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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

She’d made a small on-the-job error, and a library trustee known for her bullying manner sent a reprimand to Fanning’s personal email address, CC’ing it to the entire board. Fanning acknowledged the error, apologized and asked that work emails be sent only to her work address. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness.

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Has digital transformation led to an upsurge in workplace disinformation?

Workplace Insight

This included erroneous videos on TikTok and Twitter suggesting the presence of Wagner Group (Russian state-funded) fighters, false claims about Algeria’s military involvement, and inaccurate assertions about banning uranium export to France. However, asking your employees to slow down, and be considerate before messaging others is paramount.

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Career Success A to Z: C is for Confidence

Eat Your Career

I never realized there were so many good c-words related to career success: communication, collaboration, courage…. With confidence, you’ll be a better communicator and more effective collaborator. It means smiling, speaking articulately and assertively, looking people in the eye, and managing your physical presence.

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A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox

Practically Perfect PA

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I check my emails first thing when I wake-up so that I can prioritise my day properly. I love the collaborative nature of working at Dropbox! Don’t be afraid to be assertive! What do you have for lunch?

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Today’s Administrative Assistant Has Power

Office Dynamics

Several years ago at the Office Dynamics Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , we had 249 assistants collaborate on how an assistant could add more value at work when he or she is already adding value. In today’s casual world, people are becoming quite slack in their writing, set up of emails, and attention to detail.

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Revolutionary Insights Into Self-Leadership for Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

How to approach your work, career, and LIFE with intention and a sense of mission.Simple strategies to boldly embrace your inner leader—and enhance your productivity, collaboration, and creativity at the same time! We are sending information about this in an email to everyone who was part of the webinar. How to Watch This Webinar.

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How DreamWorks Teaches All Employees to Flex Their Creativity Muscle

On The Job

DreamWorks would not have believed this accountant's assertion that he's not creative. The work that we do is so collaborative that we must have people who can not only sit at their desk and solve a problem but then be able to articulate that solution to their supervisor and to the team," he says.