Career Development
Issue: November / December 2012

From Assistant to CEO

By - November 25, 2012

Have you been in a situation where everything seems to be going well? Then BAM! The balance is upset and you have to face a change. How do you deal with it? Imagine a scenario where your job has disappeared. Although the process will be the same in any situation, this is the moment when... Read more »
Opinion
Issue: November / December 2012

Why Every Assistant Should be a Touch-Typist

By - November 25, 2012

Typing is an old-fashioned skill, but is still crucial for your success as a modern PA explains Adam Fidler We’re gradually losing an important skill in the Administrative field – an old skill which so many new Assistants no longer learn. A skill that is so crucial to the Assistant’s role I cannot understand why... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

What Your Executive Needs From You

By - November 25, 2012

Have you ever heard an executive raving about his or her assistant and wondered what that person does that garners such praise? Would you like to be that person? As an administrative professional turned entrepreneur, my perspective has shifted from how to become the admin my executives couldn’t live without, to finding admins I can... Read more »
Communication
Issue: November / December 2012

The Forgotten Art of Writing

By - November 25, 2012

There’s a way to combat email overload and office politics – and it has nothing to do with a computer. What business tools do we all have to hand nearly all of the time? No, not a smart phone. Look around again. What is it you reach for when taking a phone message? A pen... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: November / December 2012

PROFILE – Barbara Grogan

By - November 25, 2012

Barbara Grogan is the National Director-President of the Association of Administrative Assistants in Canada Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from? I grew up in a small town called Bolton, just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. What is your background? After graduating from high school I went to Montreal, Quebec to... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: November / December 2012

PROFILE – Diane Bramson

By - November 25, 2012

Diane Bramson runs PACE,  an organisation specifically aimed at administrative professionals that work in third sector organisations Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from? I’m a Londoner What is your background? I’ve been working in charities and doing voluntary work for 35 years. How and why did you become an... Read more »
Communication
Issue: November / December 2012

A Diplomatic Approach to Office Politics

By - November 25, 2012

Whether you’re in the running or watching from the side-lines, it pays to keep this advice in mind when it comes to office politics.   Office politics is usually discussed as an external hindrance to be avoided, like traffic during the morning commute. But just as rush-hour drivers tend not to recognise that they are... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

Gr8 Expectations

By - November 25, 2012

How to manage expectations and come out on top.   Congratulations! You got yourself a new job, you got promoted (worth it or not does not make much difference nowadays), you got a new project assigned that could as well act as your chance to make your next career step! No matter what the case... Read more »
Business Strategy & Acumen
Issue: November / December 2012

Why Do Executives Still Need PAs?

By - November 25, 2012

In a world that moves faster every day, with serious advances in technology, and automation infiltrating many industries, we quietly wonder what the future holds for today’s Personal Assistants   What will our jobs look like in the future, and why would executives still need us? The case for Personal Assistants, in my opinion, is... Read more »
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: November / December 2012

Burnout: What It Is and How to Avoid It

By - November 25, 2012

By making some adjustments to your life, you could avoid that moment when your body switches off explains Florence Parot
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

Errors are not the Enemy!

By - November 25, 2012

If at first you don’t succeed, learn from it and try again!   If there’s one thing most of us hate to admit to, that we try to hide and put a good deal effort into trying to minimize, it’s our errors. I’ve never really understood why. After all, we’re all human. So, by that... Read more »
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: November / December 2012

Food for Thought

By - November 25, 2012

Boost mental performance with meetings menus filled with super brain foods.   Food and beverage at events has come a long way from basic tea or coffee options during breaks and the carbohydrate-heavy lunch offering that used to be the mainstays of meetings catering. Alongside increasingly discerning palates and public interest in cooking and food,... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

Three Months to Overcome All Your Fears

By - November 25, 2012

Many people are crippled with fear in their business and personal lives, but a simple technique could change their lives says Graham Price For the first thirty-two years of my life, fear was a significant limitation. I was fearful on my first day at school and still fearful on my first day at university. More... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

Swirl that rotating chair of yours!

By - November 25, 2012

Managing anger in the office is simpler than you think – and you can do it sitting at your desk!   9:00am to 5:00pm, stuck on a rotating chair, in front of a screen, making the same small talk with the same people since you started work. Deadlines are looming, e-mails are flying, and the... Read more »
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Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012

Ten Tips from Rock Music

By - November 25, 2012

There’s a way to find business brilliance in rock’n’roll, you just have to listen explains Peter Cook
Profiles
Issue: November / December 2012

PROFILE – Susie Barron-Stubley: A tribute

By - November 2, 2012

As a tribute to Susie, we are re-publishing our profile of her, first published in January 2012