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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

You’re in a meeting—perhaps learning about a new company initiative or listening to a boss who wasn’t happy with your team’s performance—and you have something to say, but then you just… don’t. She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned.

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7 Classy Ways to Handle Employee Resignations

Success

We offer a travel stipend. We consider employees our internal customers… we continually ensure we listen to the voice of the customer, and get far ahead of resignations before they become an issue,” he says. They also try to retain teachers by predicting pain points and offering incentives to counteract those from the beginning. “Do

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Conference for Administrative Assistants – How to Get Your Executive’s Approval

Office Dynamics

That in itself is a learning experience. You need to continually learn and grow. Executives travel all over the country. Assistants should be a business partner to their executive, so start acting like a business partner and convince your manager why you should be allowed to travel out of state. Negotiate if necessary.

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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

Office Dynamics

It took time, effort, mistakes and a lot of painful focus to learn and ultimately, I was successful. He asked me to find a location, negotiate a lease, remodel the space if needed and take care of all interior decorating and procurement. Negotiators. Expert Travel Agents. The project was successfully accomplished.

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MIPIM has changed, and mostly for the better

Workplace Insight

With an estimated 27,000 delegates from 90 countries, MIPIM is still a force to be reckoned with when it comes to opportunities to network and learn as delegates, with organisations using the week to deliver news, insights and thinking. all of which is more symbolic than impactful. Without a green future there is no future.”

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Will you share your learning with other Assistants thus increasing the ROI? Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Internal & External Training. Support for an Internal PA Network. Internal & External Training: The first external conference that I ever attended was Square Meal Venues and Events.

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High Level Executive Assistant Seeks Networking Association

Office Dynamics

Try to attend training courses that are offered for executive admin as much as you can (even if it is just one time a year and you travel to another city for it). You can go with the purpose of learning what they offer in the program and to network with others. Here are my thoughts. Toastmasters! This group is great on skill building.