Luck vs. Planning for Success

Welcome to another great Monday! Since St. Patrick’s Day is just a week away, I thought I would talk about luck vs. planning for success.

World Class Assistant Certification and Designation for Administrative Assistants

Executive and Executive Assistant One-on-One Meeting Instructions

We received a great question from reader, Mary Louise. ML asks Joan, “What topics should I be discussing during a one-on-one meeting with the boss?

Love Your Career: Demonstrating Your Worth & Selling Yourself

Whether you work in a large enterprise or small company, you always need to establish your worth. Let’s assume that you have a great position,

Love Your Career: Do you have a career or a job?

Dear Monday Motivators, This month, I will be writing around the theme: Love Your Career. Lots of questions come to my mind when I say

Future Focused Assistants Bring Value

Who among us doesn’t remember the perceived crisis of Y2K? That was more than a decade ago, but it seems like eons since everyone was worried about

Strength in Unity

Last week I was fortunate to spend almost 3 days with 16 amazing women when I was conducting my World Class Assistant™ program. They all

Creating Transformative Partnerships with Your Leader – Joan Burge

Joan took the stage confidently on Friday morning, our final conference day. We had already received such wonderful information, and here was an additional rich

7 Tips to Manage Time and Priorities as an Assistant

7 Tips to Manage Time and Priorities as an administrative assistant: Determine what truly is important. What can wait? What absolutely cannot wait? What is

Travel Planning for Your Executive

“Take the trip in your mind before you send me on a trip.” This is a comment I often hear from executives who travel and

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