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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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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

In 2013, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reported a study that found students who traveled abroad showed increases in positive personality traits, including openness to experience and emotional stability. And those skills translate directly into the office or boardroom. It can literally calm you.

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What can assistants expect in 2014?

Practically Perfect PA

I know I always say I can’t believe how the time flies but I seriously can’t believe how quickly 2013 past us by! Throughout 2013 we noticed a huge increase in PA networking with a number of local networking groups springing up across the UK. It was quick wasn’t it!? I’m not just getting old! PA Networking.

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Monday Motivator: Gratitude

Office Dynamics

November 25, 2013. If we had a bad day and we happen to talk on the phone at night about it, we end our call with, “What are you grateful for?” 2013 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Be BOLD: Mastering Exceptional Leadership Skills One BOLD Step at a Time. Hello Monday Motivators! Learn more.

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Episode 243: The Art of Noticing with Rob Walker

Productivityist

Founded in 2013, if you are ready to transform your team’s productivity with efficient email, you’ve got to give Front a try for only $9/month. It is not about your skill at noticing, more on the habit of noticing that sort of forces you to see differently and to see things that you weren’t looking for.” ~ Rob Walker.

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Feeling unappreciated?

Practically Perfect PA

I’d been thinking about running an event way back in 2013 but I was too busy with other things (living in a foreign country, starting a new job and juggling Practically Perfect PA) to really do anything with the ideas I had. Even my own mother thinks I merely answer the phone and type a few letters. Seen as a secretary.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

Small Business Labs

Our overall economic outlook for 2013 is for solid if moderate growth with U.S. It's a Visual World:  Just as cameras and pictures have become ubiquitous on mobile phones, so too have video cameras.    Often family members, each brings complementary skills and abilities.  GDP increasing 2.5%

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