Category: career satisfaction
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Day One: 2020’s 12 Days of Real Careers
12 Days of Real Careers: I’m delighted to bring back my annual tradition. Over a series of 12 days, I’m bringing readers the gift of inspiring and practical excerpts from…
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Weekend Poll: New norms amid the pandemic
Depending on where you live, we’re now in the fourth month or so of working around – or not working during – the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m pleased to be bringing…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip 10
Taking care of yourself is one of the most important things you can do Take care of yourself. Assistants are so accustomed to taking care of others that you may…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Nine
Change is a constant Be demonstrably open to change. If you’re uncomfortable with change, seek out ways to increase your comfort. While change is something assistants routinely handle, it’s increasingly…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Eight
This one’s about management – self-management Manage yourself, rather than your time. Exercise discipline in managing yourself, which involves being intentional in your focus. Be open to constructive critiques. Do…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Seven
R-e-s-p-e-c-t If you want your colleagues to respect you, demonstrate self-respect and the capacity to establish and maintain boundaries – hard as the latter can be. When it comes to…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Six
Here’s another tip for you Network, internally and externally. Step up to the plate as a contributor; volunteer and seek out or create opportunities to stretch yourself professionally and personally.…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Five
Here’s the fifth of my 10 tips for you Communicate professionally. Consider that your attitude, body language and choice of words shape and influence your reputation. If you’ve been to…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Four
Let’s start February with Tip Four Identify people you admire; study and learn from those who hold roles that reflect your aspirations. Study how those people communicate. Observe how they…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Three
Are you ready for Tip Three? Don’t let your job title or others’ perceptions of you define or limit your view of yourself or your career prospects. Establish short- and…
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Career tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip Two
Here’s Tip Two Invest effort in understanding your employer’s operating environment. Be familiar with the strategic plan, or at least your unit’s deliverables, and with sector and economic conditions. The…
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Career Tips for 2020 and beyond: Tip One
Can you believe we’re already about to close the books on January? By this point in the year, you’re accustomed to hearing from me with a Weekend Poll about goal…
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Weekend Poll: Is a Job Change in Your Future?
Have you made a job change lately, or are you contemplating one? That’s the focus of my latest Weekend Poll. Add your voice, and share the link with your counterparts.
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Weekend Poll Results: Goal Setting in 2019
With the new year well underway, I asked readers last weekend about your 2019 goal setting. Here are the results, along with some ideas that may support your likelihood of…
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Weekend Poll: Did You Plan to Become An Assistant?
It’s time for our first Weekend Poll of 2019, and I’m asking you to take a couple of minutes to reflect on your choice of career.
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Weekend Poll: Are You Satisfied with Your Career?
On the heels of recent Weekend Polls on workaholics and life-work balance, it’s time for my third annual poll on whether you’re able to give your career a thumbs up.
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Weekend Poll Results: Performance Management
I asked, and readers spoke. Goal setting and formal performance evaluations and reviews are good, but you also want informal feedback in between these annual reviews. Read on to see…
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Podcast: Minutes – How to Own Your Role As A Recorder
Do your sit silently through meetings you record? … or are you empowered to speak up appropriately? Simply click below to listen at your convenience Want to access all my…