Underneath It All: Postgraduate Level Revelations Lift Administrative Assistants to New Heights

In this cutting-edge book, Joan Burge intimately shares with administrative professionals the bottom line to achieving success and maintaining your edge in a worthwhile career. Joan Burge gets to the core of what's 'Underneath It All' when it comes to living a life of significance as an administrative professional and individual. In a chaotic world where everything seems urgent and important, Joan has learned through the difficult journey of helping her husband battle pancreatic cancer, what matters most. She intimately shares with administrative professionals the bottom line to achieving success and maintaining your edge in a worthwhile career. You'll read why it's essential to maintain your competitive advantage and how continual improvement makes it possible. You will explore key points with Joan that lead to success in the administrative profession and you're likely to wonder who switched on the lights?


You Will Learn:

Navigate your career
Combat negativity
The nuts and bolts of leading
Break through a career plateau
Perception management
Be a value-added partner
Emotional intelligence
The fine art of persuasion
Accept change
Get into the executive suite
Gain respect
Negotiate with managers
And more!

Chapters Include:

This Is Cognitive-Being Territory
I've Got What It Takes To Be A Leader
I'm My Own Career Manager And I'm "Heady" With Power
Professionals Works For Me
Earning Your Rightful Place On the Executive Team
The Anatomy Of A Strategic Partnership
Communication: As Important As Ever
The Fine Art Of Persuasion . . . Sharpen Your Tools
Teamwork And Peer Power