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Gain Support from Your Executive for Training & Seminars

Office Dynamics

You read about a great seminar, workshop, or conference for administrative office professionals. While teaching, coaching, and consulting with thousands of assistants nationwide, I have found that they don’t see they have to work at gaining support for training and development. You know the scenario. You walk out. End of story.

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Gain Support from Your Executive for Training & Seminars

Office Dynamics

You read about a great seminar, workshop, or conference for administrative office professionals. While teaching, coaching, and consulting with thousands of assistants nationwide, I have found that they don’t see they have to work at gaining support for training and development. You know the scenario. You walk out. End of story.

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A business case outline for an internal PA network

Practically Perfect PA

An internal network will help us to build stronger relationships and enable better teamwork, communication and easier delegation and reciprocation of help. Put every PA on a shared distribution list and ideally a closed SharePoint site for sharing information such as training & seminars.

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A Manual for Dealing with Rejection

Success

I tell people in sales that you can be having the worst day of your life, but no one has to know it,” says Hopkins, a sales seminar dynamo and the co-author of When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward. In 1976, he founded Tom Hopkins International Inc., Tom Hopkins is having another unbelievable day.

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

Office Dynamics

Most of the time assistants tell me they can’t attend our conference for administrative assistants or training because of budget cuts or not getting financial support. Some assistants tell me they can only attend seminars that take place in their city or state. Sometimes it really is a budget issue. That is not 21 st Century thinking.

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Starve the Dragon

Office Dynamics

It is the financial and international economic dragon that is creating the stock market to crash 500+ plus points in a day, and then rise 420 points in a day, only to crash 600+ points the next day. Put together a presentation showing your executive the benefits of the training. Now, what do I mean by starve the dragon? Be strategic.

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Executive Assistant Training on the Rise

Office Dynamics

I’m happy to say that we have seen an increase in interest from companies who want to provide some type of training for their administrative professionals later this year. Here are some things you need to keep in mind: Be specific as to what type of training you want. Internal class? Is it an external class? Maybe both?

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