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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Also start referring to yourself as an administrative professional or as an assistant. Before you can change the executive’s perspective of your role, you must first change your own perspective. I did this by becoming a member of IAAP.

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Also start referring to yourself as an administrative professional or as an assistant. Before you can change the executive’s perspective of your role, you must first change your own perspective. I did this by becoming a member of IAAP.

IAAP 100
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How to Respond to Workplace Conflict

Office Dynamics

I’m not referring to full-blown, yelling at each other. Maintain Each Other’s Self-Esteem. It’s harmful to belittle others and diminishes your professional image. You might think talking about conflict is not very motivating, especially to kick off the week. Acknowledge The Other Person’s Strengths.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I know that is easier said than done because low self esteem may be the roadblock. I found this link to the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale which has some questions we can ask ourselves to see where we are on the self esteem scale. Now that’s positive self talk. I think I can, I think I can.&#

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Emotional Intelligence for Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

I reference Daniel Goleman for my classes and want to share this with you. I am resilient; I practice positive self-esteem, and I chose to ignore the haters. This is a skill you can use every single day! In our World Class Assistant course, we cover this topic and participants work on real work world case studies. Joan Burge.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I thought she had the potential to be a great assistant except for her low self esteem and she would put herself down when she made a mistake. It seems as soon as we tag someone as having an alcohol problem, we dont seem to see anything else about the person, just the problem. One day she just up and quit. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time For Administrative Professionals To Stay Vigilant!

Office Dynamics

Unchecked, the effects are: increased stress, lower self-esteem and poor productivity among the abused, which in turn damage any organization’s effectiveness, stability and profitability. The post Time For Administrative Professionals To Stay Vigilant! Some behaviors can be argued as legally actionable and some cannot.