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Practicing Principles of Persuasion

Office Dynamics

Know exactly what you want to accomplish by attending the training or conference. How will your executive benefit from you attending training or a seminar? Is your executive motivated by ROI (return on investment), the skills you will develop, or you learning from an acclaimed expert in the field? Offer options. Be creative!

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Be a sponge. Who can you teach?

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Be a sponge. Who can you teach?

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Gone are the days when administrators simply reserved a conference room and readied it for the meeting!). Tell your executive about upcoming seminars and workshops you would like to attend and why. If you recently attended a seminar or training session, share the ideas you learned with your executive. Special Projects.

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Choose to Avoid Negative Talk In The Office

Office Dynamics

When planning upcoming seminars, conferences, and training – see how they line up and teach you strategies that you can bring back and implement in your workplace. Therefore, you need to invest in learning (even if your employer can’t support you). Put together a presentation showing your executive the benefits of the training.

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It’s Healthy to Have High Self-Esteem

Office Dynamics

And after speaking to women in workshops, seminars and at my conferences for 25 years, I know this is one area we need to work on. Learn to love and accept yourself. Learn to be your own superstar! But if someone belittles them or their work, they tend to have low self-esteem. On the other hand, I love the person I am.

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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

The Office Professionals Place

Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. ’ Being the professional that you are, you will continue to be cordial, you have been taught a valuable lesson, learn from it and move on. Let them have their words. Do not interrupt. When they are finished, ask questions to clarify their feelings. Seek answers.