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In many organizations, administrative professionals are the unofficial, de facto help desk people. People go to you because you’re always doing miracles, seem to be able to figure anything out and get everything done. Here are two techniques you can employ to make the most of the time you spend helping people and reduce the number of repeat performances necessary for a single issue.
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Who’s in your kitchen cabinet?
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Excel: Versioning in the Cloud
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Three Excel tools to ease your workload.
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How to be the go-to person with less stress
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Personal Development
Who’s in your kitchen cabinet?
June 2, 2022
Writer Morra Aarons-Mele is a believer in having a fully stocked “kitchen cabinet,” meaning a digital sisterhood of subject-matter experts and confidantes. With your kitchen cabinet, you feel comfortable sharing doubts and vulnerabilities, whereas you wouldn’t express these things to your exec, your mentor or even the person in the cubicle next to yours.
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The art of juggling multiple managers
Changes in the workforce have demanded that many businesses cut down some administrative staff. That leaves those remaining with a lot more on their plates. If this is your job—or it becomes your job—here’s a little guidance to avoid getting pulled in too many directions.
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Gain conversational trust by holding back
A co-worker relates an anecdote and you're seized with the urge to relate your own, since it seems relevant to the topic. But are you telling the story because the conversation really needs it, or is it just because you want to top what's already been said or just bring your own life into the chatter? An ability to keep mum trims runaway conversations and makes people feel more comfortable involving you in office talk.
