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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

Success

In my case, I found success only after doing something I typically dread : networking. Over time, dread turned to desire, and I not only started to benefit from networking , I started to enjoy it. So I began helping others connect within the community too, attending lunches and speaking at networking events. Be curious.

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How to Craft Your Professional Development Plan in Just 5 Steps

Success

These may include learning new skills through professional development courses or outlining steps to expand your professional network. Then, perform a SWOT analysis to determine your personal strengths and weaknesses in achieving that goal as well as the opportunities and threats you currently face.

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Tips and Resources to Scale Your Small Business

Success

When Logan Shinholser, owner and CEO of the Contractor Growth Network in Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated from college in 2014, he started providing marketing services for his father’s pond construction, repair and cleaning business in Maryland. “My Some may be business owners, but they don’t have to be,” Marshall says.

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Ep 249: Izzy Gousby on Managing a Team of Assistants and Cultivating Confidence

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Izzy discusses the power of networking, what it means to own your work, managing a team of executive assistants, and cultivating confidence. There, she mentors and trains over 12 executive and senior administrative assistants.

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Productivity boost from volunteering ‘adds £4.6 billion to UK economy each year’ 

Workplace Insight

Analysis of existing evidence suggests volunteering can increase skills, with the outcome being increased confidence. This is mirrored in the new research. Among the unemployed people who said they were currently or had volunteered, 38 percent had gained new skills and a third (32 percent) had grown in confidence.

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Ep 230: Yolanda Hunte on Changing How the World Sees Executive Assistants

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Nelson Mandela CONNECT WITH YOLANDA Yolanda on LinkedIn ABOUT YOLANDA Yolanda Hunte is an enthusiastic advocate for leadership and has served as a council member for the Ambitious Women Conference where she has collaborated with female colleagues in sales and marketing helping to organize, mentor and motivate other women.

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How to Implement Your Strategic Administrative Career Plan

All Things Admin

I also encourage you to store your crucial career files somewhere besides your work computer or network drives. You may be disciplined enough to keep yourself on track, or you may need a mentor, accountability partner, or career coach to make it happen. If you don’t already have a mentor or accountability partner, find one.