Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 5, 2014

Flexible Work Environment. My afternoon was spent working from my suite but I was pleased I could pop downstairs to the lobby to pick up a Starbucks coffee and a snack. In fact, there were loads of dining options at the Hilton Anatole including the Gossip Bar which was voted the best nightlife cocktails by Dallas AOL City Guide.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

She has always shown up as herself and for that she can proudly say her success has been built through complete authenticity. So took it from there and worked my way up to working in C suite at just 20 years old, I actually wasn’t even old enough to drink yet. So worked my way up from there, I held five c suites at the age of 20.

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Energage

AUGUST 22, 2016

They gossip around the watercooler. They show up to work. Ensure survey statements have been rigorously tested, statistically analyzed for correlations, and continually updated for relevance to the current work environment. Sure, there are the vocal – maybe even disgruntled – employees who stand out in the crowd.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

After all, your attitude shows up everywhere: In your words, your tone of voice, even your physical look. In a professional environment, it’s especially important to keep a positive attitude. Now, whenever that person asks you to do something you: a) Immediately come up with an excuse about why you can’t do it. Digg this!

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 20, 2015

Sorry to say it but if you want to transform from PA to Leader, gossip is a big no. Put your hand up to help where you can. Next time a project comes up, especially in a crisis or where your team are short-handed, offer to help in any way. Zip your lip. Be discrete and respect confidentiality at all times. Pick a project or two.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Let''s not forget in this competitive environment, sometimes the best thing you can do is be a good listener for a struggling co-worker, or even offer to take a stressed manager out for coffee. 9) Committing the ''terrorism of gossip. "It''s 4) Planning too much. 10) Glorifying one''s bosses. "It''s 11) Being indifferent to others.

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On The Job

JANUARY 6, 2012

My friends in college used to tease me because they said when someone walked into a room, I looked them up and down, from head to toe. It's ingrained in us, and even though I was more obvious about it when I was younger, I know that I still "size" someone up -- especially when meeting for the first time. Garfinkle , a career coach.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Speak up : Greet you co-workers as you meet them through the day. Shut up : Listen more than you speak. Know your own weaknesses : Don’t get caught up in gossip. Tearing down another to prop yourself up is a huge waste of time. These are excellent tips to create a great working environment. Learn to discuss.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 23, 2014

Keep up the good work! Secretaries listen to office gossip and complaints, administrative professionals act as corporate arbitrators and manage conflict between administrators and staff. Secretaries get little respect in the corporate environment, administrative professionals get just a bit more. Happy Admin Day, everyone!

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Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

I swear I’ve seen some of these notes before…Like the one an “anonymous” officemate left in the break room of my old office: “Adults pick up after themselves. You’re not fooling anyone into thinking it’s just a friendly heads-up message. It creates a toxic environment that spreads like wildfire. No one here is your mother.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

I work in a back office environment, where 99% of our client interaction is via the phone, e-mail or outside of the office, so I can wear jeans and a t-shirt. However, for business casual and business dress environments, Im still a purist. Imagine a person wearing this showing up to a lunch with a client.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

A large number of people that wake up in the morning need their coffee to jump start their mornings and help them throughout the day. By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you feel like you need a coffee fix every day? Can you really survive your morning without that cup of Joe?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

There are times when people come up to me and expect things to be done right away. Theres just 8 hours in a work day (give or take, depending your work environment) and you can only do so much. Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday? Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

It happens each and every year, even if you end up getting the flu shot. If youre feeling well enough to be able to work from home (telecommuting), an alternative would be to ask your IT department to set you up with VPN (virtual private network) access. It all depends on how your IT department sets you up.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It’s considered a more family friendly environment. Leadership potential is quite different, since you can move up within the company quite quickly, as opposed to a smaller firm, where it might be family run. You don’t want to end up looking for another job. You get to have more one-on-one contact with your clients.

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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.” Adding insult to injury, Rosen says these “overly aggressive” workers “seem to be moving up.” “If Some 12 percent of employees get fed up with the whole thing and leave their jobs because of uncivil colleagues. July 13, 2009 5:09 PM Anita said. Thanks, Rita.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Then you end up going back and forth to try to figure out what works for everyone. The default colours would be: Tentative: Blue with white diagonal stripes through it Busy: Blue Out of Office: Purple Keeping these tips in mind will create a more productive environment for you and your staff members.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 27, 2010

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. When you change your attitude, you are able to focus on the issue and get the job done in a stress free environment. Get on the A list.

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Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Sign up for a birthday/anniversary reminder service. I want to set up a schedule that is devoted only to my family. Get a leg up. Schedule family time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Then, all files are set up in an excel file with columns for File #, property address, closing date, owner (whatever data important) - then sorts are run and printed so files can be referenced and found by whatever criteria you need.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 12, 2013

Set your cell phone alarm so you give yourself enough time to wake up, get out of the sleepy daze, and be functional when you return to your desk. Don't gossip or share confidential things, but you get my point. 10) Change something The key here is to change your environment, mental state, physical state, or emotional state.

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

I was at the cottage with a friend and she was cranky and started to get wound up about something to do with her husband. By the end of the call her husband had caught her crankiness and it ended up with them both being angry. She ended up calling her husband back and apologizing for her bad mood. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

I invited half a dozen people but the word spread like wildfire and almost the entire product and engineering team showed up a little after 5:30pm. I originally just invited six people, but about thirty+ showed up. And part of that is managing up - bringing things to their boss' attention and up the chain it goes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

I often reach out to my network to get answers to problems that come up at the office or just to lend a sympathetic ear. Sign up to some interactive Admin Assistant sites such as OfficeArrow , Admin Secret and DeskDemon. The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. 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.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

The simple act of saying ”thank you“ closes an interaction in a completely healthy way, no room left for any potential harmful follow up. What really counts in this dusty environment is to try lowering this pollution index as much as we can. If you help somebody out, you will in fact create a fresher environment for yourself.

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2019

If your guilt is stemming from hating your job (whether your role or the environment), seek out another form of employment. Consistently showing up at work resentful, angry, or stressed serves absolutely no one. However, the accountants have a leg up on everyone else – we know when they’re underwater.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

I earn good money, set my own hours, and I don’t have to deal with the stress of traffic, corporate politics, and an office full of idiots and suck-ups. Full-time “Employed&# Writing – The Pros: You get to work in an exciting, fast-paced work environment. Oh, and no ties. I hate ties. Smoke breaks with friends.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

It got me thinking about the impact of the show on our profession, it certainly has made people more aware of what our predecessors had to put up with from their male bosses! We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

It got me thinking about the impact of the show on our profession, it certainly has made people more aware of what our predecessors had to put up with from their male bosses! We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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Success

AUGUST 3, 2021

In an office setting, this insight can explain why some collaborators need more time to process information than others, why some people monopolize meetings, and how to reach the employees who never speak up. Twos love open office settings and group work, but they’ll work much faster without the distraction of a budding office friendship.

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Success

JULY 12, 2021

I see that you’ve been stirring it up on Twitter. Soledad O’Brien: I wouldn’t call it stirring it up. JE: At the same time, we all were brought up with this notion of being a good citizen. For example, when I get up in the morning, and I hop onto Twitter first thing, I basically give myself 45 minutes to read it.

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