By Karen Porter

If you’re an executive assistant or a personal assistant, you likely must maintain confidences. This is sometimes true for administrative assistants too depending on the breadth and depth of your role and duties. However, you may have noticed that people “fish” deliberately for information; other times their intentions are innocent. Regardless, you should still be aware how not to give up your executive’s confidences. Here are three sneaky ways others get administrative professionals to reveal confidences. Be on the lookout and block these tactics with these suggested solutions….

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