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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

BMT Office Administration

If managers catch employees constantly playing on their phones instead of working, they can take disciplinary action. As a manager or supervisor, you need to keep a close eye on employees’ behavioral habits to spot instances of soldiering whenever they occur. How can you remedy this issue at your organization?

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Admins Part 6

Practically Perfect PA

He was very self reliant so he didn’t want me to touch his unique filing system. I would pop the file on his desk so that he had everything he needed for the following morning. During every competency based interview I have been asked about my people management skills.

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. My manager noticed the difference in my professional demeanor. I then asked how my manager’s role fit into the company’s goals. Once I had that information, I was able to make suggestions on how to help my manager meet his objectives.

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. My manager noticed the difference in my professional demeanor. I then asked how my manager’s role fit into the company’s goals. Once I had that information, I was able to make suggestions on how to help my manager meet his objectives.

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Feeling Stressed at Work? Is it you? Is it them? (Information Overwhelm)

Office Dynamics

Are you afraid to file something because you will forget where you put it? This type of stress is unnecessary and not only derails your day but negatively affects your self esteem. Most likely no one every taught you how to manage the overwhelming amount of information that you receive on a daily basis.

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Feeling Stressed at Work? Is it you? Is it them? (Information Overwhelm)

Office Dynamics

Are you afraid to file something because you will forget where you put it? This type of stress is unnecessary and not only derails your day but negatively affects your self esteem. Most likely no one every taught you how to manage the overwhelming amount of information that you receive on a daily basis.

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Warning! Have You Become a Toxic Sponge?

On The Job

I absorbed the mental and emotional blows of a workplace gone bad, trying to shore up each co-worker's battered self-esteem as well as my own. These sponges can be rank-and-file workers -- as I was -- or they may be in management. I was taking on not only the unhappiness of my own situation, but that of others.