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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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How to Help Your Sales Team Overcome the 4 Most Limiting Mindsets

Success

Dweck asserts that people’s beliefs play a pivotal role in what they want—and whether they can even achieve those results. Machine learning programs can help you mine behavioral data and touch points such as emails, phone calls and meetings. There are two prevailing types of mindsets: fixed and growth.

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Creating Boundaries to Improve Your Workflow

Jen Lawrence

We don’t believe we can assert our boundaries, especially the ones that mean the most to us, due to higher authorities in our life or perceived expectations that have been taught to us. Hello, Conflict, my old friend… So let’s try factoring in boundaries to your initial game plan and asserting them from the beginning.

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How to succeed as an assistant

Practically Perfect PA

You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. Tip 2: Personal Effectiveness and Assertiveness. One top tip is to not be afraid to say “no”.

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

Office Dynamics

Call the front desk from your hotel room phone and state your issue. Be assertive in a professional fashion. You may find the task light at the bedside table or desk area is necessary in order to enjoy reading in bed or to check emails at the desk. Remain calm. Request to speak to the “Manager on Duty.”.

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Where do assistants draw the line?

Practically Perfect PA

And we are even more available if we have laptops and business phones. I personally don’t mind working long hours if I need too and I don’t mind getting phone calls in my free time if that call is an urgent one but I do also have boundaries when it comes to my work / life balance because well I do have a life outside of work!

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

Update phone extension list to ensure callers are directed to the appropriate person. Create email templates for responses to most frequently asked questions to save time. Discuss the importance of a calendar time block for your manager to focus on emails, presentations, budget, etc.

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