I saw this quote on Pinterest (it is a book title ot the author Dee Mack). We have all been there. The promotion you have hoped for, but didn´t get. A colleagu...

Every time I go on winter sports, I have a mixed feeling. On the one hand it is wonderful in the snow and on the other hand I always get a little nervous. I just wan...

Do you recognize the following situation? It’s Monday morning and you didn’t feel like going to the office, because you know there is so much work waiti...

He sat opposite me. Full of energy, open eyes and with a big smile. He had just found a new job and he was really looking forward to it. He just wanted to ‘lev...

Such drama! I'll tell you. Since a few weeks I started the beginners course horseback riding at the riding school near us.During the 2nd lesson I got a horse called ...

Last Sunday I sat on a horse in the riding school for the 1st time. Just started an introductory horseback riding course for beginners. I was a bit nervous, I was es...

She sat in front of me and threw her hands in the air. Do I also need to take a Social Work course?Carol is an executive assistant who also has to manage three recep...

There are team members that you manage, who you rather would not see outside of work. Those team members who always complain. Or those who like to tell you what you ...

You are a capable thirty-something and you have taken on the responsible role of a managerial executive assistant. You are the one who has to make sure that everythi...

Yeah you read that right. The way you do your job is actually a self-portrait. Suppose you are starting a new job. Everything is new. You still have to get to know ...

Anyone who has watched the Netflix series Below Deck will have seen with increasing amazement how employees are treated. As a coach I see many similarities with the ...

I need to get something off my chest, but this annoys me. Picture the following situation Suppose you work at an office and your manager has approached you for a new...

Years ago I worked as an office manager for an international company. I had to manage a secretariat and a customer service department. A secretary also had HR duties...

This summer we will start with a great seminar: "Managing a value based full TOP team." In 2 days we will explain in detail how to turn a group into a team. But that...

This is a line from the evergreen “Wouldn’t it be good” performed by Nik Kershaw. He was big in the eighties, for all you young puppies out there. ...

Now that gas is getting more expensive, you see that people are becoming more and more creative. You have solar panels, you lower the thermostat and there are infrar...

There I was, at the bottom of a rock that I was going to climb. For the first time without ropes, without material. It was all a bit new to me. And you know what hap...

I am writing this blog from France, just below Paris. One of the Corona hotspots. Last night, President Macron told us to stay inside for another month. This means t...

A long time ago I was still employed. I worked with a colleague who liked to boss me around. "Do you want to fax this for me?" "Can you copy these documents for me?"...

I found this quote on Pinterest. And I thought it was absolutely true. When I was about 12 years old, I had to take a test to determine to which school I had to go. ...

Your role as a managerial secretary, is not an easy one. Secretarial work can be ungrateful work. Many secretaries I speak to find their work undervalued and underes...

There are rotten bosses, silly bosses, stupid bosses, blunt bosses. Actually, all bosses are just bastards! Right? Or maybe not? Almost everyone has had a disagreeme...

She was sitting in front of me: a French assistant who supported a general manager and managed a secretariat. She was not really happy with her work. She wanted a be...

Saturday I stood on the scale and I was a bit shocked. The holiday was coming soon; of course I want to be beautiful in my bikini on a sunbed. My husband also though...

The 3 frustrations of a managerial executive assistant. As a coach, I understand that your role as a managerial executive assistant can be challenging and you may ex...

It will never work! Can I do this? Who would hire someone like me? I am not smart / beautiful / intelligent enough These are those sentences that have haunted every...

Do you recognize the following situation? You manage a team of receptionists. Your own director has already said a few times that when he is in his car, he doesn&rsq...

As a secretary you actually know everything.You know your manager's private situation.You have access to confidential information.You know which team leader is havin...

This is Vera Vera tolerates no contradiction You just have to do what she says. No discussion! Vera is the instructor at “horse riding for beginners”...

There she was. She had been planning to contact me for a while now. She was an expat's wife and the mother of a little girl. In her homeland she had studied marketin...

Years ago I drove on the Autobahn somewhere in southern Germany. As you may know, there is no speed limit in Germany. I was driving about 150 km/h and I was just pas...

“I'm always on standing on the sideline.” That's literally what she told me. She felt a little left out. And that sometimes feels quite lonely. The lonel...

This phrase was once said by the Dalai Lama. And as far as I'm concerned, he's absolutely right. Now that probably most of us are working at home, this situation pr...

Recently I attended a lecture by someone who talked about a very successful lady. This lady has single-handedly built a multimillion-dollar company. Amazing, right? ...

Anne has been working at the secretariat for a few years now. She always dreamed of a promotion. She wanted a managerial position. And she succeeded. Anne has become...

When I was still employed, the objectives from the annual business plan were always evaluated every quarter. The whole MT would come together and have passionate dis...

I found this quote on a site College behavior and I thought it was so current. I'll tell you why. For a few months now I have been posting on Facebook and LinkedIn w...

Aahhh you don’t really believe that, do you?? Yesterday I was at a network event in the heart of Paris. And almost everyone I spoke to wanted to change jobs. T...

I was about 25 years old and I worked for a director who was rather difficult to get along with. We were going to move into another building and with that move I end...

You have just received the message after the 1th job interview that they do not want to continue with you. Phew, that's annoying. You were really well prepared for t...

Now that the Corona crisis has almost ended, we are all carefully making holiday plans again. What are your plans for this summer? To the beach? Or the mountains? O...