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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

ProAssisting Blog

This gives you an overview of the whole category of technology tools, the expertise to speak to specific programs and how you use them, and then the confidence to learn a new program within that category when needed. AND THEN become adept at YOUR favorite within each catagory. And if you don’t, just say, “I don’t have anything to add.

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What’s Next to Be Your Best? 3 Personal and Professional Development Trends in 2024

Success

Not only do personal and professional development opportunities provide key benefits to employees—like learning new skills, boosting confidence and credibility, developing leadership skills and increasing earning potential—but employers greatly benefit too.

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‘Bouncing Forward’: Adaptability and the Power of Deliberate Calm

Success

We’ve all learned to be resilient. We’ve learned to get back up after a setback, keep pressing forward , put in the time, do the work and carry on. At the very moments when we most need to learn and adapt , we physically can’t. Deliberate” refers to the choice you have in how you experience and react to any given situation.

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You Know FOMO and JOMO, Now Meet FOFO and Learn How to Let it go

Virtual Moxie

It’s a psychological phenomenon that affects people of all ages and backgrounds and refers to the anxiety and discomfort that people experience when they are faced with the prospect of learning information that they fear will be unpleasant or difficult to handle. FOFO, as it turns out, is pretty darn common. Just “do it fearful.”

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Expert Shares 3 Strategies To Manage Conflict At Work

Allwork

She advises listening carefully to coworkers to learn their communication preferences. Penright refers to this circle as your “front row” — people who will cheer you on through thick and thin. Make an effort to regularly connect with workplace confidants even if they are remote. You have to listen to people.

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Professional vs Personal Development: What’s the Difference?

Success

To navigate these dynamic landscapes with confidence, one must recognize the need for ongoing skill enhancement and adaptability. Robbins references Warren Buffett, who has given the following advice: “‘The most important investment you can make is in yourself’… because when you add your skills and your abilities, you become more valuable….

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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

Success

It refers to proactive measures you take to acquire new skills, knowledge and competency while increasing your value as an employee or entrepreneur. Learning new skills is paramount to success. Continual learning is no longer an added effort but required to remain relevant in nearly any field. What is professional development?

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