Success

JULY 12, 2023

Comprising 2,000-plus members and nearly 140 chapters that meet monthly across 10 countries, it provides a professional environment for women to seek business advice and feedback from a village of noncompetitive peers. What life lessons have you applied to your professional career? When I started at WPO, that number was 2%.

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Success

JANUARY 14, 2022

Most people experience one of two things: They take the higher-paying job and feel disconnected from their career or turn down the money to pursue a passion project. It provides a stable income while you launch a business, which means your 9-to-5 is not the enemy of progress. Washington’s advice is to never diminish your gifts.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Many employers sometimes focus too attentively on detail or seek progress reports more frequently than required. They could also be closed to novel ideas (except their own), unwilling to express gratitude and praise (unless it is for following their lead) and become easily upset when employees do not take their advice.

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Success

JUNE 27, 2022

Making goals and imagining yourself achieving them isn’t new advice, but looking at where you want your life to be in 10 or 20 years and keeping that laser focus on each of the tiny supporting decisions throughout the day is quickly fatiguing work. They grow tired if progress doesn’t happen as quickly as they want.

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Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In a piece of advice that echoes Toni Morrison’s writing on the subject , the author reminds us that our real value comes from our relationships with the ones we love. The post Author and Journalist Dia Wall’s Best Advice for Keeping the Important Things in Perspective appeared first on SUCCESS. You are not your work.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

As a proud, former Administrative Professional and Executive Assistant, I pride myself on providing real-world career training and advice for the admin community. That being said, it is a very natural career progression to move from an AA to an EA. In this article, I’m going to offer my take on this.

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Success

MAY 2, 2023

Whether it’s in polite company or on a first date, traditional advice has been that you’ll get side-eyed (or shut out of a second date) if you broach politics, religion, money or anything about your ex. What shape that boundary takes is ultimately determined by each individual , and might change throughout the course of their career.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In a Marketing School podcast episode, he and co-host Eric Siu offered advice on hiring marketers in 2020. Patel gave similar, step-by-step advice in his video on hiring great employees and his article on recruiting top marketers : Look for people who’ve achieved the results you want at a similar organization.

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Success

APRIL 12, 2022

One of my favorite peers is a woman who has, for the life of her career, been on the CEO trajectory. I would never discount all the progress we have made. Think of it as building bridges with your peers that you can rely on for the lifetime of your career. The art of negotiation is a powerful skill to master in your career.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 19, 2017

Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops on career development for assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them. We wanted to explore what career development in the PA role looks like. Participate in forums and events.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 16, 2024

The study identifies six distinct worker ‘segments’* in the UK workforce and quantifies what attracts and retains them in jobs, and provides advice to businesses on how to build a strong workforce. benefits, career progression, flexible working) are no longer effective and the approach to work needs to become more bespoke.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 9, 2023

If you’ve ever thought that the success or otherwise of a career is a little or largely dependent on getting the right breaks at the right time, new research from academics in the UK and France may confirm it. The study examines the role of chance events, whether positive or negative, on managers’ career success across Europe.

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Success

DECEMBER 6, 2021

(Although SUCCESS wasn’t as political as The National Post , the magazine was much more news-centric than it is today—articles regularly covered war and Washington intrigue, and were often written from a perspective that was progressive for the time.). Over the next few decades, the magazine underwent myriad changes.

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Right Management, part of ManpowerGroup, has understood the shift in hiring activity and employee needs, developing Next ; an innovative digital outplacement platform to aid an easier transition for former employees into the next step in their careers.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This is an excerpt from a special report available in the Career Resource Library , a convenient and affordable training program featuring 100+ on-demand professional development resources for career advancers and administrative professionals. Meanwhile, you’re not making progress on your real priority items.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 1, 2023

Initiate discussions, ask questions, and provide updates on your progress. Setting and Achieving Goals Setting and achieving goals is vital for maintaining focus, measuring progress, and overcoming work-from-home guilt. Regular check-ins with them can provide support, motivation, and an external perspective on your progress.

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Success

APRIL 12, 2023

More than half were finally able to improve that elusive work-life balance we all strive for, noting they could better handle household responsibilities as a career person. These personal data points might be as important as the more common ones, such as monitoring time and progress on client work, another significant task in the transition.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 10, 2017

If you haven’t already, read our first blog on what to look for in an event supplier , and our second, on common issues PAs face with career development. Encourage a better organisational structure with planned progression. Establish industry-wide career development goals. How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 9, 2018

So here is my advice: Dream big! Set goals and monitor your progress. Deep down, what do you hope will happen in your life or your career? Now, after almost 12 months of conversations and tons of hours of back and forth emails, I am on a plane heading there today! This is really about you, though. Often we dream way too small.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 13, 2023

In today’s dynamic workplace, it’s essential to understand your career is not set in stone. Whether you’re considering a new direction within your current career or contemplating a complete career change , the power to shape your path is in your hands. For admins, I firmly believe the motto, “Start here.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 19, 2019

The first half of the blog contains titles that are dedicated towards the administrative assistant and executive assistant while the second half of the blog contains titles that are general to career and business but very applicable to the administrative profession. Innovation isn’t just for technology – it’s the key to your career future.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

We’re here to help you achieve your goals with this real-world advice on goal setting and goal getting with administrative expert, Joan Burge. Maybe you even made a little progress. Watch this webinar for real world advice on how to reach your goals. Monitor your progress. o Monitor Your Progress.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Naturally, when we celebrate and empower women, society becomes more inclusive, diverse and progressive. Through her work, Arrington is breaking cycles of incarceration and creating pathways to college education and careers for historically underserved communities. Marie Feagins, Ed.D.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

When the job description includes identifying goals for the coming year; meshing them with your executive’s goals and department and organization goals; being prepared to track progress at specific intervals; and being accountable for success or lack thereof, it’s easy to tell this is not a job for dummies! You’re in charge. You have power.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2015

What does your career path look like? What has been your career highlight? While trying to progress the aims of ACE, I had to get to know not only my assistant colleagues, but anyone who could help progress the network and its aims, inside and outside of BlackRock. What are the main aspects of your current role?

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Page Personnel

JANUARY 15, 2020

They get promoted by demonstrating their potential to do more.” - Tara Jaye Frank, author of Saying Yes: A Woman’s Guide to Advancing Her Professional Purpose Career promotion doesn’t happen instantly, nor do we have much control over it when we decide it’s the right time for one. Is the role quite limited in terms of career path?

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My EA Career

JANUARY 8, 2024

So my advice is to think about these five categories and craft them as “I will” statements: 1. Career Progression/Professional Advancement 4. Think broad and narrow. As an EA or Administrative Professional you are an individual contributor. Skills Development 2. Performance Metrics (The impact you will have) 3.

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My EA Career

JANUARY 8, 2024

So my advice is to think about these five categories and craft them as “I will” statements: 1. Career Progression/Professional Advancement 4. Increasing Your Impact & Insight Hey, did you know that if you take my advice and put these three tips into action you will be increasing your Self Insight. Work-Life Balance 5.

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Success

JULY 13, 2022

The collective energy we’ve seen at this summit showed me that our voices, leadership, empathy and brilliance will help women continue to make forward progress.”. And progressing forward means making more than statements. But she had an acclaimed career in aerospace prior to that. Her advice? Executive Suite.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2015

They are people you know personally who are willing to give you advice and feedback on your performance. In this way, you’ll be able to focus on definite objectives as well as track and measure your progress. When you take responsibility for your own development, it shows others that you are serious about your growth and your career.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 17, 2012

In my experience a lot of PAs and EAs fall into the job and do not necessarily see it as a career or a profession that needs to be developed and unfortunately neither do their managers. Another telling statistic in the survey revealed that 55% of secretarial and support staff leave their job because of a lack of career progression.

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Page Personnel

JULY 11, 2021

How to make a career change at 40 and beyond Anonymous (not verified) 24/01/2023 Switching careers is now seen as the exception, compared to previous times where tenure was the trend. You may think that taking on a new career could equal a setback in seniority and salary.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 29, 2014

Attending high quality training sessions and conferences can help develop these skills and guide career progression. Think about the past five years of your career, have they just slipped by? Are you where you want to be on your career path? The post Are you where you want to be on your career path?

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 10, 2017

If you haven’t already, read our first blog on what to look for in an event supplier , and our second, on common issues PAs face with career development. Encourage a better organisational structure with planned progression. Establish industry-wide career development goals. How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work?

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There are many benefits for both assistants and their employers in receiving the right training but how do we convince our managers and our organisations that they should invest in our career development? Firstly, and I know I do say this all the time, you have to be in charge of your career development.

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Ideas.Ted

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Many trainings and articles about microaggressions focus on how you can intervene in the moment, which is a crucial part of allyship.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 12, 2015

While many times, it was an uphill battle, I really have loved serving the administrative career community and the executives those individuals support. While there were training companies, they provided training to people in various careers, not just one niche. I will be sharing with you the best advice from the past with a 2015 spin.

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