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
Editor's Letters
Issue: September / October 2012

Let the Networking Begin

By - September 27, 2012

Because it’s the start of the school year and most of us are back at work after a holiday, September often feels like a new beginning – a time to start afresh. September is also traditionally the month where there are more events on the Assistant calendar than any other, and we will be at... Read more »
Cover Story Leadership
Issue: September / October 2012

Management, Leadership and Innovation: The Indispensable Role of Executive Support

By - September 26, 2012

Constancy, stability, and challenging learning curves have expanded the Executive support role to its present status explains Melba Duncan
Business Strategy & Acumen
Issue: September / October 2012

Problem Solving For Dummies

By - September 25, 2012

I belonged to a local networking group that touts allowing only “one person per profession”. Over the four years I was a part of the group, there had been several times when someone’s competitor had visited and the group worked with the competitor to find ways for them to be a part of the chapter... Read more »
Leadership
Issue: September / October 2012

The Leadership Delegation Challenge

By - September 25, 2012

With this guidance, you will be perfectly placed to successfully meet the challenge of being an effective leader and delegator says Sue France
Business Strategy & Acumen
Issue: September / October 2012

The new WoW* factor

By - September 25, 2012

*(WoW=Ways of Working)   The traditional office environment has never been too pleasant for most employees, unless one is in the c-suite level where you can arrange your time and space according to your personal taste and needs. In fact, it’s not really what your daily surroundings look like, not even how your colleagues behave,... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: September / October 2012

The Gentle Art of Saying No…

By - September 25, 2012

Saying ‘no’ to people can actually be good for your role, your mental health, and your career says Susie Barron-Stubley We’ve all been there, we’ve got a hundred and one things to do, deadlines are pressing, emails are mounting, phones are ringing, the Blackberry is beeping, and the reminders just keep on popping up, apparently... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: September / October 2012

Finding your curve at work

By - September 25, 2012

Discovering who you really are as a woman could be the key to success.   Picture this – You are invited for a job interview…   To convince the interviewer that you are the right person for the job, do you rely on your looks and sex appeal to speak for you? Or do you... Read more »