Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In an effort to sound gracefully diplomatic during a grad school interview, I found myself referencing that particular experience in terms of “teachable moments,” a buzzy phrase I’d never used before in my life that suddenly made a lot of sense. Playing Favorites. Occasionally, this involves managing them to some extent. Ignoring Feedback.

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On The Job

JULY 13, 2009

I work in a cube-farm environment, so there’s no getting away from it.” If I were a boss, I’d take into account that I may not see the day-to-day impact someone has on other people, and I would check that out” before promoting someone, says Rosen, a website manager for a nonprofit in New York City. This is a very interesting topic.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. So you really have to have a really strong head on your shoulders and just understand that you’re there to do a job and you know, don’t fall into the gossip or the watercooler talk or anything like that. You’re You’re there to do a job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

A: I've been extremely lucky and have NOT worked for anyone difficult or nightmarish - high standards and extremely fast-paced or high-pressure environments, yes. Compared to, say, a more corporate environment where an executive assistant's career ceiling is really only that of a more senior executive assistant?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

It also means going on job interviews or meeting with any agency that calls you because they will often keep you in their database when the right job does come up. Believe it or not, some assistant jobs actually prefer you have an Ivy League degree even if they ask for a career assistant or to promote them up the chain.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

What really counts in this dusty environment is to try lowering this pollution index as much as we can. Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. Adjust instantly to new environments. Be elastic, be slim.

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