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Time For Administrative Professionals To Stay Vigilant!

Office Dynamics

Unchecked, the effects are: increased stress, lower self-esteem and poor productivity among the abused, which in turn damage any organization’s effectiveness, stability and profitability. One of the reasons Corporate America is taking the respectful working environment seriously is the high cost of harassment of any kind.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. You shutter when someone refers to you as an expert or wants to put you in the spotlight. Accept that Nobody is Perfect.

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Also start referring to yourself as an administrative professional or as an assistant. If your manager is still using the term secretary, correct him and let him know how to properly refer to you when introducing you to someone in person or in email.

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Also start referring to yourself as an administrative professional or as an assistant. If your manager is still using the term secretary, correct him and let him know how to properly refer to you when introducing you to someone in person or in email.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I know that is easier said than done because low self esteem may be the roadblock. I found this link to the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale which has some questions we can ask ourselves to see where we are on the self esteem scale. Now that’s positive self talk. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I thought she had the potential to be a great assistant except for her low self esteem and she would put herself down when she made a mistake. It seems as soon as we tag someone as having an alcohol problem, we dont seem to see anything else about the person, just the problem. One day she just up and quit. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Inner work for the outter planner

Virtual Moxie

It’s easier to look externally than internally. It’s Tranquility: Pathways to Inner Peace , possibly the single biggest impactor on my self-esteem, and in teaching me to love being alone with myself. It’s easier to affect things going on than to look inside at who one is and what all of that means. And they do make sense.