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Ep 254: Ciara Trotman on Forming Professional Relationships and Career Paths for Assistants

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Ciara talks about career paths for assistants, office politics, DEI for assistants, forming professional relationships, and perception vs reality when it comes to what an assistant’s job is.

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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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His positive outlook, internal motivation and camaraderie with the students proved so valuable that within three months, we adjusted our budgets to bring him on full time as a project manager. After hours, he stuck around to help mentor students in robotics. Empathy Connecting well with others is a talent.

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Ep 219: Annie Croner on Burnout, Boundaries, Confidence, and Detaching Your Worth from Your Work

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Annie Croner is the founder and CEO of Whole Assistant, an online platform & community, formed to provide a positive place where assistants can go to transform their lives and level up their careers. Well, not only do I interview Annie in this conversation, but she also interviews me. Enjoy our conversation!

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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

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Buy as many URLs around your name as your budget allows so that competitors can’t get near you. Caroline Ceniza-Levine, a co-founder of career coaching firm SixFigureStart, has these tips: “Budget money to update your attire, briefcase, stationery and office supplies.”. “If Budget money for fun activities. The Dirty Dozen.

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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

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You make it through hurdle after hurdle, from multiple interviews to onboarding, and you are ready to start training. You spend months, possibly even years, hunting for the right job. And then, you are asked to sign a Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) agreement. Jennifer Messina, Ph.D.,

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

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Discuss the importance of a calendar time block for your manager to focus on emails, presentations, budget, etc. Create a project checklist and ask all team members to use the form when asking for project assistance. without interruption then create the blocks by a certain deadline. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

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Quiet promotions are often a gradual form of dry promotion where the employee’s role keeps expanding to add new responsibilities, but a pay raise or title increase is not provided. The key here is to keep your word, set a clear timeline, and provide a salary increase as soon as there is room in the budget.