Category: Self-Assessment
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Weekend Poll Results: Where Assistants Turn for Development
With thanks to all who participated, here are your responses to my question … What resources do you tap into for professional development? 53% of you dedicate time each week to…
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Weekend Poll Results: The Qualities of A Good Boss
We know the expectations of a high performing assistant, but I thought it would be interesting to look at the qualities readers value in their principals (aka bosses). Here’s what…
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Weekend Poll Results: AI on the Rise
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly part of our personal and business lives. Here’s how readers are feeling about that.
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Weekend Poll Results: Multi-Tasking
With thanks to all who participated, here are your responses to my question … Is multi-tasking beneficial, or counter-productive? It varies, but multi-tasking is generally counter-productive That’s what 73% of respondents…
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Weekend Poll Results: Business Cards for Assistants
With thanks to all who participated, here are your responses to my question … Do you have your own business cards? 59% of respondents have employer-provided business cards That’s down just…
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Weekend Poll: Are You Ready for a (Digital) Revolution?
I’ve posed this question before, but have you paused to consider that you’re living through an industrial revolution? Does this inspire or intimidate you? Or, perhaps, it’s simply a fact…
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Weekend Poll Results: Confidence and Imposter Syndrome
With thanks to all who participated in my latest Weekend Poll, here are your responses to my question … How confident are you in your career? A majority of you…
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Weekend Poll Results: Assistants Are Stalwarts, Even When Ill
With thanks to all who participated, here are your responses to my question … Do you go to work when you’re sick? 13% of you made it through 2017 without any illness or…
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Weekend Poll Results: The Significance of Professional Networks and Associations in 2018
Last weekend, I published the third annual Exceptional EA poll focusing on readers’ membership in professional associations and networks. My question: Do you belong to a professional association or network? Over the…
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Weekend Poll Results: New Sleep Routines for a New Year
With thanks to all who participated, and with the new year well and truly underway, here are your responses to my question … Do you get enough sleep? Two out of…
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Weekend Poll: Do You Get Enough Sleep?
… or do you wind up counting sheep? This weekend, we’re talking sleep, and whether you’re getting enough of this nightly nourishment. In his book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving…
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Weekend Poll Results: Career Satisfaction in 2017
Assistants typically focus on others’ needs, and ensuring their satisfaction. Last weekend, for the second consecutive year, I turned the lens around to explore how things are working out for…
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Weekend Poll Results: How to Balance Your Work and Personal Lives
With thanks to all who are participating in my Weekend Polls, here are the results of this past weekend’s poll, which I’ve now closed. The focus of this discussion: Do you feel…
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Weekend Poll Results: It’s Time for Employers to Provide Cybersecurity Training
… for their own benefit! With thanks to all who are participating in my Weekend Polls, here are the results of this past weekend’s poll, which I’ve now closed. The focus…
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Weekend Poll: Digitization in the Workplace
With my Real Careers panel series on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital disruption, we’re looking at topics such as digitization and how meetings are being conducted. In order to include readers’…
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Weekend Poll: When Are You Most Productive?
Self awareness is a good thing, and comes into play with time management. How so? Well, if you’re a morning person and at the top of your game while others are…
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Weekend Poll: What’s On Your Workstation?
Many readers will remember some fun we had just over a year ago with my “Debs’ Drawers” competition on Twitter. This was prompted by a bit of fun arising from Debs Eden’s Real Careers interview,…