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The Heart of the Matter: My Tribute to Olympia Dukakis

Bonnie Low Kramen

I admit I will be processing this for some time, but I have some thoughts I want to share about my dear friend, former employer, mentor, and role model that do not appear in these articles. She loved me and mentored me and challenged me. In 2004, I gave her the final draft of my book, “Be the Ultimate Assistant.” It was uncanny.

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And now for some damage control

Loosely Speaking

Lorelle , publisher of Lorelle on WordPress , loves to camp in her C-class mobile but is happy to be living in a real house in a real house at long last (even though she’s never there). Will you be my mentor? And, blush-blush, I am flattered you asked me to be your mentor. I am just breaking into to this market.

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And now for some damage control

Loosely Speaking

Lorelle , publisher of Lorelle on WordPress , loves to camp in her C-class mobile but is happy to be living in a real house in a real house at long last (even though she’s never there). Will you be my mentor? And, blush-blush, I am flattered you asked me to be your mentor. I am just breaking into to this market.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

After I moved to Edinburgh in 2004, I’ve worked in a series of roles which have all involved executive support at senior level. I love it, I use it on everyday on my laptop and my phone and it all syncs up – I even teach the class at Skyscanner, and a lot of the business use it too! About the network….

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

Success

Nelson explains that a 2004 Labor Department study really drove home a critical issue she had observed in her practice. Achor was a teaching assistant for Harvard’s positive psychology course, taught by his mentor, Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. The class was among the university’s most popular courses. “Those who get it, really get it.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.”

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. The road to diversity in the workplace On a Saturday in February, 14 schoolgirls braved an oncoming blizzard to attend a computer science class at Drexel University.

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