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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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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Personal And Professional Development With PRINCE2 Training

Small Business CEO

PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology that offers non-proprietorial best practice guidance on project management, encompassing the management, control and organisation of a project. Leadership is also an important part of the PRINCE2 project manager’s role, particularly knowing the right approach to take.

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

The article, Juggling: The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers by Stacy Leitner was originally posted at AGreatDaysWork.com. If you are an assistant who works with multiple managers or executives, you know the work can be overwhelming at times. When you support multiple managers, the work multiplies!

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Learning is always a win-win for an employee & manager and progress is easily tracked.

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Strategies for Advancing Your Career Outside of Administrative Services

Office Dynamics

For example, here are a few of the most common roles that may be a great fit for assistants, depending on your skills and interests: Project Manager. Training Coordinator. The skills you gain as an administrative professional can easily transfer to other roles. Event Planner. Virtual Assistant. Database Administrator.

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: The Organized Admin with Julie Perrine

Office Dynamics

To Do Lists – Task Management. There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Project Management. Her system for email management is outstanding. When we launched All Things Admin in 2009, we asked every person who visited our website – what are your top two challenges?

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