Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

Being a personal or executive assistant is a career in itself, with the right drive and ambition you can carve out a highly rewarding working life as an invaluable support resource. We also possess a unique set of skills, many of which are transferable into lots of different disciplines. But what if you don’t find it enough for you?

Project Management 195

Project Management Mentoring Negotiating Skills 195

Success

MARCH 4, 2024

In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills. This includes ways to develop important social skills, whether you use them online or in person. Most people think of negotiation as an “us-versus-them” situation.

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UPS Social Media Etiquette Health 218

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time. Internal & External Training. Support for an Internal PA Network.

Business Cards 100

Business Cards International Training Networking 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

A lot of Job Specs tend to focus on a standard set of skills rather than the actual responsibilities. It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. CPD – Active learning in relation to both hard and soft skills. Human Resources.

Social Media 100

Social Media Fax Skills Suppliers 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests. Have a look at your time management skills, and how best to invest your efforts on a daily and weekly basis. Assistants spend much of their time taking care of others’ needs. What to do? Separate ideals from necessities.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Administrative Professionals Negotiating Budget 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

Perhaps after some smart negotiating you can have it worked into the budget for future years. This group is great on skill building. This is a great way to expand your admin network and just because they aren’t local doesn’t mean they won’t be there when you need to call upon some help from your peers. Toastmasters!

Networking 100

Networking AEAP IAAP Negotiating 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

Perhaps after some smart negotiating you can have it worked into the budget for future years. This group is great on skill building. This is a great way to expand your admin network and just because they aren’t local doesn’t mean they won’t be there when you need to call upon some help from your peers. Toastmasters!

Networking 100

Networking AEAP IAAP Training 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

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. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. Fortunately, they were able to waive it and we only lost our $500 deposit. It is always worth asking.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Negotiating International 100

Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. know everything we need to know about point B, but we’re unable to foster the necessary resources to get there. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on. Some of them even have presentation skills. And then went on with our lives.

Expenses 40

Expenses Negotiating 2011 Twitter 40

Small Business CEO

MAY 5, 2010

Supplement with consultants for functions that don’t need a full time resource, or where flexibility or skill level is key. Design an internal web page that displays your key business performance indicators. Identify contracts and negotiate rates before they automatically renew.

Fax 40

Fax Payroll PDF Negotiating 40

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. Something to think about is progressing and developing your skills. They write. “Hi

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. This network includes all the teams members and partners, internal and external, individuals and organisations.

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Ergonomics Networking Environment AT&T 52

Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Day 17 – Cleaning Up And Getting Fancy Spent the day mostly cleaning up the code, ditching some old trials (used a TableHeaderView separated nib at some point and that cluttered a little bit both the code and the resources – nib files – in the Interface Builder). No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Learning Promotion 40