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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

Success

While you and your fellow employees might share common goals, more collaboration doesn’t always mean the team will be successful. Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen (or collaboration overload) can slow the process, reduce efficiency and derail engagement. So it’s critical to get a handle on managing collaboration.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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NEW! OneNote 2016 Training Series

All Things Admin

Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to scan for information, organization is a vital skill for success-minded admins. Reviewing and setting up default save locations.

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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

Allwork

According to estimates by the World Bank, the gig economy now makes up 12% of the global labor force. The gig economy is growing, and according to estimates by the World Bank , it now takes up to 12% of the global labor force. However, the study cites the presence of a considerable wage gap felt by women in many regions.

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6 Powerful Personality Traits of Influencers

Success

Influence is not something you are merely born with—it’s a learned and acquired skill. And like most skills, one’s influence can be honed and crafted over time. Sometimes starting without goals can build new friendships , help you gain a new skill or completely open up new opportunities.

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: Must-Have Skills for 2017

Office Dynamics

What are the eight must-have skills for executive and administrative assistants for today? As you enter into 2017, be sure you are equipped with this top-notch skill set. Joan also talks about one bonus skill, tune in to see what it is. We invite you to watch the webinar replay: Must-Have Skills for 2017. Bonus Resources.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Nov. 18, 2016)

Eat Your Career

Are you’re interested in enhancing your leadership skills or just expanding your personal and professional horizons? This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career.

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