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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

They schedule both business and personal appointments, maintain the calendar, and are responsible for a full range of administrative and personal duties—from managing correspondence and making appointments to booking speaking engagements and event planning. In this case, these will be two separate people.

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This is exactly when a ‘tough boss’ becomes a toxic leader

Work Life

Demanding bosses lead with corresponding senses of empathy, trust, and support. However, good bosses who are demanding apply the same standards to themselves as they do to their employees. That is a key distinction between tough and toxic. They communicate honestly and transparently. Those who lack certain skills work to acquire them.

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

Success

“With Urban Sandbox, students have a place to engage like other social media platforms without the concerns of dangerous or inappropriate content, because guardians have access to easily supervise activity and ensure safety.”

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How to Effectively Communicate with Remote Employees

C-Suite Assistants

The challenges of a remote business can include lack of in-person supervision, decentralized information (essential data is shared by various coworkers in different locations), social isolation, lack of work/personal boundaries and home distractions. This is why video conferencing is the best way to avoid miscommunication.

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

He or she also needs to understand supervision, training, and administration, and how they can benefit the business. Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications.

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telling a difficult, pushy employee that she’s right … without undermining your own authority

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently took a job at a small strategy/data consulting firm, supervising several managers, each with their own team of analysts. One of the managers I supervise is named Megan; she in turn supervises Sarah, a junior analyst.

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What Is an Org Chart? Types, Benefits, and How It Works

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Under each of these employees will be the directors of each department, their corresponding teams, senior managers, and full-time employees. It also inspires less supervision from management and more involvement from their employees. While this type of org chart can empower employees, it can be difficult to scale as a business grows.