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Category: business continuity


2020: An annus horribilis, or a year of lessons?

It depends on how you choose to view 2020. Thank you to all who participated in my September 2020 Weekend Poll, through which I checked in with readers as to how and what you’re doing more than half a year…

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Adaptability and resilience during pandemic times: business insights from association leaders

Catching up with your professional association leaders We’re now more than half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to impact assistants and your careers. Early on in the pandemic, on March 18 and March 19, 2020, I published articles…

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Perfectionists in the career: Weekend Poll results

Thank you to all who participated in my August 20, 2020 Weekend Poll, in which I asked readers if you have tendencies toward perfectionism in your career. As a number of  you anticipated in comments you offered on social media,…

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Here are your summer 2020 reading recommendations

Thank you to all who participated in my  July 11, 2020 Weekend Poll asking for your summer 2020 reading recommendations.  I’ll be brief … in this introduction, as you’ll have plenty to read below. That’s because assistants have been generous…

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