Have you heard others say, “I wish I had a mentor when I started out. I was practically thrown to the wolves”? There are many traits to a good assistant, but to be exemplary, you need to possess the will to learn and soak up all the knowledge from others who have “been there, done that.” One day you just might have big shoes to fill.
The landscape of tech has changed dramatically for the administrative professions. It has been driven by staffing reductions, automation of simpler tasks and the explosive progress of data availability. While tech skills aren’t the only, or even perhaps the most important, it’s virtually impossible to be successful in this career field without them.
Many of our offices are accustomed to using Slack for handy internal communications, especially for group chats with colleagues or to post a little cheeseburger emoji indicating that, yes, you guessed it, I’m out to lunch. Now Slack is offering an external option that promises to deliver a secure messaging experience with your suppliers, contractors, associations and customers.
Surveys show that an estimated 35% of American workers have experienced bullying in the workplace. In 80% of those situations, the perpetrator is a supervisor or boss.
As an administrative or executive assistant, is one of your assignments helping your company’s legal department or executive offices index and track various contracts? A relatively new contract intelligence platform called Evisort is helping legal, procurement and sales departments to reduce manual work in the creation and lifecycle of contracts.
Self-leadership is the practice of understanding who you are, identifying your desired experiences and intentionally guiding yourself toward them. Leaders worth following and people who are worth emulating are people who have mastered self-leadership.
While many savvy employers now offer higher salaries to attract and retain talent, they should still expect pay raise requests ahead for 2023. That’s according to a Robert Half survey of 1,000 U.S. workers and 1,500 hiring managers conducted between June and July 2022.
Micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes, supervises and/or controls the work of their employees. People who micromanage immerse themselves in the work of others. This means that a micromanager often avoids delegating responsibilities to employees, so the manager becomes the sole decision-maker.