It has been a quiet week here at PA Life since the London Venues Summit. We’re already one week into July and many of you are probably counting down the days until your holiday. Here’s hoping it’s off to sunnier places. Let’s wind down and find out which stories your fellow PAs have been reading this week.
1. Tips to thrive when your boss doesn’t respect you
Research shows that feeling valued is one of the most sought-after aspects of a job, yet 54% of people feel their managers do not respect them. Writing for the Harvard Business Review, management professor Christine Porath gives some top tips for keeping on your path to success when your boss doesn’t respect you.
2. Winners revealed at Yorkshire PA of the Year Awards
Teams and individuals from across Yorkshire celebrated at last night as the winners of 18 categories were announced at the Yorkshire PA of the Year Awards, held at The Pavilion, Leeds United Football Ground – a ceremony headlined by former PA to John Lennon, May Pang and BBC Look North’s Tanya Arnold.
3. The PA Expo 2016 hits the North of England
The PA Expo is the only free-to-attend event in the North of England that brings together executive support professionals from around the UK to take advantage of ample networking opportunities and to benefit from meeting with leading professionals in the industry. The PA Expo attendees will have the opportunity to meet with more than 150 exhibitors, all related specifically to a PA’s working day.
4. 4 things you must do before retirement
Rather than slipping quietly into retirement, managers should create new opportunities toward the end of their careers, Professor Mary Dean Lee from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University suggests.
5. 9 quick ways to de-stress at work
Stress is a given for the majority of employees. Even if you’re not the type to get stressed out often, there will inevitably be times when it all just gets a bit too much. But you don’t need to be a work-life balance guru to find relief. Here are nine quick tips to de-stress at work from Idealist Careers.
6. 4 soft skills every office worker needs
Earlier this month we reported on a survey that reveals the most valued traits in a colleague, and many of them focused on how easy it is to get along with them as a person. A recent article by Forbes outlines four soft skills every office worker needs and why. So if you’ve got all the experience but none of the personal touch, brush up on these to get ahead.
7. App of the week: Dropbox
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on helpful apps. We focus on a variety of products that are useful for work, personal use, or both, providing our own thoughts on the apps and what you can do with them. This week’s spotlight: Dropbox.
8. A quarter of Brits are serial time wasters
A survey commissioned by The Open University (OU) has revealed that one in four of the UK public is guilty of serial time wasters. Nearly three quarters (75%) of us claim to have more than 20 hours of free time every week, yet one in four (25%) admit to frittering away more than half of this spare time.
9. Time to take a break from technology
As a journalist who’s out of the office quite a bit, I’ve become attached to my phone and I’m sure most PAs can appreciate what that feels like. I’ve also learned from writing for this audience that switching off to take a break from technology now and then is essential for maintaining my sanity.
10. Imperial Tobacco PA shouts ‘all aboard’ for Sail Royal Greenwich
Jane Lockwood, PA to the Marketing Director at Imperial Tobacco booked a client entertainment event with Sail Royal Greenwich Ltd in 2015. The team provided her guests with a private party on a historic tall-masted ship. Here’s what she had to say about her experience.
