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Meet Nan DeMars
What do you do if your boss asks you to lie for him or her? Nan DeMars says you should tell your boss “I will never lie for you. But you also should know that I will never lie to you, either."
Jane Pauley
NBC Dateline Interview with Nan DeMars
Nan DeMars: Ethics seminar leader, behaviorist, author, columnist, and TV and radio talk-show guest.
Nan DeMars is an internationally-recognized office ethics seminar leader, keynote speaker, author, columnist, media talk-show guest and trainer of over 100,000 office professionals. She is author of the book, You Want Me To Do WHAT? When, Where and How to Draw the Line at Work (Simon & Schuster).
Nan is President of Executary Services, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm providing ethics seminars, consulting and placement services for the administrative professional. She is the office ethics columnist for OfficePro Magazine, and her regular columns have earned her the nick-name “Nan Landers.” Nan is also CBS affiliate WCCO Radio’s Ethicist Expert, and writes often for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a BA degree in Business Administration, Nan has also earned her Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) rating. She was Corporate Secretary and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of a Minnesota corporation for over 20 years. Nan has served as International President of IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals), and was on the International Board for six years. She authored the first-ever Code of Ethics for the association and the profession, and spearheaded the first-ever US and Canadian Secretary Speakouts. She also authored the l995, 2003 and 2008 US and Canadian Office Ethics Surveys for administrative professionals.
Nan is a frequent guest on both US and Canadian TV and radio, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Dateline, CNBC, MSNBC and National Public Radio and appears frequently in periodicals including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Business Week. See Nan’s appearances In The Press, and listen for Nan’s regular appearances as the WCCO Ethicist.