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Assertiveness or Weakness?

Office Dynamics

We, therefore, create stress in our lives. The best time to be assertive with a person is in the early phase of your relationship! Assertion : Confidently expressing what you think, feel, and believe. Standing up for your rights while respecting others’ rights.

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Assertiveness or Weakness?

Office Dynamics

We, therefore, create stress in our lives. The best time to be assertive with a person is in the early phase of your relationship! Assertion : Confidently expressing what you think, feel, and believe. Standing up for your rights while respecting others’ rights.

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Don’t Be a Dragon to Yourself (Part 3 of 3)

Office Dynamics

If you read the past two blogs, you will know that I have been talking about office dragons. When you don’t focus on your work, then you make mistakes, get behind schedules, become stressed and maybe you aren’t patient with others. Lack assertiveness. The problem with not being assertive is we let people walk over us.

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Getting Tangled Up Managing Unrealistic Expectations

My EA Career

Last week I wrote a blog post ruminating on how Executive Assistants are the human equivalent of a Slinky. I was looking forward to using to promote my blog post on social media. We gave up after a number of failed attempts to get Slinky to ‘walk’ down the steps. Bouncing forward. It’s tough and it takes resilience.

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Getting Tangled Up Managing Unrealistic Expectations

My EA Career

Last week I wrote a blog post ruminating on how Executive Assistants are the human equivalent of a Slinky. I was looking forward to using to promote my blog post on social media. We gave up after a number of failed attempts to get Slinky to ‘walk’ down the steps. It’s tough and it takes resilience.

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Happy Administrative Professionals Week! An Admirable Profession

Office Dynamics

I have to be extremely organized, deal with multiple personalities, manage my time, gather and process tons of information, be a leader, be assertive, tactfully communicate with other CEOs, consult with CEOs, teach others and the list goes on. They weren’t great with their follow-up systems and managing their travel. Joan Burge.

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Thank you for joining our Admin Blog-a-thon, what’s next?

Office Dynamics

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. and we brought back the April Blog-a-Thon for the Administrative Professional where we gathered here each weekday with a new content post and shared a place for administrative professionals to comment, question and discuss their careers. Keep coming back! 4/28/2015).

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