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How to Assert Your Power in Difficult Situations

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We promote them every time we view power as something it’s not. So young professionals feel like they have no power, especially when they want promotions or raises. Knowingly or unknowingly, you’re asserting your power through the act of helping others. Do these statements resonate with you? But power is more complex than that.

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Managers Can Be the Difference in Changing Mental Health Conversation at the Workplace

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Why it matters: Due to the lasting effects of stress on all aspects of an employee’s life — from home life to relationships and job performance — over 80% of people globally and 70% of U.S.

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The 4 Keys to Effectively Dealing With a Bad Boss

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Shortly after being promoted within the organization, she ran into a “brick wall” whom I’ll name “Melinda”. Deal with the issue, but do so professionally, tactfully and assertively in writing. Stay assertive. It was a field in which she truly excelled. Then breathe, delete it and start over. Stay passionate.

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There Still Aren’t Enough Women In Engineering. Here’s What Needs to Change

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When men are promoted over women Climbing the ladder isn’t easy for some women in engineering. She points to the 2023 Women in the Workplace report from LeanIn.org with McKinsey and Company, which asserts that, across industries, only 87 women were promoted from entry-level to a managerial position for every 100 men promoted and hired.

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Gratitude Affirmations: Why They Work and 25 Affirmations to Try

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Scientific research has found potential for self-affirmation to reduce defensiveness, promote openness and positivity and improve coping ability. Rather than reminding yourself that you were an interesting speaker or will be more assertive, say “I am.…” Focus on the present. to put yourself in the moment. Make them specific.

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Administrative Assistants Assert Themselves in the Workplace

Office Dynamics

What actions can an administrative assistant take to assert themselves in the workplace?" Promote Yourself. You can make a great impression by first providing a service, doing a good deed, or promoting others. Do you need to promote them to someone else? Don’t let any positive accomplishment go unnoticed.

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Administrative Assistants Assert Themselves in the Workplace

Office Dynamics

What actions can an administrative assistant take to assert themselves in the workplace?" Promote Yourself. You can make a great impression by first providing a service, doing a good deed, or promoting others. Do you need to promote them to someone else? Don’t let any positive accomplishment go unnoticed.