Your Executive Assistant Must Have These 4 Superpowers
ProAssisting Blog
JUNE 21, 2022
Your Executive Assistant Must Have These 4 Superpowers.
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How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant
The Assistant Room
MAY 3, 2022
If asking for a promotion or pay rise has been on your mind lately (or even over the last few months…) take a look at our guide below to give your confidence a boost and kickstart the process of receiving exactly what you know you are worthy of! The post How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room.
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Why You Need a Work Journal
Eat Your Career
MARCH 21, 2022
I’m a big fan of documentation, especially in the workplace. I firmly believe that, when we put thoughts into words and commit them to “paper” (whether physical or digital), we make them more real. Whether journaling for personal development or professional, the act of writing is an important tool for self-discovery, growth and much more. It’s no surprise then that I recommend everyone keep a work journal.
Top Skills Every Assistant Needs to Succeed
Practically Perfect PA
JUNE 30, 2022
Top skills every Assistant needs to succeed How do you stay on top of the many and different responsibilities that an Assistant must perform, as well as the required abilities? This article will go through the essential skills that an Assistant typically possesses, including effective calendar management, problem-solving skills, communication [.].
Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
10 Happiness Practices from Around the World
Success
AUGUST 22, 2022
Life isn’t easy, but over thousands of years of human civilization, people across the world have developed philosophies and strategies to cope with the stressful times and to navigate the trials of daily life. Although most countries can boast a big-name philosopher or literary figure to turn to when a bit of life wisdom is needed, some of the most intuitive and effective daily happiness rituals have emerged from the cultures and people themselves.
Quiet Quitting Doesn’t Create Lasting Workplace Change. Neither Will Quiet Dying.
Virtual Moxie
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Have you heard about “quiet quitting?” How about “lying flat,” or #actyourwage? They are all terms belonging to recent movements in reaction to inequity and inequality for employees in “The New American Sweatshop™.”. In theory, sweatshops have long been gone from the work world—at least in first-world countries. In reality, things are still crappy for most workers.
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Receiving an offer for a new job is an exciting time in anyones career and that is no different for every PA and EA. The trouble however is that unlike most professionals, business support professionals leave for much different reasons. The post The Important Reason Why Every Personal Assistant Needs an Exit Interview first appeared on The Assistant Room.
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The post Adam Riggs CEO Of Frameable | Can a Virtual Experience Really Replace the Office? appeared first on Allwork.Space.
The 29-Hour Work Day Foreword - Bonnie Low-Kramen
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When Ethan Bull and Stephanie Bull asked me to write the foreword for their book, I was more than eager to dive into the much-needed conversation about how executive assistants can be leveraged by super busy executives like you. Why is it needed?
Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.
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This article is adapted from The 29-Hour Work Day.
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How To Start 2023 As The Best Version Of Yourself
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Instead of getting caught up in the hype of how to transform into something or someone completely different (wave goodbye to the self inflicted January blues), we want you to focus your energy into developing your existing skillset and use tools already out there not to 'change' you but help you to feel more confident in who you are right now. Unsure where to start?
Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional
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How To Survive The Work Christmas Party
The Assistant Room
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
So, it’s the work Christmas party: the one day a year you can let your hair down and wear flashing bauble earrings in the presence of your boss. Play it right and you’ll have a ton of gossip and new pals…play it wrong and you’ll be riddled with embarrassment until someone takes the baton of Most Inappropriate Person next year. The post How To Survive The Work Christmas Party first appeared on The Assistant Room.
A Review Of: Piazza Italiana, London
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
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Quiet Quitting: An Impossible Concept for the Admin Industry??
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
'Quiet Quitting' is the new buzz phrase, coming out of a lockdown world where people have started to reevaluate their priorities and work/life balance. Gathering speed on social media, it essentially means simply ‘just staying within the parameters of your job description’ - doing no more, and no less, than what is required by your contract. The post Quiet Quitting: An Impossible Concept for the Admin Industry??
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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience
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The Assistant Room Festive Brochure 2022
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OCTOBER 20, 2022
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The Top 5 Private Dining Rooms in Mayfair London
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Does Teamwork Truly Exist Between Boss & PA?
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Confession: Before this assignment, I’d never even considered keeping a gratitude journal. I imagined parchment, elf-crystals, perfumed writing chambers where the air is 75% mulberry incense and purple-haired millennials talking an awful lot about chakras. Gratitude is also an example of what humans call feelings, and I have spent an awful lot of energy trying to avoid those.
SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
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Is Training the Right Solution?
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
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