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Best Virtual Assistant - Qualities of a Top-Notch Executive Assistant

ProAssisting Blog

They demonstrate adeptness in handling deadlines, delegating tasks, and ensuring seamless collaboration among team members. Furthermore, their proactive approach involves seeking input from relevant stakeholders, collaborating with the team, and drawing on available resources to find innovative solutions.

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Best tips on working with multiple managers

Practically Perfect PA

It is unlikely that I would be able to support everyone at once in my team, but it is also important that I am clear about how to negotiate that same support and manage our mutual expectations realistically and honestly. I recommend this blog post from Edwina at Who’s the Real Boss. Manage time and organise your time.

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Why You Need to Care About the No-Fly Zones on Your Team

Bonnie Low-Krayman

No-Fly Zones are the non-negotiable time constraints that employees now have as part of their lives – deal-breakers of a sort. What is emerging is a variety of work schedules that are being decided upon by managers and their teams in a collaborative way. People have their No-Fly Zones. How did this happen?

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Theatre is a collaborative art and I learned that so too, is the workplace. Everything is negotiable. She was able to quasi-patiently tolerate the negotiating process and “let it cook.”. In a movie, Olympia wanted to get it right in a minimum of takes and she knew that any one of those people could make or break a scene.

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Book Review: Give and Take

Productivityist

As I continue my travels, I''m offering up a guest post from a regular contributor to the blog, Mike Dariano. Grant also writes about how givers negotiate better than takers. In one study of student negotiators, the group trained as givers got better deals for themselves and their opponents. Are you a giver or a taker?

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

There was less sharing of information, silos in place and limited collaboration. Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time. This blog has been written by Jennifer Corcoran, Freelance Assistant and Stylist. Internal & External Training.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

There was less sharing of information and limited collaboration. Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. The original article can be found on Jennifer’s blog and you can also follow her on Twitter: @jencorcoran_pa. This is a culture which embraces tooting your own horn and showcasing your productivity.