Blog Mentoring Negotiating Skills 
Office Dynamics
APRIL 26, 2016
If inexperience is holding you back, approach someone whose work you admire and ask him/her to mentor you. Mentor someone else, and you’ll find it’s also good for you. Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests. It’s Become Routine; I Could Do this in My Sleep.
Practically Perfect PA
JUNE 13, 2016
Next up in our series of blog posts about regional PA networks, we have the Peterborough PA network. Do you have advisor’s / board members / mentors that have helped with the network? Firstly, can I have a little background about you…. What is your career background? How did you promote the network?
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Virtual Moxie
AUGUST 20, 2012
One of the participants of our Virtual Mentoring Program asked, “I don’t really understand the topic of transparency as it pertains to my relationships with clients. All of us, to greater or lesser extent, were taught social and appropriateness skills as children. How much is enough, and where’s the line where it becomes too much?”.
The Office Professionals Place
JULY 29, 2009
The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. It is essential to continue to hone in those skills that will make you the indispensable assistant. Lets grow together!
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
AUGUST 30, 2012
I found your blog while researching EA positions and I'm hooked! Great work on the blog, and thanks very much!” Good for you! :) I am so glad you found my blog and are hooked! This also means keep track of your accomplishments, any new skills you’ve learned along the way, programs you’ve used that you didn’t before.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
OCTOBER 29, 2010
It’s such a shame that there aren’t more managers who are good mentors that help each individual grow and learn more in their roles. One of the best ways to get a raise is to try to ask for more responsibility and increase your skills and talents much like you did. Yet it is a waste of a happy, willing student much like yourself.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
MAY 10, 2012
Be willing to do anything and learn a lot of different skill sets and software programs so you are indispensable. There are others who mean well, but never have enough time to mentor you. If you are their #1 candidate, you have some power by how much they court you or negotiate with you. This is when you have the most leverage.
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