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

Success

She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned. What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past? How are those costs the same or different in our current life or work situation?” A 2020 survey found that 17.5%

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Tips for the Tourist in All of Us: The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel!

Office Dynamics

Share Ground Transportation: Sharing a taxi or town car with other attendees from your organization may be a cost-effective alternative. Be assertive in a professional fashion. Again, we’ve all witnessed the cranky traveler – you don’t want to be that person.). First and foremost: No trip is perfect!

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

We have to be experts at IT, we have to have great people skills and we have to be assertive and confident to be able to handle all of the daily tasks asked of us! I was the only EA on the course but it was so helpful and didn’t cost my company a penny. Not many other professions have that variety of skills. Exhibition and trade shows.

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

Bonnie Low Kramen

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” I won’t ever forget that Olympia did not take kindly to those who disrespected me and she did not stay quiet about it. That dollar figure will more than cover the cost of certification. By Bonnie Low-Kramen | February 15, 2021.

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All the free training we offer in one place!

Office Dynamics

However we aren’t able to reach every administrative professional with our our premium programs. We have a ton of value to bring to the profession and we certainly don’t want to exclude the many assistants who aren’t receiving funding to attend our live events. More free assistant training at your fingertips.

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As Sage Goes Down Others Need A Reality Check. | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Build your own network! You ask a question, I answer! 1 week ago More updates. — ST.

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Thank you for joining our Admin Blog-a-thon, what’s next?

Office Dynamics

Just because the event has ended doesn’t mean we stop blogging. We’ll be hosting our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence this October but seats won’t last until then – with less than 30 seats available we’re sure to sell out by May. Business Management Daily had a daily free download or gift.

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