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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

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Learning new skills is paramount to success. Continual learning is no longer an added effort but required to remain relevant in nearly any field. Professional development examples The benefits you experience from continued learning can be transformative for you and your livelihood. They retire or move to a new company.

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Finding my Niche by Mary Jo Wiseman

Office Dynamics

Truth be told, I had no intention when I first returned to the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom of working for the rest of my life or until retirement. Did I know the difference between a board room or conference room set and a classroom set? BUT, I learned and I learned quickly by making some mistakes early on.

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Concurrent Learning Sessions

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Following Joan’s rousing conference kickoff and fantastic first session on the 5 Pillars, we broke for our first grouping of concurrent sessions. They are implementable the first day back at the desk following conference. Some conferences simply throw a ginormous bucket of water out there and call it “concurrent sessions.”

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Administrative Assistant Conference Executive Perspective

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We have dedicated several blogs to informing you about our administrative assistant conference speaker line-up. With each message we'll introduce a speaker and share with you a little bit about them as well as why we chose them to be a presenter at the 1 9th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

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It’s an exciting and unique time in history that we work with such a diverse group of peers; varied age ranges, varied technologies and learning levels, traditional and experienced based education, etc. A willingness to learn and confidence to teach creates the roadmap to keeping our professional world evolving and relevant.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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He notes that “learning agility”—the deftness at gaining and using knowledge—is the “biggest predictor of long-term leadership success,” according to research by the Korn Ferry Institute. Workers who take charge of their careers by learning and growing will be far more successful than those who are overwhelmed by change.

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I have applied for positions I was overqualified for and thankful for what I learned from them. Seeking better benefits; health, retirement, education assistance or flexible schedule. I needed health insurance and retirement opportunities and wanted to stay within the industry I had most of my career experience in.