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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). The world is moving at a much faster pace today so you have to be more organized, manage your projects better, take control of calendars, and cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’ when it comes to travel planning. This is not smart. You must do the same.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

Success

And yet, gender equality in pay doesn’t exist A list like that, well, it should make our predecessors proud. In 2019, the women won their fourth World Cup, whereas the men’s team not only didn’t qualify for the 2018 World Cup, their “best finish came in 1930, when the team placed third.” As of 2022, the U.S.

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Shining a Light on Black Assistants: It’s Not Black & White

Bonnie Low Kramen

I wrote an article in 2018 called “ Times Up for the Boss ” and I raise these ideas in our Be the Ultimate Assistant workshops. After negotiations with one organization, I ended up agreeing to the initial salary offered (knowing the position called for considerably more). It translates to the word “master,” as in “master and slave.”

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