Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

Time out of the office can improve creative thinking and problem solving, it also provides an opportunity to meet new people that can help with resources and connections. External networking will broaden the playing fields. Will the request tie in with one of your appraisal goals? Be prepared to negotiate if necessary.

Business Cards 100

Business Cards International Training Networking 100

Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 4, 2013

Events can be expensive especially if they are for team building or internal training. What are the goals and objectives for the event? What resources do we have / what can be utilised? Do you need additional resources such as a venue finding agency to help? How to negotiate when planning an event.

Agenda 100

Agenda Staples Budget Negotiating 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. Human Resources. Key results expected – ideally SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely. Jennifer Corcoran is an Office Manager with 20 years’ admin/PA experience working with Senior Executives at international level.

Social Media 100

Social Media Fax Skills Suppliers 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

If training/travel aren’t an option it may be a goal to strive for as a reward for a job well done. Perhaps after some smart negotiating you can have it worked into the budget for future years. I want to expand more on other networking groups I am currently involved with as an executive assistant.

Networking 100

Networking AEAP IAAP Negotiating 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

If training/travel aren’t an option it may be a goal to strive for as a reward for a job well done. Perhaps after some smart negotiating you can have it worked into the budget for future years. I want to expand more on other networking groups I am currently involved with as an executive assistant.

Networking 100

Networking AEAP IAAP Training 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Negotiating International 100

Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“If there is truly no internal way to influence change from the EA seat, leaving can be a very powerful way to preserve oneself.” In brief, each employee was assigned a day to serve as Chief Morale Officer and help boost the morale of coworkers — from the CEO to interns.

Administrative Professionals 40

Administrative Professionals AT&T Retirement Environment 40

Brilliantly Better

JANUARY 11, 2012

I browse through my internal database again, only to get the same result: I definitely don’t know this guy. The Hoodie Guy And The Goals. How many times I created bold goals, literally creating dozens of hoodie guys, bringing them into my own room, and making them stare at me, until I was delivering. He was just staring at me.

Goals 40

Goals Negotiating International UPS 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! To that effect, I also mostly believe that your work is either admin/process heavy or people heavy, which means you actually carry out the work/ideas of others OR you are a manager/executive where you manage people or departments so the business goals get done.

Agencies 40

Agencies Temping Skills Management 40

Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

I would like to say that it was a sudden enlightenment, an internal breakthrough which led me to an epiphany, but it wasn’t. Facts Analysis When you analyze facts, you leave away the internal “fog”. Maybe you think you’re a brilliant negotiator, but that may be just an inconsistent cloud in your ego. I know that first hand.

2010 40

2010 Health AT&T Skills 40

BioTeams

JULY 31, 2005

The more sophisticated the nervous system is the more external triggers it can respond to, the more internal states it can sustain and the wider its vocabulary of communications with its external environment. Teams traditionally define their goals and roles in terms of activities, tasks or outputs. Bad stuff stays out.

Ergonomics 52

Ergonomics Networking Environment AT&T 52

Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Speaking of errors, specifically about error messages, after 30 days of learning Objective C I am totally convinced that the error messages in Xcode were invented by a joyous and careless hermit, with the only goal of driving programmers crazy. No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. Wow, really?

2010 40

2010 AT&T Learning Promotion 40