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Dear Readers
Penny Cottee Secretarial newsletter editorHow well do you manage your role? Do you control your worklife, or does it control you? With the pressures and deadlines of today's workplaces, it's easy to feel that you're constantly chasing your tail and hurtling breathlessly from one priority to the next. But when you step back and look objectively, you should feel that in reality you're managing a good relationship with your boss and colleagues, that your career is developing well, your workspace is workmanlike, and that you look the part. In this issue of DeskDemon Express, we invite you to take that step back to assess how well you're coping, and - equally as important - whether you look like you're coping.
Features

Blazing a new trail It's all very well carving a new career niche for yourself, but what if you don't know exactly where you're heading? Fear not! Author and DeskDemon Careers Editor Sally Longson gives you some top guidance on forging your way ahead

Who is managing who? Bosses may think they manage their PAs and secretaries. But we know the truth. Every day, and in so many ways, support staff are "managing up". Senior PA Lee Morrissey offers a personal view on this behind-the-scenes management, which ensures that the boss succeeds in their role, and that you succeed in yours...

Helping others to help themselves

It's a responsible job! Firing their imagination, motivating them to develop their career… oh yes, and occasionally having difficult conversations. Managing junior staff is challenging and rewarding in equal measure, says Josephine Hampshire

Become a Time Lord (or Lady!) If you want to be supreme governor of your time, you have to work at it continually. It's all about building good habits, and dropping bad habits, says author Patrick Forsyth. Here, he explains how to ditch one of the worst...

What does your desk say about you? Are you a Tidy Tina or a Messy Maggie? If your work area is permanently submerged under files, papers, reports, and junk, you risk being labelled unprofessional, out of control, and slapdash! David Edwards recommends that you clear the decks, to give the impression of cool, calm control


Making your work wardrobe work Does your image give out the right messages at work? Are you known for being well-groomed and professional, or a little haphazard and mis-matched? Image Consultant Julia Campion gives some insider tips on looking great with less effort

Need a little extra help? Want to boost your management skills? Sara Goodwins offers a one-stop resource list, with courses, books and more, to help you manage your future development, those vital relationships, your time, and the way you look

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The May issue of DeskDemon Express next year will be a very special edition. That's because it will be edited by a reader! To celebrate Professional Secretaries' Week, our May edition will contain features chosen, commissioned and edited by one of our DeskDemon Express subscribers. Could it be you?

We've enlisted the help of the professionals to bring you these super prizes. Training and conference experts IIR are putting up a FREE "Project Management" course (worth £895), and desk supremos Leitz are offering you the chance to win one of five lush new desktop sets.


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