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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The woman stepped back, said, “Well, I guess now we have a director,” meaning that Fanning had finally shown she had the assertiveness necessary for the job, and walked out. She had discovered the power of asserting herself and, in doing so, freed herself from being bullied, backstabbed or stepped on. It’s not an easy rut to escape.

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These Are the 45 Most Important Minutes of Your Day

Success

This time is to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day. The Evening Review. Show me where I could have been more assertive today. Show me where I could have been more assertive today. Focusing on Success Daily.

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Rejection of flexible working request shouldn’t blind employers to their legal duties

Workplace Insight

One of the key issues for the Tribunal to decide was whether the Respondent rejected the Claimant’s application for flexible working based on incorrect facts, namely an assertion that if the Claimant worked from home on a permanent basis, it would have a detrimental effect on quality and performance.

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Quiet Quitting = Suffering in Silence. Silence isn’t good. Period. By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Doing the bare minimum of work involves passive aggressive behaviors which are a form of retaliation and a cry for help. The quiet quitters do not feel empowered to assert themselves to their leaders about the root problems, so they justify their mediocre performance with thoughts such as; “ Why should I work so hard?

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

Define and review your job description and connect completed goals & projects to one or more duties you are responsible for. Create a project checklist and ask all team members to use the form when asking for project assistance. Keep the file on your desktop or easily accessible.

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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

The Office Professionals Place

Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting. Seek answers.

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Curtail zero hour contracts and give workers guaranteed work hours, say researchers

Workplace Insight

An evidence review led by the University of Warwick has concluded that the increase of zero hours contracts over the last 20 years has created significant risk for workers. The research identifies significant barriers to zero hours contract workers asserting their rights to challenge unfair or illegal employment practices.