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Getting Tangled Up Managing Unrealistic Expectations

My EA Career

I was excited about my Slinky Mindset metaphor and dispatched my youngest daughter to take a video of a Slinky going down our front stairs. It was when we resorted to searching YouTube for videos of others achieving that we realised what the problem was. Managing expectations takes skill and practise. A takeaway for managers.

UPS 52
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Getting Tangled Up Managing Unrealistic Expectations

My EA Career

I was excited about my Slinky Mindset metaphor and dispatched my youngest daughter to take a video of a Slinky going down our front stairs. It was when we resorted to searching YouTube for videos of others achieving that we realised what the problem was. I just wish more managers paid attention to it. Thank me later!

UPS 52
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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Managers who do not know how to utilize administrative assistants in new ways. Managers are technically savvy and very independent, but they are often performing functions that administrative professionals can do with ease; Perceptions. The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.”

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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Managers who do not know how to utilize administrative assistants in new ways. Managers are technically savvy and very independent, but they are often performing functions that administrative professionals can do with ease; Perceptions. The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.”