Category: Weekend Polls
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How assistants are tapping in to social media in 2020: Weekend Poll results
The results of my latest Weekend Poll exploring your use of social media are in, and they’re interesting! Social media is a fact of life More than three of every…
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Weekend Poll: You and Social Media
Have your social media habits evolved this year? It’s that time of year again, when I ask readers about your social media practices and which platforms are most relevant to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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How and what assistants are doing during the pandemic: June 2020 update
Thank you to all who participated in my June 20, 2020 Weekend Poll on what and how you’re doing career-wise as we continue to make our way through the COVID-19…
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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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Your professional associations and networks
Thank you to all who participated in my 2020 Weekend Poll on your professional networks and associations, I’m pleased to present the results, albeit a bit after the fact. Thanks…
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Weekend Poll results: Pandemic – snapshots in time
Coronavirus news and results of my latest Weekend Poll on how the virus is impacting you, your workplaces and business continuity
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Coronavirus news and Weekend Poll results
Coronavirus news and results of my March 2nd Weekend Poll on how the virus is impacting your workplaces
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Weekend Poll Results: Setting Boundaries
With thanks to all who participated in my latest Weekend Poll, we’re looking at whether assistants maintain or blur boundaries between their business and personal lives. This is the fourth…
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Weekend Poll: Setting Boundaries
A few weeks ago, one reader shared a BBC article headlined, “Banning out-of-hours email ‘could harm employee wellbeing'” … believe it or not! Let’s take a look at your thoughts…
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Weekend Poll Results: The state of minutes in 2019
With thanks to all who participated in my latest Weekend Poll, here are your responses to my questions associated with all those hours you spend on minutes! Minutes are part…
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Weekend Poll: Time to talk about minutes
Minutes. They’re part of almost every assistant’s job description, and your finished results go on to represent the organisation’s history. Little wonder some assistants are uncomfortable with this aspect of…