Office Dynamics

MARCH 9, 2018

She definitely got a big star for that one because setting healthy boundaries is important! Another boundary you might need to set is your accessibility after hours to your leader as far as emails go. The problem is… she started responding to her leader’s emails and taking action steps if required.

Monster 180

Monster Travel Administrative Professionals Email 180

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There have been so many times over the years that I have received an email about a fantastic training course or conference that I would love to attend. You have a lot of unique skills. Assistants have a lot of unique skills that other professionals do not have. I’m sure many of you have had a similar experience.

Training 100

Training Networking Assertiveness Expenses 100

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. We have a shed load of skills that have to be kept up to date so that we can do our job effectively. IT training.

Training 100

Training Assertiveness Skills Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Executives do not share necessary information with their Assistants and do not always include their Assistant in their email communications. Executives and Assistants cannot keep up with the emails that flood their Inbox on a 24/7 basis. Employees feel time-compressed. Executives are independent and tech savvy.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Fax Email 2015 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. I could see him looking after himself, trying to organise his diary and all his emails etc, and he wasn't sure what to give me. I of course ignored him and went about providing the best service I could.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Virtual Moxie

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Stay away from email! My identity, which I’d anguished over, now stomped about my psyche like a kid who’d had too much sugar, still unformed, but definitely seeking to assert itself. Its where savvy, committed, smart and highly skilled meet spunky, shameless, gutsy, and brazen. Speed is the enemy of many good things.

2010 100

2010 Monster Assertiveness AT&T 100

Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Road trip through Iceland Reply 4 Mr Twenty Twenty September 20, 2010 at 1:29 pm Dragos, Humans are a hoot – asserting life should be fair – then getting all dysfunctional when they notice that it’s not. Based on my own framework, called Assess - Decide - Do, it will definitely change the way you look at productivity.

2010 40

2010 Assertiveness Twitter Goals 40