Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2017

He was young and shy and setting up home in the big smoke for the first time. I helped her choose outfits for big nights and select and then book restaurants for cosy dinner dates. Third Wheel’ sums up how I felt caught in the middle of a high powered couple. My role was more ‘Surrogate Girlfriend’ for another client.

Clothes 100

Clothes Restaurants Gifts Holidays 100

Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Any time I feel like I need to create a special notebook or folder for information, I ask myself if what I’m looking to organize would be better set up in Trello. Now, yes, having all of that organized is helpful but the gift list is really where it’s at. The set up is simple (and frankly, kind of fun)! Get my template here!

Holidays 52

Holidays Gifts Budget Project Management 52

Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Any time I feel like I need to create a special notebook or folder for information, I ask myself if what I’m looking to organize would be better set up in Trello. Now, yes, having all of that organized is helpful but the gift list is really where it’s at. The set up is simple (and frankly, kind of fun)! Recipes + Meal Planning.

Holidays 52

Holidays Gifts Budget Project Management 52

Office Dynamics

MARCH 30, 2018

Emails have backed up or even if you were checking email, you still go back through to make sure you didn’t miss anything or you now have to take action on your emails. I knew in plenty of time that my March vacation was coming up. Vacations are a wonderful time to catch up on your reading. Be real with people.

Clothes 124

Clothes Attire Travel AT&T 124

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2012

The PA Club is a large network made up of senior and executive assistants invited to join based on their seniority and ability to influence purchasing decisions. The network aims to match assistants with selected companies that offer goods and services such as hotels, restaurants, venues, caterers, corporate gift companies etc.

Networking 100

Networking Restaurants Gifts Promotion 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2012

The PA Club is a large network made up of senior and executive assistants invited to join based on their seniority and ability to influence purchasing decisions. The network aims to match assistants with selected companies that offer goods and services such as hotels, restaurants, venues, caterers, corporate gift companies etc.

Networking 100

Networking Restaurants Gifts Promotion 100

Service Untitled

MARCH 17, 2011

Why should an organization strive for an emotional bond or a relationship that transcends the one way road when someone enters your company to purchase a product or a service? I just worked with a couple who insisted they wanted to purchase an old farm; it didn’t matter about the condition of the home. photo credit: dmott9.

Purchasing 40

Purchasing Restaurants Gifts Finance 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Try to set up the communication of the office so your boss checks their own emails and responds, but you are in charge of all the mtg coordination, phones, and anything that happens in the office. Start brushing up and training on weak areas with PowerPoint, Photoshop, business writing, or anything you can think of.

Holidays 40

Holidays Calendars Credit Card Restaurants 40

Allwork

JULY 17, 2023

Her dedication extends across 65+ countries setting up nimble strategies that offer a sustainable advantage. Frank Cottle [00:09:28] I agree that you should never call upon anyone, whether it’s a friend for dinner or someone whose information you want without bringing a gift. It’s very simple.

AT&T 130

AT&T Gifts Environment Google 130

Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

If you want to impress, you can’t let up as quickly as others. You keep yourself from telling 20 people you are going to do things for them, ending up only doing the things for 5 of them, and instead tell 5 people you will do things for them, and do them a little better than you described.

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2010 AT&T Self Esteem Gifts 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 5, 2012

Studies have shown that your brain needs that quiet time, that other focus, so that it can work out problems and come up with solutions. And what I gain can be anything from how to network better or bringing up an interesting topic of conversation the next time I am out. 2) I mark up my books and take notes. Go get some!

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Gifts Restaurants Purchasing Forms 40

Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

Should you ever be in a situation where you’re trying to explain to someone why getting online is a really, really good idea, tell that person this: People Don’t Use the Yellow Pages Anymore When was the last time you hauled the business directory off the shelf and looked up a business when you needed one? I’m betting it’s been a long time.

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2010 AT&T Email Google 40