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	<title>A PowerPhrase a Week &#187; Admin Assistants</title>
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	<description>By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc.</description>
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		<title>When a manager lies: How to get your manager to level with you</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/15/when-a-manager-lies-how-to-get-your-manager-to-level-with-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I gave an interview today to a women&#8217;s magazine editor researching an article based on a Stanford research project about how to tell when a CEO lies. Here are some clues a CEO might be lying. &#8220;For one, they seldom referred to themselves or their firms in the first person; “I” and “we” were replaced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Admin communication success stories, presentation PDF posted</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/08/05/2-admin-communication-success-stories-presentation-pdf-posted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/08/05/2-admin-communication-success-stories-presentation-pdf-posted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did I tell you I love Admins? I think they may be my favorite groups of all. At the IAAP conference in Boston, I met speakers who only speak to Admins. I understand why. I find them to be a sharp and savvy yet gracious and supportive audience. I share a few of the Admin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admins &#8211; make your work visible. PowerPhrase, &#8220;It was an involved process that required me to&#8230;.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/07/29/admins-make-your-work-visible-powerphrase-it-was-an-involved-process-that-required-me-to/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/07/29/admins-make-your-work-visible-powerphrase-it-was-an-involved-process-that-required-me-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The PowerPhrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Nathan, who does web and support work for me, and I spent a day working side by side on various projects. We usually work very independently of each other, but spending a day together was invaluable. It aligned our thinking. It also helped me appreciate how challenging some seemingly simple activities are. It&#8217;s so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human support and interaction: productivity balms</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/07/27/human-support-and-interaction-productivity-balms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/07/27/human-support-and-interaction-productivity-balms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This Week in the World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think I might as well make it official. Assistants are my favorite audience of all. I love nurses, managers are great, non-profits and government groups have a lot going for them and my army attendees light my fire and touch my heart. But assistants are all about support, and it&#8217;s a pleasure and an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just posted my administrative assistant seminar description</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/06/03/just-posted-my-administraative-assistant-seminar-description/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/06/03/just-posted-my-administraative-assistant-seminar-description/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hit send to deliver my Dynamic Leader Development book yesterday. Now I&#8217;m free to catch up on the gazillion things that I have been postponing. The manuscript really deepened my perspective on many things. I&#8217;d say it elevated and honed what I&#8217;ve been doing over the years. Check out the description. PowerPhrases to leverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips to manage the manager. Interview with @danmulhern Everyday Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/05/24/tips-to-manage-the-manager-interview-with-danmulhern-everyday-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/05/24/tips-to-manage-the-manager-interview-with-danmulhern-everyday-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/?p=2591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Dan Mulhern invited me on his Every Day Leader show, neither one of us know it would take the direction it did. He kept asking me for phrases to speak to a manager who hasn&#8217;t gotten you the information you need to move forward. I kept talking about the conversations  to manage our managers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success story: Admin gracertively got manager to cut workload</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/02/24/success-story-admin-gracertively-got-manager-to-cut-workload/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/02/24/success-story-admin-gracertively-got-manager-to-cut-workload/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This phrase come from a post on Crucial Conversations. The author&#8217;s assistant couldn&#8217;t keep up with her expanding responsibilities. She addressed the issue by listing what she does for him that makes the biggest contribution. He agreed with the list. Then she observed, If I continue to do X, Y, and Z—I won&#8217;t be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School district assistant and official wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/10/22/school-district-assistant-and-official-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/10/22/school-district-assistant-and-official-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke to the administrative assistants for a local school district. Often at lunch I will share some added tidbits of the knowledge and skills I have obtained in my years of training and writing. But this time I listened. I was happy to hear the wisdom these caring professionals displayed. Once upon a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Story ~ negotiating workloads</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/04/07/success-story-negotiating-workloads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/04/07/success-story-negotiating-workloads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light bulbs went on for me when I read in your newsletter about how bosses will pile work on as long as employees keep doing everything they ask without complaint or feedback. I was working until 9:00 each night and burning myself out. So I implemented some of the strategies in your assistant training to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Story ~ The Detective Mom gives good advice and so does the PowerPhrase assistant</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/04/01/success-story-the-detective-mom-gives-good-advice-and-so-does-the-powerphrase-assistant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/04/01/success-story-the-detective-mom-gives-good-advice-and-so-does-the-powerphrase-assistant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin Assistants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I passed your PowerPhrase from The Detective Mom on to several friends. They called me to tell me how well it worked for them to let their children know that they would consider requests made in private but refuse requests made in front of others. It’s useful to see how we can stand up to [...]]]></description>
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