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The six skills managers will need for the future of work

Workplace Insight

Here, I outline six skills that will be required of management teams to effectively lead their workforces in the future. In this context, one of the first skills leaders will have to learn is vulnerability. The post The six skills managers will need for the future of work appeared first on Workplace Insight.

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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

Allwork

So what are the most successful strategies for hiring and retaining talent amid these uncertain economic times, and how can you use these strategies to navigate our increasingly disrupted environment? . Unfortunately, women are still undervalued compared to their skills and abilities. Tip 1: Be Greedy . “Be Don’t believe me?

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. She is living it up.

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Dispelling the Personal Assistant myth

Practically Perfect PA

We are no longer referred to as ‘the girl’ and we certainly do not have to balance our feminine charms with a can do attitude in a male dominated office environment. Personal Assistants can demand good salaries and can influence and persuade their manager’s decisions. The 1960′s… Mad Men.

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Dispelling the Personal Assistant myth

Practically Perfect PA

We are no longer referred to as ‘the girl’ and we certainly do not have to balance our feminine charms with a can do attitude in a male dominated office environment. Personal Assistants can demand good salaries and can influence and persuade their manager’s decisions. The 1960′s… Mad Men.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you find yourself having to deal with a difficult person in your office? Do they make inappropriate comments in a professional environment?

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Despite this, I get the feeling that convincing employers of my suitability for an executive assistant job is not going to be an easy task - in a competitive job market, employers don't want to hear about skills as much as they want to hear about experience in the field. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? Thanks very much!”

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