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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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Thinking Differently about Difficult People

The Office Professionals Place

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Prior to interacting with this person, you should have an agenda or objective and seek to accomplish the goal(s). A new topic each month.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

In my case, I am lucky, since I only have to track calls for myself and use my daily journal or agenda (call it what you will) to make notes. Do you wish that you could be able to track calls and make sure that you have all of the details in place? This happens to everyone from time to time.

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Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. I wouldnt recommend talking about a co-worker with someone at the office or it ends up being gossip and spreads a bad feeling about that person. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" Hi, how are you?," she said sweetly.

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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. If it’s just your manager, just simply don’t pay any attention to what your colleagues are saying. How does this work?

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