Take a good, long look around your office (or, if you’re still working remotely, around your Zoom room). How many successful executive assistants do you see? Who is at the pinnacle of growth, productivity, and success? Are you one of those successful administrative assistants? When you really consider this question, you may surprise yourself with…
Being Resilient During Turbulent Times
Have you ever come across someone whose decorum is composed amidst the chaos? Their organizational skills, attitude, and outlook seem unscathed. It’s likely that the person you see before you developed those traits over time and has chosen to be resilient regardless of what lies ahead. Developing resiliency is beneficial for two main reasons: Throughout…
Working in Tandem with Your Leader
A step by step guide for working in tandem with your leader. You’ll discover how to define executive expectations and improve verbal and written communications.
Whack Extraneous Phrases from Your Writing
This is part of a series by editor Barbara McNichol to provide tips that help you write like a pro. In their classic book The Elements of Style, Strunk and White called word clutter “the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood out of words.” Who wants that in their writing? You…
Not Sure If It’s One Word or Two? Check This List
This is part of a series by editor Barbara McNichol to provide tips that help you write like a pro. When you are proofreading your writing or a colleague’s work, chances are you question if a phrase should be two words versus one. For example, should you write “backyard” or “back yard”? Because no one…
6 Ways You’re Wasting Time and How To Stop It
There are many activities and habits throughout our day that waste our precious time. At first glance a few harmless minutes are spent Facebook scrolling here, internet surfing or jumping around from app to app on your smartphone. All of sudden these seemingly insignificant amounts of time have added up to hours of wasted time.…