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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness.

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Tips for Managing Politics In the Workplace During Election Season

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Update your policies and procedures It’s time to bust out that dusty handbook (which is hopefully not in actual book form anymore). Adjust project timelines accordingly, so employees aren’t facing extra pressures to complete mission-critical work when they’re feeling distracted.”

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Being a BossBabe: How to Shut Down Stereotypes and Find Your Brand Identity

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If we create rooms that people can enter no matter where they’re from … they can share resources and realize that things are possible that maybe weren’t before,” Danielle says. Explain why this is sexist: Ambition and assertiveness are praised in men but criticized in women. million followers and The BossBabe Podcast. “If

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Rejection of flexible working request shouldn’t blind employers to their legal duties

Workplace Insight

One of the key issues for the Tribunal to decide was whether the Respondent rejected the Claimant’s application for flexible working based on incorrect facts, namely an assertion that if the Claimant worked from home on a permanent basis, it would have a detrimental effect on quality and performance.

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Why Executive Assistants Need To Adopt A Slinky Mindset

My EA Career

The slinky was the accidental innovation of US inventor Richard T. The slinky toy, with the capacity to stretch and re-form itself was born and has gone on to sell over 300 million. They need to be confident about their ability to assert and advocate for the needs of their business leader and their key stakeholders.

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Why Executive Assistants Need To Adopt A Slinky Mindset

My EA Career

The slinky was the accidental innovation of US inventor Richard T. The slinky toy, with the capacity to stretch and re-form itself was born and has gone on to sell over 300 million. They need to be confident about their ability to assert and advocate for the needs of their business leader and their key stakeholders.

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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. They also need allies in the form of recruiters, HR professionals, managers, and educators. Alice Walker.

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