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How To Successfully Combat Workplace Bullying And Harassment To Foster A Safe Work Environment

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Toxic Workplaces: Breeding Grounds for Workplace Bullying Toxic workplaces are mostly characterized by infighting, intimidation, and gossip. In this sense, organizations can raise awareness regarding workplace harassment, bullying, or violence via training sessions, workshops, and regular conversations.

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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

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Home About Me Advertise Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 18, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity D o you get staff members coming to you for all sorts of questions? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Maintaining a good relationship with your manager

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So to guarantee their confidence meet deadlines, deliver work when you say you are going to, keep confidential matters top secret and don’t be seen as the office gossip. Filed under: Career , Uncategorized. This is a two-way street but for an assistant it is vital and necessary for your manager to trust you explicitly.

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

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By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? You start to feel the same way and wonder when your floor will hit next.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

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Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Do you know how to create them?

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Why My Imperfections Are My Greatest Strengths

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We dub them “rude” in our mental filing cabinet, perhaps conflating social anxiety or a bad day with “rude.” We carry this type of defining language into our professional lives, using terms like the “office gossip” or the “brown-noser.”. You’ll also notice that you’re slowly training your brain to see the positives.

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