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How to Deftly Handle Conflict With Your Boss

Success

But unlike these often-entertaining escapes, knowing how to handle conflict with your boss can have serious implications for your health and career path. Nicole Scott, founder of EvoExec, LLC, believes when, how and even if you bring up conflict is related to the level of psychological safety you feel. “If How can I be a team player?

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How to Use Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps to Document Your Procedures

All Things Admin

Before we dive into the specifics, let’s talk about why Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote) and Google Workspace (Docs and Slides) are ideal choices for procedures documentation: Accessibility : These suites are the office standards in the business world, making them accessible to most professionals.

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Conference for Administrative Assistants – How to Get Your Executive’s Approval

Office Dynamics

But often, it’s just lack of knowing how to sell the conference to the executive. That in itself is a learning experience. You need to continually learn and grow. How will your executive benefit from you attending the conference? Learn what motivates your executive. Sometimes it really is a budget issue.

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Teach Your Executive How to Work with You

Office Dynamics

In my early days as a secretary I didn’t know how to teach my executives how to work with me or what I needed. However, at 26, thanks to an awesome executive, I learned how a strategic partnership should work and I taught every executive after that how to work with me. Here are a few quick tips. Show it to him.

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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops on career development for assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them. The PA learning curve can be very steep, and the role can be demanding.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2010 Wheres the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint. Nobody seems to really know what its called, but Powerpoint Remote was given as a common name. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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How Do You Train And Retain Tech Talent? Use Podcasts, Says CEO Jen Grogono

Allwork

Instead of relying on read/write mediums, providing company communication through audio and video platforms gives employees flexibility over how to consume content. . People don’t read as much as they used to, many dislike meetings, and audio-based communication increases understanding 500% vs text-based learning resources. .

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