Question: I'm wondering if any of my fellow admins/executive assistants
know of a book on business etiquette.For example:
How to introduce someone to the...
Question: I have a co-worker who wears
trashy clothing to work almost every day. Even when she tries her
hardest to dress professionally, she still looks horrible...
Someone once advised Marcy Blochowiak, head of the Georgia-based financial services marketing firm World Financial Group, that she would have to lead herself before she...
Issue: Employers often set new hires' wages, in part, based on salaries at previous jobs. Risk: A new court ruling says you could run afoul of the Equal Pay Act ...
Question: First of all, let me thank all of those who have given me advice in the past. My
frustrations have finally been solved. All this time, I thought no one
cared...
Question: I
have been an admin. for about 2 years -- it is my first job out of
college -- and I recently had my annual review. Everything went fine,
but one...
When facing a discrimination claim filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, it makes sense for employers to try to settle as early as possible, before the...
In 1953, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis played London’s Palladium, the
first appearance in England for what back then was America’s top
entertainment act. The...
Leaders run a high risk of burnout as they move from one real-world challenge to the next. Stay strong by realizing that you need to continually learn and grow in three...
When John H. Slade died, one obituary made a telling error in saying that he
had worked at Bear Stearns for “seven centuries.” Actually, it was only
seven...
For a while now, General Electric’s top dogs have been studying
companies they admire, like Dell and Toyota, seeing how they do things
and trying to figure out...
"Most leaders truly want to do the right thing," says Quint Studer, consultant and author of Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference. "They...
Question: "I need some good
employee-appreciation ideas. My company has about 500 employees who
work in different departments, and we don't even recognize...
Question: I work in an office with three other
administrative people. One of the other admins and I have a good work
ethic: We need to keep busy (and we are very...
Question: Does anyone have information on "admin pools" (when a group of
administrative assistants work together as a team and report to a
senior assistant)? If you...
The romance and excitement of the Valentine's Day holiday is all well and good...at home. The last thing employers want to do is play matchmaker for their employees....
What do you do with company vehicles coming off their leases? Many employers now sell them to employees, a move that’s trending upward thanks to some attractive...
