Virtual Moxie

MAY 17, 2022

Setting your fees for profitability is a complicated matter , and one we are happy to help the mentees in the Virtual Mentoring Program navigate so that they know how to set themselves up for it in their new businesses from the jump. Over time, the growth adds up and deserves to be compensated for. But raising fees is simple.

Confidence 130

Confidence Email Mentoring Gifts 130

All Things Admin

MARCH 20, 2024

The Importance of Continuous Procedures Improvement In the early 90s, dial-up internet was cutting edge. Do you remember asking people in your household to hang up the phone so you could send an email? Or being tied to bulky, desktop computers that couldn’t function more than five feet away from a phone jack?

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Administrative Professionals 2024 Goals 52

Success

MARCH 14, 2023

Don’t get caught up in thinking about objects, just be aware of them as you pass by. Perhaps it’s the feeling of warm sunshine, the soles of your feet touching the ground or your bad knee flaring up again. Pay attention to feelings that come up. And when the light turns green, do you speed up to pass that man on your left?

Stress 358

Stress Learning 2020 Budget 358

All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. The process for ordering office supplies and setting up the conference room for meetings was different. Set up a branded email for the new hire, complete with an appropriate title and auto-signature.

Training 52

Training Mentoring Policies Project Management 52

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Seek out a mentor and join a professional organisation and relevant networks. Don’t take it personally and don’t give up. A mobile phone. . What made you decide to set up the network? What made you decide to set up the network? Do you have advisor’s / board members / mentors that have helped with the network?

Networking 196

Networking Mentoring Facebook Social Media 196

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 10, 2010

This week I'd like you to really step out of your comfort zone-shake yourself up! Toastmasters and other similar classes build confidence and teach you how to communicate your thoughts in a way that makes sense. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. I dare you to shake yourself up this week.

UPS 100

UPS Mentoring 2009 Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 10, 2010

This week I'd like you to really step out of your comfort zone-shake yourself up! Toastmasters and other similar classes build confidence and teach you how to communicate your thoughts in a way that makes sense. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. I dare you to shake yourself up this week.

UPS 100

UPS Mentoring 2009 Confidence 100

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Entrepreneurs benefit from mentors : Starting a new business involves a steep learning curve, but thanks to a local mentoring program, owners of fledgling Sask atoon businesses can call on the experience of established entrepreneurs.

2009 100

2009 UPS 2007 2008 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 21, 2013

Your tailored admin application has caught the attention of the hiring manager, and now it''s time to play up your skills and strengths in an interview. Ensure the best performance possible by brushing up on your communication skills with some helpful interview tips. First impressions can make or break an interview.

Interviewing 100

Interviewing Cover Letter Resume Confidence 100

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 1, 2012

I had my email message all typed up. I had just gotten off the phone with one of my mentors. I had told her about my complete and utter crisis of confidence. And my mentor gave me permission to cancel. So I typed up the email. I woke up at 7am the next morning feeling…better. I was ready to quit.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Email Training Confidence 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

She has always shown up as herself and for that she can proudly say her success has been built through complete authenticity. Some have even gone above and beyond to personally mentor her throughout her time as an Executive Assistant – and now, Executive Business Partner! Yeah, so just just fell into it.

AT&T 81

AT&T Mentoring Gossip Confidence 81

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. First up we have the Edinburgh PA Network. It is brilliant! Sherien : The only advice I would give is to stay current.

Networking 100

Networking Social Media Confidence 2015 100

Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The challenge here is to recognize that the client is not a good fit for you and be confident enough to say so … easier said than done! One way to overcome this is to draw up an ideal client profile and use it as a checklist for when you’re having your initial conversation with a potential client. You will get there much faster.

2001 100

2001 Holidays Credit Card Policies 100

On The Job

JULY 5, 2013

Companies have been operating with lean staffs for many years because of the economic slowdown, and they may dread the thought of high turnover just as they''re ready to ramp up operations. They also want work that lets them have an active voice, something he experienced as part of start-ups for a decade.

Monster 100

Monster Agenda AT&T Mentoring 100

On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Attend an event or sign up for an online class that really challenges you. Becoming too comfortable in your career and with your skills can set you up for problems if you suddenly find yourself out of work. Find a mentor.

Gifts 100

Gifts 2009 Social Media 2010 100

Office Organization Success

AUGUST 6, 2010

The challenge here is to recognize that the client is not a good fit for you and be confident enough to say so … easier said than done! One way to overcome this is to draw up an ideal client profile and use it as a checklist for when you’re having your initial conversation with a potential client. You will get there much faster.

2001 100

2001 Holidays Credit Card Policies 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

Give your manager reasonable estimates of what your team can achieve and keep him or her informed of major issues or delays which come up. A good people leader is always willing to mentor and assist their team members. Set boundaries. Set limits and communicate them to your team. Don’t work alone. Take a break. Get support.

Stress 100

Stress Health Mentoring Ergonomics 100

On The Job

JULY 24, 2007

Up-to-date phone numbers and e-mails of anyone you’ve worked with such as customers, vendors, co-workers and bosses. (If If you’ve not kept these relationships alive, they’re going to do you about as much good as spoiled food during a power outage.) • The confidence to let everyone know you’re looking for a job.

Resume 100

Resume Mentoring Confidence Interviewing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 22, 2008

As you begin to feel confident and get knowledge about what is expected of you, then you will be able to make more decisions and take on tasks on your own. When your boss wants you to set up a conference call or forward a message, can he or she rely on you to know what to do. Write the answers down.

Fax 100

Fax Interviewing Medical Mentoring 100

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Now it’s time to take it this series to the next level, turn it up to eleven and light a fire under your sales. We want nice fast cars, holidays, that chocolate bar, a new cell phone or the latest book from our favorite author. When you wake up in the morning to your alarm, your brain performs a complex piece of pain/pleasure analysis.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Holidays Learning Expenses 40

The Marq

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Many of my mentors have told me I should treat people at work as just that: people at work and at an arm’s length. That means they’ll show up when they say they will, deliver what they promise, and be there when you need their help the most. I certainly did the first time someone told me this. So, you’re right!

2009 40

2009 AT&T Twitter Mentoring 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. "Heads Up. I write down one task or to-do on a Post-It, and put it up on a wall.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We used to have every twice a year, once a year, whatever, HR would email all the leadership teams so all the managers from all the different departments and stuff, and say okay, it’s review time and everybody gets an email of the most up–to–date review form and all that stuff. They can listen to phone calls. They’re still mentors.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Customer Service Skills Goals 40

On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This is now a more grown up generation,” says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. There is nothing like real life to wake people up. When hiring picks up,(and it will), I think we'll see a more humble workforce. Keep up the good work! Hochwarter over the phone. At least they will be that way for a couple of years!

2009 100

2009 Self Esteem AT&T Skills 100

Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

360° feedback can also be in the form of one-on-one interviews that a third party conducts with each rater in person or by phone. Using a 360° feedback process would not be as effective as developing through gaining financial acumen and one-on-one mentoring from a CFO or financial expert. Determine the behaviors for feedback.

International 40

International Mentoring Finance Expenses 40

BioTeams

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Promotion, Selection, Induction and Mentoring. Sign-up to the VEN Ground Rules. Win the confidence of the other network members that their interests will be respected, attract new members, represent the public identity of the network and be the senior internal customer for all network activity. Both Informally and Formally.

Collaborate 40

Collaborate Networking Suppliers Legal 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. No hello, no trying to chat them up, or loiter to see if any celebrities were there. Play up the fact that you are willing to do the little tasks, but are smart enough to make good decisions and think on your own when needed. How do you do that?

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Temping Resume Agencies 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A job opening came up and they wanted to offer me a job that would start the next day. Or perhaps they want a smart self starter to learn all the basics now because in a few years this job will grow and they want to groom someone from the ground up. Then, the job (I currently have) opened up and my co-worker’s spouse called me.

Temping 40

Temping Resume Interviewing Job Hunting 40

Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. There are proven ways to get there, and if you’re just making it up as you go along – both in terms of novel and parenting – you probably won’t succeed well. Michael Connelly could rewrite the Santa Monica phone book and it’d be a bestseller. And take Dan Brown.

Goals 40

Goals 2009 AT&T Learning 40