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Bonnie’s Workplace 2021 Wish List

Bonnie Low Kramen

In fact, the most effective assertiveness happens calmly, factually, and directly. Find the people who have no other agenda besides your success. Can we all be mindful of not expecting answers to emails and texts in the middle of the night? Speaking up does not have to be loud or nasty or aggressive. Let the haters go.

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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

The Office Professionals Place

Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting. Seek answers.