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Pros Reveal How to Become a Great Manager

On The Job

Unfortunately, many companies throw new supervisors into the management waters without a boat or even a life preserver. It’s little wonder that many new managers sink in such conditions. Among the suggestions from experienced managers: • Listen to employees. Understand the company agenda. Lead by example.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

When we left off with Mad Men, Joan, played by Christina Hendricks had manoeuvred herself all the way from Office Manager to the brink of a fortune. If you’re arranging a meeting for your Boss, pay attention to the agenda. Sorry to say it but if you want to transform from PA to Leader, gossip is a big no. Mind your business.

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Mean girl assistants: Dealing with high school office politics

Who's the Real Boss?

Driven by their own agenda, these assistants care little about their team or having a positive impact on those around them. You will find that these nastier types of assistants will bring their schoolyard antics out at work but will fly under the radar going unnoticed from management, making other’s lives difficult on the sly.

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Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

On The Job

For example, a Forrester Research study found that 70 percent of 303 information-technology workers who use social media said it makes them more productive. Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. Louis Children’s Hospital.

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How to Handle Work Guilt

Jen Lawrence

While you may not be able to change the circumstances around the core of the work guilt ( if you have to work, you have to work ), there are ways we can manage how we feel. And no – I don’t mean fill them in on all the office gossip. For example, if you have reports due at the end of every quarter, let your family know!

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Are You A Valid Person?

Brilliantly Better

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. A fulfilling, balanced relationship, in which any of the peers are genuinely supporting each other is a good example for that.

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