Why conferences are worth it
Are conferences for administrative professionals beneficial enough for you to go to? That’s what one reader recently asked on the Admin Pro Forum.
Category: Personal Development
How to build good work habits
Andy Core is a speaker and author of Change Your Day, Not Your Life. Recently, we got in touch with him to learn more about the importance of nurturing good work habits one step at a time.
3 reasons why you procrastinate
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get past the urge to procrastinate and just get things done when you need to, without stress or last-minute problems? You can certainly make a good effort to, writes Heidi Grant Halvorson, associate director for the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University’s business school.
Pizza pi: Why ordering the big one pays off
Buying pizza for the gang at the office? Choose the bigger pie. Why?
Speed reading made easy with Spreed
Even though speed reading can lower your comprehension, it can be extremely helpful for getting what you need from certain documents, Thorin Klosowski writes. Chrome offers a mobile extension called Spreed that can help you get through a text in record time.
What women get wrong on the job
Lois Frankel, author of Nice Girls Still Don’t Get The Corner Office, shares the most common mistakes women make that prevent them from keeping their careers on track.
1-Minute Strategies: June ’14
Turn your workplace into a gym … Use a decision journal to figure out what works and what doesn’t … Math explains why you should always buy the bigger pizza.
Are you happier than your boss?
A recent Staples survey revealed the majority of administrative professionals (61% vs. 18%) say they are happier than their bosses. What else did the survey say?
8 steps to learning a new skill
“In a fast-moving, competitive world, learning new skills is one of the keys to success. It’s not enough to be smart; you need to always be getting smarter,” says motivational psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson. She and Joseph Weintraub, a professor of management and organizational behavior at Babson College, suggest a process to help make learning new things as easy as possible.
How much is too much to ask of admin?
Are there some workplace tasks that need to be done but are just too much to ask of an admin? That’s what one reader asked recently on the Admin Pro Forum.