Practically Perfect PA

MAY 30, 2014

Transferrable skills – the skills you take from one job to another – are what make your career change possible. Where appropriate, speak to people you worked with externally – clients, contacts and anyone else who may be able to provide further insight. How you manage difficulties and challenges. What are your skills?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

When I was an executive assistant, one of the best success strategies my favorite executive taught me, at a young age, was to have daily huddles with him. Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., So, if that executive could make time for me, anyone can do this.

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Page Personnel

APRIL 27, 2021

The truth is that few people have achieved success in a vacuum; at some point, professors, colleagues, advisers and managers make a sizeable impact on a person’s psyche and shape the way we see the world and carry out our work. These people will help them navigate their career advancement differently. Sponsorship: what’s it all about?

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Bonnie Low Kramen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We reached out to successful leaders and thought leaders across all industries to glean their insights and predictions about how to create a future that works. TEDx speaker and bestselling author of Be the Ultimate Assistant, Bonnie Low-Kramen is committed to bridging the gaps between executives and the administrative staff in the workplace.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 21, 2012

I'm getting a lot from it and appreciate your candid advice, detailed responses, and very approachable personality. My question regards the difficulty I am having in reentering the admin support field despite the fact that I have ten years of office management and administrative support experience.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 18, 2014

Most of which posses powerful insight on situations which EAs face often and even some delicate topics which you handled beautifully. Hello New and Old Readers, Today I am answering a question from a new reader! They write: “Greetings, I hope this email finds you well. Performance jitters maybe. It inspired me to dig deeper.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I've been reading your blog for a couple of years and I find it to be incredibly entertaining and insightful. I have been an Executive Assistant for over 10 years, and am now working for a Vice President in an academic medical center. I’m glad to hear it is entertaining AND insightful! This is a bad idea! Thanks so much!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 30, 2012

I've done various admin work for the past 3 years and am now starting as an EA next week for a C-level executive (yay!). I'm a bit nervous as I've never done executive-level administrative assistance before (it was all general office support positions), and it also includes being his PA, so if you have any tips for a newbie that'd be great!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

My background is in management, but a girl has to pay the bills. Just wondering if you have any advice on how to cope with a boss who is basically a rude ass, and there's nothing you can do about it. Again, I want to learn how to cope with it for my career (this is a major position for a resume) because I know it's him and not me.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I’ve been on many interviews over my career and have encountered many different interview styles - the behavioral interview, the panel format with a few people interviewing me at once, the “mean” interviewer, and so forth. My first interview was about an hour with the office manager/HR person. My resume was not even looked at.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 20, 2016

In fact, this boss was just barely at management level or had only been in the role a couple of years. And while we can’t deny going to a great college helps, the bottom line is, you don’t HAVE to go to a great college, or even go to college at all, to be a great manager, leader, or a star performer. They were personable.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

Hi New and Returning Readers, As you know I always wish I was blogging constantly, but it takes a lot of inspiration and something meaningful to impart for me to blog. This is partly because I’ve been writing this blog for so long. I’m also juggling work/life, and I want to be really passionate about what I write and share.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 9, 2016

I’ve been on many interviews over my career and have encountered many different interview styles - the behavioral interview, the panel format with a few people interviewing me at once, the “mean” interviewer, and so forth. My first interview was about an hour with the office manager/HR person. My resume was not even looked at.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

What advice were you given early in your VA career that really made a difference in your business. Will this be your last career? I’ve invited a number of leaders in the VA field to have a conversation here, with each other and with YOU. How did you get started in this business? What happens to focus and productivity???!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

“I love your blog and really appreciate your insights and advice. I had a question for you and wondered what your opinion would be. I am a dynamic, successful EA with 2 long term business relationships spanning 26 years. I recently found myself out of work and started my search. What would you do? What would you do?

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Since 1897, SUCCESS has been the leading voice for people who take full ownership of their personal and professional growth. And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. But this year, there’s more. Jean Accius.

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