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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

Speaking up can be more challenging for women due to historical gender norms that discourage assertiveness,” Bevins says. It is essential to promote inclusivity, mentorship and leadership training to empower women to voice their opinions confidently.” How are those costs the same or different in our current life or work situation?”

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Gain Confidence by Writing Down Your Ambitions

On The Job

The next time you''re feeling a bit down on yourself, you can regain your confidence — and make a good impression on others — if you take time to write down your aspirations and ambitions, a new study reveals. Once you project confidence to the group and its members perceive you well, the effect can be lasting, they found.

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How Toxic Positivity Can Hurt Your Finances

Success

While staying positive is essential to reaching your goals, pushing aside or suppressing negative feelings can make things worse in the long run. While a certain level of positivity and belief is necessary, if all you do is wait around and think happy thoughts, you won’t make progress.

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Always make a great first impression

Practically Perfect PA

For example, there was that time I absolutely nailed a first interview and later that day I got the phone call to say the Exec didn’t need to interview anyone else and if I wanted it the job was mine. I must say, looking back, I didn’t give this much thought. It was just something I did every day. Body language and posture.

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Service, Not Subservience: A Guide for Executive Assistants and Administrative Support Professionals

My EA Career

It’s about using your skills and expertise to help others succeed and achieve their goals. It’s something I describe as my Effectiveness Framework® that enables assistants to overcome the confidence blockages that often get in the way of them putting into words the contribution they make.

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How to Say 'No' at Work

Ian's Messy Desk

Don’t answer the phone or e-mail. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Use that time to catch up on work.

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How To Live A Scriptless Life

Brilliantly Better

Well, I like to think I invented it (didn’t find it in a dictionary anyway). And it literally means: “without a script” (yeah, right). Beyond this rather light introduction there’s a far more serious theme for this article, and, at least for me, a far more important challenge: how to avoid playing roles in our lives? Yeah, this is serious stuff.

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