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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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Hustle Culture Is Over. Slow Productivity Is the Way to Meaningful Work

Success

Yet, the people who are doing this find themselves burned out , and worse, not producing meaningful work, Newport asserts in his book. Slowing down the timelines on which I tackle big projects, such as writing books or major articles, has massively reduced the stress in my life.

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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. And the greater challenge, if I were to ask you about your current project or goal, would you be able to tell me what your boundaries are?

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Celebrating Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

Fill out the subscribe box (your email address) in the right sidebar of this page and click subscribe. You will be notified instantly by email each time we add a new post. You can increase your chance of winning great prizes by following one simple step. How would you like to see the world celebrating administrative professionals?

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Below are a few: Throughout the year track each project and goal progress, additional duties added and positive feedback from others.

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

But do you always “listen” or do you distract yourself with reading emails while someone is talking to you? Do you demonstrate a professional presence every day, even when someone has upset you? Or maybe you checked good listener. Each of us can do better each and every day.

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Teach Your Executive How to Work with You

Office Dynamics

You become a more valuable asset because now they are relying on you for that task or piece of the project. For years I have coached executives and assistants how to implement processes on everything from daily huddles to debrief meetings, managing email, travel planning, and holding quarterly strategic meetings.