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What Can Young Lawyers Teach Us About The Future Of Workspaces?

Allwork

Law firms that invest in versatile event spaces, embrace technology-enabled rooms, and support varying work styles through thoughtful office design are likely to be more successful in maintaining a productive, innovative, and satisfied workforce. “The I can see someone is on the phone, but still pass by and wave.”

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Administrative Assistants and Ongoing Status Updates

Office Dynamics

Tips for Executives: Remain approachable and accessible to your assistant throughout the day, whether by phone, email or in-person; do not go long stretches without making a point for a quick, informal check-in. If you are in the same location as your assistant, step out of your office or cubicle once in a while. What’s going on?”

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

It can be easy to take for granted the nuances of in-person work relationships and how much camaraderie and loyalty is built through insignificant interactions like water cooler banter and carpooling to events. Working with a virtual assistant does have a learning curve. Executives need to be part of that trust process….

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Got A Large Print Job From Your Boss? Not Sure What To Do?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 15, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity Y our boss comes to your cubicle and asks you to make 10 copies of 5 different sets of publications. She also mentions that she needs it completed urgently, since she had to schedule a meeting with some clients right away.

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Free ACT! (CRM) Video Tutorials

Professional Assistant Blog

Believe it or not, this was quite an easy system to learn. Just click on any of the links below to take a look at the particular task you would like to learn about. In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it.

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11 Tips To Improve Your Performance

Professional Assistant Blog

Take classes, read a book, read current events about new trends that are happening in your field. Learn from them and build on your weaknesses to make them into strengths. If someone is being negative with you, ask them why they are raising their voice or why they are being pessimistic. Remember, we are all human and we make mistakes.

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Cultural Differences in Jobs Around The World

Professional Assistant Blog

What do they learn the hard way? What do people struggle with, or what have they had to learn the hard way? My biggest was learning a new language again, since Ive lived in Switzerland as well. What trips people up? What puzzles people? Are these social things, business things, language things. What are they puzzling over?

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