she experienced success at her job and was promoted to service manager, she wasn’t interested in moving up the corporate ladder—since she would then no longer work with “real car owners.”

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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.” Additionally, non-management employees reported that only 11.9 How can business owners and managers turn around the proverbial time-suck? A 2022 Otter.ai The same Otter.ai So what can you do? Just say no.

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Use a ripening drawer for paper management

Clutter Coach

Does paper management seem overwhelming? I discovered it in the excellent book ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau. I recently heard a success story from Christine, who used her drawer for paper management. Originally posted 2013-03-27 18:29:01. All those decisions to make!

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Use a ripening drawer for paper management

Clutter Coach

Does paper management seem overwhelming? I discovered it in the excellent book ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau. I recently heard a success story from Christine, who used her drawer for paper management. Originally posted 2013-03-27 18:29:01. All those decisions to make!