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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

Success

Each piece of jewelry is handcrafted by its female artisans who are building new lives for themselves and their families—and 100% of the Penh Lenh’s net sales are reinvested into the brand’s social mission to provide fair and dignified employment, skill training and educational opportunities for its artisans. Richer Poorer.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

Success

That is, even the folks who couldn’t think of anything to do with the paper clip besides holding papers together were just as likely to write and direct a successful play as the people who had loads of MacGyver-type tricks for the humble office-supply staple. Divergent thinking doesn’t always predict creativity. But it still counts.

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

Considering this task is not the staple part of our profession I can still imagine your answer to be ‘quite often’. We are asked to arrange all sorts of events including anything from a team training day through to the company Christmas party and other large scale conferences, exhibitions and dinners. How often do you organise events?

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Answering Reader Mail: Creating a Good Relationship with Other Assistants

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The goal is to fit into what exists already and understand your role in the organization/seniority. It’s best not to gossip or form secret alliances. Also respect that they are also busy and may not be able to hold your hand past the initial training period. First, for the business aspect, mirror them.

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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.  Thanks to Peter Coombs of FRONTLINE Training & Consulting. Staple the cards into a little notebook, one card per page.   Sometimes it is the only step people do consistently.  The business cards?