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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. It can be very stressful for employees if they have nowhere to take a personal call during the day or simply “be alone”.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

This could include sympathy cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, congratulations on a promotion, a card to reconnect with a client you havent heard from in awhile, or many other reasons. I sent another assistant a comical card about being stressed out at work. She loved it! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Fight or Flight? Dealing with a Difficult Colleague!

Professional Assistant Blog

She has been here a little over 1 1/2 years and has recently been promoted to an Administrative Assistant. Lifes too short to stress out! Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! Currently there is a clerical staff person, sitting in a cubicle right across from me who has made my daily work experience miserable.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. Know your goal and work backwards and figure out a vague flexible timeline of goals and promotions needed.

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An iPhone App In 30 Days – The Challenge

Brilliantly Better

I think that was also the day when I started to use my app as an excuse for not going out or as a standard answer at the phone. I can get pathological, I warned you… Frustration Level (0 – 100): 5 – That Quartz Core thing proved to be a little bit too time consuming, but in the end everything went well. Complicated.

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