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Too Sexy for Words ...Shorthand is Back!
Want to spice up your image – go blonde, go tan, dress to
kill, don’t dress at all. Forget it! The latest
new ‘sexy’ skill for Secs in The City is… Shorthand.
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Don't get caught in the mouse trap
The pressure is on these days for good PAs and secretaries
to be brilliant managers. That’s because business is more
challenging than ever before – the pace is faster, the
situation more volatile, people more demanding and time more
precious.
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Set your sights high
Have you peaked? Or is your best achievement yet to come? Well, since you are reading this and presumably still
breathing, you are definitely not past your sell by date.
You can only go higher…and higher.
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Stop minutes turning into hours of misery
Have no time for minutes? Well please take note –
increasingly PAs are being asked to minute actual and
virtual meetings. And generally it is a task that can give
you the heebie geebies.
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Time Bandits, the enemy of the year
Remember celebrating the New Year - and all those plans you
made? Well suddenly, another 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760
hours have gone in a flash. Blame your time bandits and this
time make a determined effort to catch them!
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Managing your Manager
Does your relationship need a crystal ball?
Managing your manager has become a hot topic recently but
let’s get real, is it a possibility? Just imagine for a
minute what would happen if you attempted to boss your boss?
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Powerful Presenter or weakest link ...which one are you?
Presentations can enhance or diminish your reputation. The
presentation may be internal to colleagues or the Board or
external to clients or the press – either way it is a unique
event designed to achieve a specific result or objective.
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Are PAs getting enough? …Personal training and development, that is!
The answer is a resounding ‘no’ according to a spot poll
carried out by Pitman Training recently. Only 2 out of every
10 PAs we spoke to had any sort of training in the last 12
months.
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Your route map to success
Success means very different things to different people. So
the definition is yours and so is the control – you choose
whether you are a winner or a loser!
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