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

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Of all leadership positions in an organization, middle managers feel the most pressure and stress from upper management and team members during periods of disruption and change, like the pandemic and the post-pandemic work environment,” says Paul Glover, an Illinois-based business and leadership speaker, coach and author.

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Is It Your Job’s Responsibility to Make You Happy During the Workday?

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Samara Elkins, lead coach and workshop curator at Coaching by Samara , suggests that while happiness at work looks different for everyone, employers play a significant role in employee happiness. “For many of these debates, truth lies somewhere between the two polar perspectives,” Iverson says. “In

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Content Is King—Except When It Refers to Creative Works

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Speaking to an audience that included the future creatives of the world, Thompson asserted that the word “content” sounded merely like the stuffing of a sofa cushion, and called it “rude.” “‘Content.’ As we’ve seen, many producers and organizations are turning to AI to try and fill this void. What do you mean ‘content’?”

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Many times in my live workshops and seminars for executive and administrative assistants, I ask the participant to create a list of qualities, attributes, and attitudes of star-performing assistants. Organization skills. What qualities do assistants think you need to be a great assistant? Good communication skills. Team player.

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5 Ways to Be a Value-Added Employee

Office Dynamics

While traveling gets old after a while and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. When I’m facilitating a full-day workshop for assistant or executives about maximizing their assistant’s time, I experience several aha moments. How much value would you say your work adds to the organization?

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Who can you teach?

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Who can you teach?