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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

But some workplace experts are speaking up and encouraging employees to do just the same in 2024; perhaps the only “resolution” you will need this year is some real talk. What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up? What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past?

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Preparing to Move Overseas? Read This First

Success

As soon as you move abroad , you’re in charge of paying for your medical expenses, as your United States health insurance won’t let you submit any assertions, says Elena Jones, a personal finance expert at FinanceJar. Once you become a legal resident, you can sign up for the national health care in your new country. Do your research.

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

Practically Perfect PA

I have a Bachelor’s degree from Mills College in International Politics & Economics and a Master’s degree from Trinity College Dublin in International Development. Before Dropbox, I worked for a tech start-up and was the executive assistant (EA) to the CEO of an aircraft leasing firm. Don’t be afraid to be assertive!

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Getting People to Notice You: Cultivating High Self-Esteem Webinar Replay

Office Dynamics

Many of you stepped up and shared some of your own notes, questions and links to help me recreate what was lost. 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. Thank you for that.

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

Bonnie Low Kramen

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” If the situation is to change, then EAs need to participate in the assertion about what assistants do and the responsibilities they now hold. Until March, 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, I had worked in 14 countries and 38 states.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Executives and Assistants are Struggling Today

Office Dynamics

As founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, I have been on the “other side of the desk” for 25 years. Executives and Assistants cannot keep up with the emails that flood their Inbox on a 24/7 basis. I had other relationships that weren’t so rewarding and I did not stay very long at those jobs.