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Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving

Office Dynamics

Now I am going to surprise you by telling you one of the most awesome administrative skills you can work on is being brilliant at the basics. Basics include: travel planning, appointment coordination, meeting preparation, all facets of communication, organizational skills, and time and project management. The basics. Joan Burge.

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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

Workplace Insight

Interestingly, the report suggests the technology might help bridge the skill gap between low-skilled and high-skilled workers. Additionally, many executives surveyed believe AI will lead to job cuts, with 43 percent anticipating staff reductions. Google’s Gemini comes in even higher at $191 million.

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

Success

It’s a productivity skill that must be learned, polished and practiced. There is a process you can follow to acquire it as a skill: Become aware of the need to improve your focusing skills. Practice and train your mind to concentrate. Implement your new skills and make them routine. Anyone can develop discipline.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

The women surveyed in Guidant’s “ 2023 Small Business Trends ” report were primarily motivated to become entrepreneurs due to being “ready to be their own boss” (28%) and “[dissatisfied] with corporate America” (23%), with only 13% seeking to pursue their passions. When you have a child, yelling and intimidation don’t work.

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5 Reasons Why You Need Emotional Intelligence

Office Dynamics

Nearly all HR managers (95 percent) and employees (99 percent) surveyed by OfficeTeam said it’s important for staff to have strong emotional intelligence. And to quote Liam Neeson in the movie “Taken,” regularly interacting with a wide range of personalities inside and outside the company requires “a very particular set of skills.”

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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

The first Practically Perfect PA eBook is available for everyone to download and I am just about to launch this year’s Industry Snapshot survey… So busy, busy! We have a different theme every year and in 2017 it will be The Assistant Tool Kit. Skills: Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Office.

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Five Barriers to Improving Employee Engagement

Energage

And yet, one report after another still names employee engagement and workplace culture at the top of a CEO’s many challenges: • The Conference Board’s annual CEO survey lists six top challenges for CEOs today, five of them related to engaging and aligning talent. We can have observations, but the survey bears them out.

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