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4 Keys to Authentic Selling, According to Negotiating Expert Roger Dawson

Success

I first met Shield in Brisbane, Australia, when he introduced me to the audience at one of my Power Negotiating seminars. Come on Peter,” I’ll tease him, “when I want to go on vacation I can pick from thousands of travel bargains on the web. I’ve never met a more enthusiastic salesperson than my good friend Peter Shield.

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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. For 20 years I was an assistant and I often had to persuade my executives to invest in administrative assistant seminars and conferences. Use the guidelines below to help you sell the seminar or conference to your executive.

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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. For 20 years I was an assistant and I often had to persuade my executives to invest in administrative assistant seminars and conferences. Use the guidelines below to help you sell the seminar or conference to your executive.

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

Office Dynamics

Executives travel all over the country. Some assistants tell me they can only attend seminars that take place in their city or state. 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. Why shouldn’t you?

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. There are many ways to achieve this, including reading management literature, attending seminars, company events or conferences, keeping up-to-date with technology and taking courses.

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Dealing With Unreasonable Requests

Professional Assistant Blog

Negotiating Time If the person persists on bothering you, one thing that you can always negotiate is time. Even if they are starting to irritate you, keep a smile on your face (even if its fake) and repeat yourself until they walk away. Ask them when it needs to get done and come to a "reasonable" compromise.

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Youd be amazed of how well it works and helps you negotiate the only thing that you really can negotiate - time! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have?

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