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Ep 215: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury on Changing Your Money Mindset and Negotiating for What You Deserve

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this episode, Kathleen talks about working with virtual assistants, changing your mindset toward money, how to negotiate for higher pay, and tips on public speaking. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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The wrong way to email someone for career advice — and the right way to do it

Ideas.Ted

Not long ago, I got an email asking for advice. This person was negotiating a new contract to host a podcast. But this email really rubbed me the wrong way. Unless you were on a Zoom together last week or shared Thanksgiving in 2019, assume that the person you’re emailing does not know who you are or remember you.

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Words as Weapons. Does Civility Matter? You bet it does.

Bonnie Low-Krayman

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Executive Support Magazine | January 2019 We are living in crazy times where mean-spirited words and deeds are common and shockingly normalized. True Confession I admit that I have a pet peeve which has to do with email. We all know email is a cold medium which is why it needs warming up.

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Why You Need to Care About the No-Fly Zones on Your Team

Bonnie Low-Krayman

No-Fly Zones are the non-negotiable time constraints that employees now have as part of their lives – deal-breakers of a sort. The biggest difference in the workplace of 2023 compared to 2019 is that hybrid work is here to stay. People have their No-Fly Zones. The pandemic created a work environment that was unprecedented.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders. I talk with thousands of assistants and managers who think they are communicating with each other because they text or email each other all day. This is not communicating.

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you. That’s not to say there’s no room for negotiations but in typical situations, it’s about a flat fee. These agents are also able to negotiate on your behalf. And that’s a good thing.

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Will Joining the 5 AM Club Change Your Life?

Success

and start cranking on those emails before any of your co-workers and competitors? While the exercise piece is a pretty specific and, in Sharma’s terms, “non-negotiable,” piece of the 5 a.m. No checking emails, tweets, Instagram or text messages. Exercise, reflect, grow. Do you just get up at 5 a.m. Not exactly.

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