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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

Success

But recently I developed a skill that showed me the power of being a morning person. The first thing that helped me get up faster was by not having my main sources of entertainment around me in the bedroom: phone not next to the bed, laptop not in the same room as the bed. Get your feet on the floor ASAP. Run into another room.

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The September Surge Is Here: How Job Seekers Can Prepare to Land the Role

Success

Focus on job duties, skills, qualifications, personal qualities and necessary software. Instead, you have to focus on your transferable skills and experience so you make sense when your prospective employer checks you out.” Get and give recommendations so people can see your interpersonal skills in a tangible way.

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Email That Works: Best Practices for Truly Busy People

Office Dynamics

Time-sensitive information, as well as potential conflicts, should be handled either face-to-face or on the phone. That way, they’ll know if they need to read or act upon the message ASAP. If it takes longer than this, the information may warrant a phone call or personal interaction. Keep emails short and to the point.

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How can you help your Executive with travel delays?

Practically Perfect PA

… And then you get the dreaded phone call… ‘I’m stuck in traffic and I’m going to miss my flight’… Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Prior to the trip ensure your Executive has the phone number of the hotel, your Travel Management Company and the Airline stored in their phone. Use social media.

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

DON’T CHECK YOUR EMAIL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I hate to admit it, but I’m guilty of this far too often: As soon as I wake up in the morning, I grab my phone, check my email, and clear out my inbox. Dozens of times throughout the day, you refresh your phone to see if you have new emails.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

And who bothers writing out the words e-mail, TV, ASAP or FYI when everyone will know what you mean anyway? Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Does anyone even know what CNN stands for? 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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My Biggest Mistake as an Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant Breakthrough

The blunder wasn’t a technical error, but rather a faulty response in my soft skills when a problem arose. But it was about to get worse, as he continued: “Now if it had been Rianna here, she would have already been on the phone busting heads and figuring out how to solve the problem. ” Now, that was embarrassing.

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