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How Taking Charge of Your Emotions Can Help You Find Success in Business

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Particularly in the workplace, where outbursts, arguments or even vulnerability can not only undermine an individual’s credibility, but also serve as grist for today’s gossip mill and live on in company lore for years. Here are a few tips and tactical ways to address your emotions and practice better emotional intelligence at work.

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The Enneagram at Work: Which Number Are You?

Success

Ideal work environment: Rewards and consequences are doled out fairly Productivity-boosting tip: Be OK with good enough Productivity-busting habit to watch out for: Procrastination until perfection. Type Two: The Helper. Motivated by: Being needed Fears: Rejection. Type Three: The Achiever. Type Four: The Individualist.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We got wide-ranging answers, anecdotes and tips. If you don’t know how, buy a book on starting a business and read it, or check the internet for tips. Find a mentor. Ask questions of mentors and peers. Our aim is to get you thinking and to inspire you to reach farther, go faster and achieve more than ever before.

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Ep 241: Elena Navarro on Corporate Culture, Toxic Workplaces, and Maintaining Confidentiality

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Some have even gone above and beyond to personally mentor her throughout her time as an Executive Assistant – and now, Executive Business Partner! And I’ve had amazing mentors along the way. So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. So here I am. Jeremy Burrows 4:25 Love it.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

In honour of National Employee Motivation Day (January 21 st 2015), we thought we’d inspire all the Practically Perfect PAs out there with a few tips for climbing the career tree, all the way to the top. Sorry to say it but if you want to transform from PA to Leader, gossip is a big no. Zip your lip.

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

Find a mentor. Or, you can ask a professional organization about helping you find a mentor who can help guide you through some career issues. Don’t gossip at work. Be a mentor - or help someone else with their career. After that, I realized finding a mentor is definitely one of my goals for 2010. I love #10.

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Answering Reader Mail: Creating a Good Relationship with Other Assistants

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It’s best not to gossip or form secret alliances. Be a student and view them as your mentors/teachers. I am hoping the secretary will be a good boss, mentor, and leader to you. link] And 7 defining traits most successful executive assistant have [link] [link] Also read 10 tips to be a better executive assistant 1-5.

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