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Content Is King—Except When It Refers to Creative Works

Success

Creatives are speaking up, scrutinizing the connotation of the word, and thinking critically about art vs. content, after the famed Love Actually star pushed back on the term at the Royal Television Society conference in September. “You What if your life’s work was equated to the stuffing in a sofa cushion? What do you mean ‘content’?”

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. When it comes to e-mail management, there are various approaches. Follow-up Items. Discuss E-mail Communications. Special Projects.

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5 Ways to Be a Value-Added Employee

Office Dynamics

When I’m facilitating a full-day workshop for assistant or executives about maximizing their assistant’s time, I experience several aha moments. Organizations are communicating that it is time to “step up your game” or you may not be in the game in months to come. I meet executives and have great discussions.

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Revelations from the Revolution at the Conference for Administrative Excellence

Office Dynamics

I shared my perspectives on unleashing the power of proactivity to set yourself up for future success. Joan taught us to be assertive and persistent, even in the face of naysayers. Lisa Olsen encouraged us to embrace our inner Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the most groundbreaking artists and inventors the world has ever seen.

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5 reasons every assistant should attend external training

Practically Perfect PA

There are many benefits for both assistants and their employers in receiving the right training but how do we convince our managers and our organisations that they should invest in our career development? We also need a plethora of soft skills from people management to communication, assertiveness and everything in between.

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The Power of One

Office Dynamics

Cindy said that Shure Incorporated had a beautiful auditorium and that they would like to be a host site for me to hold a one day workshop or mini-conference. We ended up having 120 assistants from 20 states attend our full day program, Building a Star Partnership, in Chicago at Shure Incorporated. Self-management. Enthusiasm.

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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. Oh, and bullied by managers and peers? Read what your managers are reading to stay up to speed.

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