Truth 2Inheriting an Assistant Requires Reeducation
If you inherit an assistant from your predecessor, you have to tread carefully in establishing this important relationship.
It is a mistake to underestimate your assistant or secretary's loyalty to the previous incumbent in your job—and to what he or she believes the company is or should be—as compared to his or her initial loyalty to you. You might think you "butter your assistant's bread," but you are the newcomer. In a sense, you are part of a "hostile takeover," since your assistant probably did not have a say in your taking over the role. If you don't concentrate on the relationship early on, you will be in trouble.
But if you get your assistant on your side, he or she will be your biggest ...
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