Success

JANUARY 30, 2024

Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering It’s a concept Harvard Law School lecturer Elaine Lin Hering , an expert in negotiation, influence and conflict management skills, explores in her upcoming book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. No one said anything about the tyrant and bullying.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). 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. This is not smart.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 26, 2014

It can be quite a daunting task asking assistants to negotiate corporate rates with hotels. It is obviously a lot easier booking hotels either through a 3 rd party website like booking.com or just accepting the hotel’s rack rate. Here are my tips for negotiating corporate rates with local hotels.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 21, 2024

Taking an active part in coordinating CyberCrimeCon (annual global cybersecurity conference) to streamline processes around international guests’ travel, negotiate with the hotels and sponsors to get discounts, and save additional costs by involving volunteers.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 19, 2016

If you do book business travel to Berlin remember to download their city guide for business travellers. Roomex.com is the leading online hotel booking platform for business travel. By booking with Roomex our clients secure the best available corporate rate at over 550,000 hotels worldwide. Learn more.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As I continue my travels, I''m offering up a guest post from a regular contributor to the blog, Mike Dariano. Mike offers up book reviews here at Productivityist , and he writes about other things he''s learned at People Smarter Than Me. Grant also writes about how givers negotiate better than takers. Book Review'

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 25, 2016

You don’t need the extra hassle of searching for hotels, comparing and negotiating rates, keeping within budget and policies, chasing receipts and invoices at the end of the month… We understand. To get you in the mood, have a read of our business travellers city guide to Berlin. Win a hotel break in Berlin with Roomex.

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Success

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

He immediately started grabbing business magazines, newspapers and books to take with him on the road. To get the business off the ground, he decided to attend a major sporting goods convention and negotiate for products he’d sell at the stores. “I I had to prove to him I was serious and that I would listen.”

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 20, 2016

When traveling alone, they keep their eyes firmly planted on the numbers ticking by, indicating the floor the elevator is passing. To help expand on this concept, I’d like to offer a short excerpt from my Modern Business Etiquette E-book. Negotiation. Etiquette can influence your ability to negotiate effectively.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 9, 2024

If the worker has the power to negotiate their pay and hire other workers, they’re an independent contractor. Travel Policies For international travel, you’re better off excluding fun and games and booking hotels instead of resorts. However, they will not look through your business’s books and records.

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Success

MARCH 23, 2022

Relationships like that can be formed in any number of ways; it could be over books or wine or musicals. I talk to friends in the travel industry. I teach her not to negotiate against herself and shell out $20 to her. So did the friends with me—Ryan and Andy and I have chased adventure all over the country together.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2015

He was also an international traveler so I had to learn everything about time zones, flights and everything in between when your boss travels to a foreign country. And travel he did. In the last year I worked for him he was away from home travelling for at least 80 nights and for the most part it was international travel.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Firstly I put a little infographic together on various seating arrangements and then I shared some top tips on how to negotiate with a venue. The place might look amazing but if it is not practical then you will regret booking it. The price point for this can be negotiated. Are they amenable and willing to negotiate?

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Firstly I put a little infographic together on various seating arrangements and then I shared some top tips on how to negotiate with a venue. The place might look amazing but if it is not practical then you will regret booking it. The price point for this can be negotiated. Are they amenable and willing to negotiate?

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It is easy to negotiate on the price per night with a serviced apartment as they do tend to discount on block bookings. I was booking 20 nights a month with one serviced apartment and got a fantastic rate because we were booking in advance and block booking weeks at a time. Filed under: Accomodation.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time. My connections also enabled me to secure last minute table bookings – the value of which was priceless. To find out more information and to book your spot head on over to the Assist Conference website.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

They had booked the space for November 8th. I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. It is always worth asking.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Don’t get me wrong they still travel for Board meetings and client engagement but they don’t get on a flight simply because there are no alternatives to getting everyone together. It is also not ideal for sales pitches or negotiations. Easy to use. Once the initial cost of equipment has been paid teleconferencing is inexpensive.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Don’t get me wrong they still travel for Board meetings and client engagement but they don’t get on a flight simply because there are no alternatives to getting everyone together. It is also not ideal for sales pitches or negotiations. Easy to use. Once the initial cost of equipment has been paid teleconferencing is inexpensive.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 6, 2010

  So, Washington Post, we're opening the bidding at $50 (we want to leave some negotiating room).  .  We're - well let's just say we're not that.    But we make money.    This is a substantial premium (50X) over Newsweek's estimated value. 

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In my work with assistants and leaders all over the world of every color, I am profoundly aware that, despite the plethora of books and movies available in the mass media, we still have much work to do to raise true awareness that will result in changes, not only in policies, but in hearts and minds. Anonymous Black EAs – In their words. “As

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The room was sleek and sophisticated in every way and clearly furnished for the savvy business traveler. Frederique Perol from SAP France Holding, found this conference by searching for administrative reference books online at Amazon. She found and read Joan’s two recent books , which led her to the Office Dynamics’ website.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The room was sleek and sophisticated in every way and clearly furnished for the savvy business traveler. Frederique Perol from SAP France Holding, found this conference by searching for administrative reference books online at Amazon. She found and read Joan’s two recent books , which led her to the Office Dynamics’ website.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JUNE 17, 2013

Don’t get me wrong, some of the biggest shifts and growth in my life happened because of a seminar attended, a book read or a coach consulted. Instead of hooking onto one particular school of thought, guru or even book I always sample from a whole range. I love personal development, but it kinda poisons our minds.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

In fact, it was a rather slow process, which culminated with the book 30 Sentences For A Millionaire Mindset. For me, writing that book was a therapeutic process. After I finished the book, I realized that being a millionaire is just an external image, it has nothing to do with me. Suddenly, it became useless.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the last two months I started a consulting project (quite a big one, it will end in March next year) where I have to spend a few hours every day in an office, evaluating progress of a team, provisioning, negotiating deals, creating and implementing strategies and so on. I’m a lousy poet. I’m enjoying your writing!

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 29, 2010

Do some flexibility games before a negotiation, it will make easier for you to see the opportunities in the discussion. This book: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, addresses both the plasticity of our brain and getting in touch with our pure awareness that goes far beyond the brain.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 22, 2010

So, my travel to become a scriptless individual is going really well, but I may still be around for a while. Reply 13 dragos June 28, 2010 at 9:19 am Uli, the previous post is based on Eric Berne’s book, so I know the book. Reply 15 Traveling Magi June 22, 2010 at 9:07 pm Great post! You see now?

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Listening to music or reading a book are processed in more recent parts of the brain, which are specialized in performing these types of tasks. My book of life is written in a different way from yours, and I’m copy pasting in completely different areas. After the book talks about black swans – what they are, gives examples, etc.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. I guess I could write a mini-book on this topic ). Nevertheless, even at that bare bone level I agreed to stop, there was still so much work to do to bring the app at the Minimum Product Demo level. I also added a Help and FAQ section.

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