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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

Success

While you share in your coworker’s happiness, does that mean you’re obligated to contribute to the gift collection that celebrates multiple, and often back-to-back, milestones? Not contributing to a gift should not negatively reflect on someone in the workplace. 1: Celebrating a coworker’s (fill in the blank) Engagement.

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5 Ways Women Can Support Each Other at Work

Success

And while some of that advice differs based on the career level of the individual— how to negotiate as a woman, how to dress, etc.—if Who gathers money for gifts? But it’s labor that’s not likely to earn a bonus or a promotion for the person undertaking them. Draw attention to the domestic work of the office.

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10 Questions To Find The Perfect Venue

Office Dynamics

Is it a corporate or promotional event for a brand that press needs to get to easily? This limits your negotiating power to compare pricing and use your own vendors. For a chance to win a gift certificate to Peerspace, share your comment below! Be thorough so you have NO surprises! What is the purpose of the event?

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards – for e.g. Gifts and Entertainment Policy. Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. The role has changed and so must we.

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12 Tips to Boost Employee Retention

Energage

She often hands out gift cards and gives awards not for just meeting sales milestones but for showing great effort and great attitude. Identify the values that are the most important to your organization and ensure they are non-negotiable hiring requirements. . Promote wellness. Coach to people’s strengths.

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Answering Reader Mail: Making A Splash Without Changing Everything

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Dear MA, Congratulations on the new role and promotion! There’s nothing worse than hiring a new employee and having them come in thinking they have all the answers and are God’s gift to the company. This will help in updating your resume, negotiating a raise, and how you want your career to unfold.

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Are You Copy Pasting Your Life?

Brilliantly Better

GTD one-liners: re-negotiate your commitments constantly Life Device Drivers: What Are They and When You Need To Upgrade Still think productivity means getting things done? Call it a curse or a gift, but it’s rarely been wrong in things like my relationships and now my brain asks ‘what’s so different abt this new guy?’

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