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10 reasons to attend Assist 2016

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Over the last few months I have been busy behind the scenes working on the programme for Assist 2016. There will be a number of specific skills based sessions for assistants, including an interactive workshop from Heather White , founder of Smarter Networking, on that all important question ‘what are you good at?’

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Follow That Gut Feeling: 4 Signs You’re Dealing with a Toxic Client

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They don’t trust you A client comes to you because they know you’re skilled in your field… right? They don’t respect your personal time Sonya Lee, a mindfulness coach who previously worked as a design freelance artist, received a text on Christmas Eve of 2016 about meeting with a potential client. “I

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Ep 221: Jennifer Chamberlin on Working From Home and Seeing Yourself as More Than Just an Assistant

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Jennifer Chamberlin launched My Bilingual VA in 2016 after working as a Personal / Executive Assistant in Paris for 15 years. Through her experiences, she has developed strong administrative skills and a good knowledge of HR procedures. She is a good communicator, takes the initiative and has exceptional organization skills.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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She’d made a small on-the-job error, and a library trustee known for her bullying manner sent a reprimand to Fanning’s personal email address, CC’ing it to the entire board. Fanning acknowledged the error, apologized and asked that work emails be sent only to her work address. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. We haven’t calculated our travel stat for 2016 as yet, but in 2015 Steve was on the road 171 days to 44 cities in 11 countries,’ she said. ‘I

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. So I did that.