Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 20, 2015

Sorry to say it but if you want to transform from PA to Leader, gossip is a big no. Put your hand up to help where you can. Just because you are the team’s PA, doesn’t mean you can’t write a policy statement, or organise induction for graduates or get involved with new things. Zip your lip. Pick a project or two.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Speak up : Greet you co-workers as you meet them through the day. Shut up : Listen more than you speak. Know your own weaknesses : Don’t get caught up in gossip. Tearing down another to prop yourself up is a huge waste of time. Here are ten steps you can take to make sure you’re not the source of conflict at work.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. Are you familiar with this?

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On The Job

MARCH 24, 2008

Now that you’re in a supervisory role, gossiping for any reason is a no-no. Or, if you expect employees to be organized, don’t show up late for meetings, shuffling papers and unprepared to give your report. • Understand company policies and procedures, and where to refer employees if you cannot answer a question. Know the rules.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 27, 2010

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Everyone has different values, perceptions, and beliefs; these factors make up our personalities. This means changing your attitude.

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On The Job

JANUARY 26, 2012

While you may believe that a former employer will follow its policy and provide only dates of service to someone checking your references, don't count on it. That's when some digging turns up references who are trash-talking or leading a potential employer to believe the hire would be a bad idea.

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On The Job

JULY 22, 2010

Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. Still, some companies have shied away from social media after warnings from legal experts that employers could be opening themselves up to a bevy of problems.

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On The Job

JULY 13, 2009

Adding insult to injury, Rosen says these “overly aggressive” workers “seem to be moving up.” “If A whopping 95 percent of those in the workplace say they put up with workplace incivility on a routine basis, and one in five report they suffer through it at least once a week. Anita, I have put up with some really bad manners at work.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 12, 2013

Set your cell phone alarm so you give yourself enough time to wake up, get out of the sleepy daze, and be functional when you return to your desk. Don't gossip or share confidential things, but you get my point. Be careful if your work has a no perfume policy in case folks have allergies. Nuff said.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. Who are you?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

I invited half a dozen people but the word spread like wildfire and almost the entire product and engineering team showed up a little after 5:30pm. I originally just invited six people, but about thirty+ showed up. And part of that is managing up - bringing things to their boss' attention and up the chain it goes.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

However, you also have to know where you want to end up and work your way backwards. Very often, the job description will say up front if they want a career executive assistant. As with anything in life, know where you want to end up so you know how to get there. Anything above that up to 80-100hrs is not unusual.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

The simple act of saying ”thank you“ closes an interaction in a completely healthy way, no room left for any potential harmful follow up. Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. Great post. Here is the link.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

I earn good money, set my own hours, and I don’t have to deal with the stress of traffic, corporate politics, and an office full of idiots and suck-ups. You’re going to need it someday when the smoking and fatty deli sandwiches catch up with you. Oh, and no ties. I hate ties. I work in jeans and Hawaiian shirts.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

We heard gossip about all kinds of amazing things in this fantastic second edition release of the Write for the Web ebook, like: • 85+ pages of brand-new, fresh, never-before-read-by-human-eyes (we don’t count James) content, all of it designed to help you become the biggest, baddest web writer the Internet ever did see. Vicious lies.

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