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

Office Dynamics

We commiserate with those who have repeated annual resolutions to lose weight, quit smoking or stop gossiping; the truth is that very few people can actually dream, envision, research, analyze, decide, execute, complete, and succeed what they set out to do. People start and stop things constantly. So why should you choose to certify?

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5 Signs Employees are Thinking About Leaving -- and What to Do About It

On The Job

For example, disengaged workers cost their organizations an average of $3,400 every year for every $10,000 in annual salary, according to statistics from McLean & Co. They Gossip This is someone who isn’t looking for the good in anything or anyone.

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

Success

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. Not to mention the very real cost of all that extra task-switching that’s already out of control in the modern office. There’s also a counterintuitive issue that happens often in Friend-led cultures. The Fighter’s challenge.

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Five Ways to Deal with Workplace Changes Positively

Office Dynamics

Speak only positive thoughts and feelings when around other employees and management, so you don’t get pulled into a very negative rumor and gossip mill. Change from a business perspective is usually to increase production, service quality, produce a new or altered product, generate more income, or lessen costs.

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The New Economics: It’s About Time. (Governing Time)

Office Dynamics

Just like nail biting or gossip, whining is a bad habit - nothing more - and all bad habits can be broken. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Time Management Just for Fun. Eliminate debt – Focusing on problems or problem people (and whining about what they do) drains precious energy. You’ll be so much more empowered! So quit it.

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. As I said earlier personal assistants tend to fall into the job and then don’t see the benefit of training or improving their skills. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. As I said earlier personal assistants tend to fall into the job and then don’t see the benefit of training or improving their skills. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!