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How to Deal with Non-Negotiable Unrealistic Expectations

Eat Your Career

While it’s our duty to clarify and push back on such expectations, we may face situations where that impossibly high bar is simply non-negotiable. (By Here are some suggestions for how to deal with non-negotiable unrealistic expectations while maintaining professionalism and still caring for your own well-being. Learn more here.

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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

Success

For years, we’ve been told the reason the gender pay gap exists is that women don’t negotiate or advocate for themselves. Why do companies and managers insist on making compensation dependent on someone’s self-confidence level or negotiating skills when, in most cases, neither has anything to do with their job and job performance?

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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

Success

Make sure when you go to sell the company you don’t run out of money and negotiating power. And contrary to popular belief, an exit strategy does in fact align interests, incentives and goals regarding growth and profitability because it defines targets aimed toward business growth. “A Don’t run out of gas. Pace yourself.

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Designing with Insight and Intention: Uncovering Behavioral and Functional Needs

Allwork

Our goal is to loudly advocate for reinvesting time and energy into programming. A ‘program’ can then be documented for each team that itemizes the mix of SOLO and TEAM spaces—and is updated over time; and tallys to a total useable square footage that informs future order of magnitude spatial requirements.

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What is a Meeting Planner Exactly?

Office Dynamics

They add value to an organization by drawing upon their knowledge of the hospitality industry to manage expenses and minimize risk by negotiating the best all-around rates and paying attention to contract terms. The goal is to make the meeting host and, if applicable, make their organization SHINE. Meeting planners are leaders.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Be mindful of your end goal – you need to tie in your request for L&D to your current position and how it will prepare you and your boss for the future. Will the request tie in with one of your appraisal goals? Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

The lady to the left of me had inherited a 12 page job spec which had not been updated in 10 years whereas the lady to the right had a 6 page document. Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. Key results expected – ideally SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely. Risk Management.