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Members of Your Team Might Be Experiencing Middle Management Syndrome—Here’s How to Fix That

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They spend their days ensuring the team they lead is working at its optimal performance. In this gray area, they often don’t get enough training or the acknowledgment or credit they deserve and are often overlooked because the focus is on the levels both above and below them.

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

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Often, sales managers rely on training to help improve seller performance, but this approach by itself is insufficient. Training and hands-on experience can only get sellers so far. And without identifying which mindsets limit seller performance, sales managers cannot see true improvement—even as sellers are trained on new skills.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The woman stepped back, said, “Well, I guess now we have a director,” meaning that Fanning had finally shown she had the assertiveness necessary for the job, and walked out. She had discovered the power of asserting herself and, in doing so, freed herself from being bullied, backstabbed or stepped on. It’s not an easy rut to escape.

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

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You’re in a meeting—perhaps learning about a new company initiative or listening to a boss who wasn’t happy with your team’s performance—and you have something to say, but then you just… don’t. Speaking up can be more challenging for women due to historical gender norms that discourage assertiveness,” Bevins says.

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Set Healthy Boundaries at Work

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As administrative assistants and executive assistants, you can often feel like setting boundaries might get you fired or your leader will think you are not a team player. Learning Highlights You will learn: . Why assertiveness in the workplace matters, especially for assistants, how it benefits you and what it really means.

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6 Ways for Assistants to Gain Respect

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Furthermore, communication—including speaking skills, assertiveness and the ability to read an audience or situation—and appearance contribute to a person’s perceived executive presence. Learning to read your audience or the situation and adapt as necessary. Each person in the group demonstrates their newly learned skills.

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Coaching for Executive Assistants and Administrative Assistants

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We provide executive assistant coaching on everything from being more assertive to professional image, communications, leadership, time management and building a partnership with the executive. We learn how the assistant manages day-to-day processes and make recommendations for greater efficiency when necessary.