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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

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

Success

Dweck asserts that people’s beliefs play a pivotal role in what they want—and whether they can even achieve those results. Machine learning programs can help you mine behavioral data and touch points such as emails, phone calls and meetings. The science behind mindsets has largely been driven by Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychologist.

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Creating Boundaries to Improve Your Workflow

Jen Lawrence

We don’t believe we can assert our boundaries, especially the ones that mean the most to us, due to higher authorities in our life or perceived expectations that have been taught to us. Hello, Conflict, my old friend… So let’s try factoring in boundaries to your initial game plan and asserting them from the beginning.

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7 Must-Do Actions to be Successful in Your Career as an Administrative Assistant

Office Dynamics

More assertive? Whether these morning meetings take place in person or over the phone they are vital to the executives and assistants team success. See yourself in a new light, starting today! What are your secret dreams and visions for who you want to be or where you want to be a better person at work? A better communicator?

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How to succeed as an assistant

Practically Perfect PA

You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. Tip 2: Personal Effectiveness and Assertiveness. One top tip is to not be afraid to say “no”.

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Tips for the Tourist in All of Us: The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel!

Office Dynamics

Call the front desk from your hotel room phone and state your issue. Be assertive in a professional fashion. While it is upsetting when these things happen, and you may have been traveling all day only to arrive late, your room is too cold or too hot, you have not eaten all day, and your luggage did not arrive. Remain calm.

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Where do assistants draw the line?

Practically Perfect PA

And we are even more available if we have laptops and business phones. I personally don’t mind working long hours if I need too and I don’t mind getting phone calls in my free time if that call is an urgent one but I do also have boundaries when it comes to my work / life balance because well I do have a life outside of work!