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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Visualize your goals as already complete. Write a 101 life-goal list. Join a class at your fitness club, an exercise group or a team sport. Reach my financial goals.

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Why Certification and a Designation are Important for Executive and Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Besides the actual skills and competencies you learn through a certification program, it also demonstrates to those around you that you can set goals and achieve objectives – you can be trusted to go the distance. We offer a very special designation with our World Class Assistantâ„¢ course. People start and stop things constantly.

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Fighting Co-Worker Dragons (2 of 3 part series)

Office Dynamics

Hopefully, you read part 1, Fighting Manager Dragons , where I introduced and explained the topic of office dragons. In case you did not open that issue, you may want to check it out as I discussed employees’ perceptions of manager dragons and tips to success. Here are the common responses I hear: Gossip. Avoid gossiping.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Krayman

Olympia loved that at the beginning of the movie, the women could be seen as the beloved and well worn Southern female stereotypes – preoccupied with gossip, clothes, hair, flowers, and food. My goal is to help you make an intentional choice about how or if to respond so that you retain your sense of freedom and agency.

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Thinking Differently about Difficult People

The Office Professionals Place

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Approach the individual(s) in a manner that is appropriate to meet your objectives and goals. This means changing your attitude.

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

Ask your boss for opportunities to train in other departments, or to attend seminars or classes at a local university. Attend an event or sign up for an online class that really challenges you. Don’t gossip at work. After that, I realized finding a mentor is definitely one of my goals for 2010. Take the high road.

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Don't be an assistant to a Director or Manager if at all possible. You can juggle studying, you can follow thru on a goal, you most likely work part time while having a social life, it means you're committed and invested in yourself. If anything, they sometimes marvel at how long the assistant did manage to last.