Success

JANUARY 30, 2024

Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering It’s a concept Harvard Law School lecturer Elaine Lin Hering , an expert in negotiation, influence and conflict management skills, explores in her upcoming book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. But at what expense? A 2020 survey found that 17.5%

UPS 265

UPS Assertiveness Environment AT&T 265

My EA Career

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s about using your skills and expertise to help others succeed and achieve their goals. In contrast, subservience involves sacrificing your autonomy and values to please others, often at the expense of your own well-being. Take advantage of training and development opportunities, and keep your skills and knowledge up to date.

Administrative Professionals 52

Administrative Professionals Confidence Skills Expenses 52

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2014

You have a lot of unique skills. Assistants have a lot of unique skills that other professionals do not have. If you take hard skills for example – we have to understand how the latest office technology works, we have to organise events, take minutes, run meetings, write reports and edit documents. The list is endless.

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

MARCH 18, 2015

TIME: INVESTMENT OR EXPENSE? Whether you view time spent as an investment or an expense can often be based on the filter with which you view time in general. Will information necessary for the project be coming from others inside or outside the company? If so, can you start assembling that information? If so, how many? Reduces stress.

Management 100

Management Calendars Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

From what I understand, no one else had anything like the portfolio to showcase their skills. The scholarship award does NOT include travel expenses. Honorees are responsible for their own travel, hotel and incidental expenses; this scholarship applies to tuition only. I used the Career Portfolio for my most recent job move.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem 2016 Administrative Professionals Expenses 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

If a co-worker asks you to fudge some numbers on a travel expense report, you can give yourself the space to react with a few responses like the following: “I need to think on that. One particularly effective tool to use the next time you face a sticky situation is to buy some “thinking time.”. Give me an hour.”. Can I get back to you?

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Negotiating IAAP Expenses 100