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Joan’s Naughty and Nice List for Assistants

Office Dynamics

Gossip about your peers (or anyone else). Not be a team player. ©Copyright Office Dynamics International 2018. Gossip about your peers (or anyone else). Not be a team player. ©Copyright Office Dynamics International 2018. Here is Joan’s Naughty and Nice List for Assistants: Naughty. Multi-task.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

The Friend’s motto: “We’re all on the same team.”. Friends are always available to answer questions, to offer encouragement to someone who’s down, and to try and treat each person on their team as if they’re a member of the family. They care deeply about the experience their team is having. The Friend.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Some criticisms just are not worth responding to, most notably ’snark’-style blog comments and angry gossip articles. Gauge the value of a response. Take the celebrity strategy — respond to criticism that’s worthy of your input, and ignore anything that isn’t.

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The importance of having someone to talk to

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 11 July, 2009 The importance of having someone to talk to Recently, I met with a former colleague for an inpromptu lunch. The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. This is where a strong assistant team is nice to have.

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Why Bother with TweetDeck? | Internet Marketing Promotion Services.

Andrea Kalli

Likewise, you might create a separate group for family members and close friends so that their tweets don’t get lost in the celebrity gossip and sports tweets. Instead, create a group of those people whose tweets you value the most. Thanks to the 140 character tweet limit, posting links takes up valuable tweet real estate space.

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Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 July, 2009 Psst! I wouldnt recommend talking about a co-worker with someone at the office or it ends up being gossip and spreads a bad feeling about that person. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too!

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Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive

Brilliantly Better

I did, my random example: my favorite basketball team, Club Joventut Badalona (Wikipedia), in what I think was one of its best seasons, 2007-2008. Back in that season Rudy Fernández (NBA player, European champion & former world champion) was still playing for the team, and was its best scorer. You should not spend time, never.

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