Tweet Good morning! Welcome to Part II of Dealing with People, the article that will help you become the legal secretary that everyone loves, not hates. Check out the rest of the article below. And if you missed the first part, you can find it here. “Dealing With People (Part II) To be able …
Category Archive: Workplace Tips
Sep 09 2013
Dealing With People – Be the Legal Secretary Everyone Adores, Part I
Tweet Hello readers! Are you a legal secretary? If so, how is your reputation? Are you the legal secretary people secretly wish they don’t have to deal with? Or, are you the legal secretary that everyone adores? Check out the article, “Dealing With People“, and gain some tips on becoming the person everyone wants to …
Sep 06 2013
Grammar Tips, Part III
Tweet Good morning everyone and happy Friday, it’s almost the weekend! Welcome to the last part of our Grammar Tips series. Check out the rest of the tips below: “Oh No, Grammar! (Part III) …continued… 6. Comprise and consist. ‘Comprise’ is never followed by ‘of’: ‘The team comprises three people.’ ‘Consist’ is …
Sep 05 2013
Grammar Tips, Part II
Tweet Good morning! Looking for more quick and easy tips on grammar so you look like the professional that you are? Keep reading! “Oh No, Grammar! (Part II) …continued… 3. Me or I? Would you say ‘Please let John and I see the agenda’ or ‘Please let John and me see the agenda’? …
Sep 03 2013
Grammar Tips, Part I
Tweet Good morning! Has it been a while since you brushed up on your grammar skills? If you are writing a lot of documents or editing papers, this could be problematic. Check out, “Oh No, Grammar!”, below to brush up on your skills. “Oh No, Grammar! (Part I) Is that a groan familiar from …
Aug 31 2013
Tips for Handling Difficult Callers
Tweet Happy Saturday! Today’s featured article, Handling Difficult Callers, gives tips on how to deal with the not so calm person on the other line. “Handling Difficult Callers We recognize these calls pretty quickly, don’t we? The callers with high-pitched speech, sighs, long pauses, terse answers and increasing volume. Telling them to “take it …
Aug 28 2013
Bite Your Tongue
Tweet Good morning! Do you have a problem blurting things out? If so, check out the article, Don’t Blurt It Out!, below: “Don’t Blurt It Out! You know how it goes – your brain thinks it, and out it pops before you realize it. Sometimes it can be difficult to bite your tongue, especially …
Aug 26 2013
Manage Your Stress
Tweet Good morning and happy Monday! Everyone at some point experiences some stress. So, how do you deal with it? Check out the article, Good Stress Management Skills, below: “Good Stress Management Skills Stress can work for us or against us. Management of stress at the right level for us and for the task …
Aug 24 2013
Keep Your Hands on Your Own Work
Tweet Remember in grade school when the teacher would see someone’s eye wandering? The likely response was, “Keep your eyes on your own paper!” Now you probably aren’t being told that, but are you doing work that other people are responsible for? Should you be keeping your hands on your own work? Check out …
Aug 22 2013
What is Your Brand?
Tweet What is your brand? And I’m not talking about favorite brand of shoes, leather bags, or fragrance. As a professional, what personal brand do people know you by? “Personal Branding Branding, according to Scott Bedbury, is the sum total of everything a company does, including the good, the bad and even the …