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Why Certification and a Designation are Important for Executive and Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Besides the actual skills and competencies you learn through a certification program, it also demonstrates to those around you that you can set goals and achieve objectives – you can be trusted to go the distance. We offer a very special designation with our World Class Assistant™ course. People start and stop things constantly.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Visualize your goals as already complete. Write a 101 life-goal list. Join a class at your fitness club, an exercise group or a team sport. Reach my financial goals.

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Fighting Co-Worker Dragons (2 of 3 part series)

Office Dynamics

When I teach my Star Achievement Series® classes, I ask participants, “What are some of the things co-workers do that make them “appear” to be dragons?” Here are the common responses I hear: Gossip. Avoid gossiping. Only when you decide to think and act independently will you progress toward your goal. Avoid complaining.

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Thinking Differently about Difficult People

The Office Professionals Place

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Approach the individual(s) in a manner that is appropriate to meet your objectives and goals. This means changing your attitude.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Kramen

Olympia loved that at the beginning of the movie, the women could be seen as the beloved and well worn Southern female stereotypes – preoccupied with gossip, clothes, hair, flowers, and food. My goal is to help you make an intentional choice about how or if to respond so that you retain your sense of freedom and agency.

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Answering Your Questions

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If you want a career change bad enough you'll find ways to do it without your boss' help - volunteering, doing your own projects on the side, taking a leadership role outside of work, but related to your career, reading on your own, taking classes in your spare time, meeting others in your same situation, etc.

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What Can Argentine Tango Teach You About Brilliant Blogging?

Brilliantly Better

The Attitude: The tango community can be quite the political, social, and gossip mega circle. I do encourage you to take at least one Argentine tango class. It is easy to rate and rank the dancers and choose only to dance with the best leaders or followers. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Lana, beautiful name!

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