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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). After that list, I see advanced competencies such as negotiation or persuasion skills. NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. This is not smart.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Success

In a 2018 study of financial capability, results showed that men, on average, responded to 3.3 Whether you are looking to negotiate a salary for a job offer or increase your salary at a current position, the key to securing an easy “yes” is preparedness. out of six questions correctly, whereas women only responded to 2.7

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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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