Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 20, 2011

CONSIDERATION. By Nancy Fraze. “Consideration for others can mean taking a wing instead of a drumstick.” – Garth Henrichs. Consider whether or not you are a considerate person. The definition of considerate is, “having or marked by regard for the needs or feelings of others.”. Do you stop and consider how you affect others in your office? Do their needs always drown under the seeming urgency of yours?

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

I' m a generally happy person. I don't like to let things get to me because life is too short for that. But once in a while do things just seem like they are happening in a "too much, too fast" kind of way? I had one of those days this week and I tell it has a way of bringing on a stress-induced mood, I became the very dragon I despise to my poor husband.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Cri tical thinking is a highly-advanced competency and vitally critical to being successful in the next decade. Critical thinking is not decision making or problem solving which administrative professionals have been exposed to for years. Do you know the difference between these? People take advanced college courses to learn about this very special skill.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

I admire a high-level executive assistant who said to her peers in a class I was teaching, “At our company, we insulate ourselves. We think we are the best executive assistants alive, but we are not. We have much to learn.” This executive assistant is a seasoned professional with 25+ years of experience in the administrative profession. Her statement came after she had attended the Office Dynamics 18th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence where she interacted with 238 executive and ad

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

Did you know that the br ain has the capacity to take in, process, and program more than 600 memories each second for 85 years? That’s 36,000 each minute. 2,160,000 each hour. Over 51,840,000 every day of your life! Scientists believe, however, that we use only 2 – 3% of our brains. The creative thought process is based upon the idea that your brain has the ability to create an infinite number of ideas, combinations and relationship.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

By Nancy Fraze. Recently, I experienced an old-school, “you’ve-got-to-be-out-of-your-mind” moment. I’m sharing it with you in hopes our culture can begin a meaningful dialog about respect and perception. Here’s what happened: Following a 2-day business conference I had planned and organized, I was seated at dinner along with three attorneys, one of whom worked in Australia.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Hello Blog Readers, I hope you are having a wonderful week! I know some days are hectic, frustrating, overwhelming and downright hard. You are not alone. We all have had those days. The positive thing to do is recognize the things that matter in life and don’t sweat the small stuff. I wanted to pass on some inspiration, as my fiancé did for me, by sending the following: The Mayonnaise Jar.

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OCTOBER 9, 2011

Happy Monday! While our annual conference for administrative excellence is over, I keep playing it over and over in mind because it was so wonderful. This week I thought I would share with you an excerpt from my opening speech for the conference. The conference theme was The Path Forward: Adding Value Every Day. Our speakers and I covered 8 stepping stones to moving forward and adding value.

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OCTOBER 8, 2011

Creating – Your Path for Personal Excellence. (Dan Lier, America’s Coach). Dan Lier fairly leapt onto the stage, full of energy, vitality, humor and wisdom. “I’m going to give you four tools to help you succeed,” he told the conference participants. 1) Change Your Beliefs and Change Your Life. A belief is a feeling of certainty. Dan shared a true story about Roger Bannister, a runner who broke the 4 minute mile in 1954, when it was believed humans could not run that fast.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

by ALICE BUMGARNER, MODERATOR on SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 12:00PM. in ADMIN PRO FORUM. Question: “As an EA, scheduling meetings is one of my more challenging duties, especially when the participants are all C-level executives. I’m in the process of scheduling several meetings for next month. Has anyone come up with a ‘better mousetrap’? Is the old-fashioned method of offering a few dates and using a basic chart to narrow down a mutually convenient date and time still the best way?

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

It's "FEEL GOOD FRIDAY" in our office and we are all feeling good about our small part in helping a local school. Several weeks ago I was driving into the office listening to the radio station, Mix 94.1, and as I was driving in they had a Principle of a local Las Vegas school on the line. This Principle, Sherrie Gahn , and her school, Whitney Elementary, had been spotlighted on the Ellen Degeneres Show and they were interviewing her about that experience and talking about what else we could do i

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Stir Up the Profession: Trailblazing the Path Forward. (Tonya Roth). Tonya gave a heart-warming presentation about how everyone should be included, everyone should be valued. Everyone should work at their peak performance. At Procter & Gamble where Tonya works in Human Resources as Associate Director, they have created staffing principles and processes for the administrative and executive assistant professionals.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

O ffice Dynamics conferences always have a team building segment, selected especially by Joan Burge, each year. Well, this year I think they blew the lid off and created perfection! Joan outlined the surprise team building project for the 24 tables of attendees: we were going to collectively write a soft cover reference book containing handy tips on how administrative professionals and executive assistants can add value every day!

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Growth and Success: Positive Career Breakthroughs and Personal Triumphs. (Michelle Vanhoy and Kerri Rhue). Kerri and Michelle took the stage in sunglasses, saying they had wanted to change the culture of their company through administrative training! They told us that our journey and our experiences refresh us. They are inspirational and by them, we would be transformed.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Executive Perspective – sponsored by Novant Health. (featuring Diana L. Best and Jacque Daniels). The executive perspective is an amazing part of the conference. Joan interviews executives on their perspectives of administrative professionals, and the ensuring discussion is lively and candid. It's an amazing opporutnity to find out how executives think and what they think about.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Press Release. The luminous brilliance of SIX Supernovas outshines nighttime Las Vegas Strip! Spectacular galactic convergence occurred this past Thursday night at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, during The Red Carpet & Recognition Gala sponsored by Office Dynamics at the international 18th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Las Vegas, NV October 4, 2011: Office Dynamics issues a special announcement regarding six stellar supernova administrative professionals and executive

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

STRATEGIC : Assessing What is Vital and Taking Action. (Joanne Linden & Linda McFarland). For lunch, we’d left the gorgeous Pavilion Ballroom; taking an easy, short walk to Tbones restaurant for a great buffet. The food at Red Rock is delectably delicious! We attendees all got busy networking, exchanging business cards, talking and laughing as we chatted easily over lunch.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

We had the pleasure of hosting our World Class Assistant Part 1 program this week and we met 22 wonderfully world class assistants! Here's a snapshot of this bright crew.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

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OCTOBER 9, 2011

The Amazing, Spectacular, Colossal Gala Dinner! Office Dynamics just has this unique and special way of doing things; if you haven’t yet been to one of their conferences, you just cannot imagine the style and panache their Gala event manages to pack into a single evening. “Truly incredible” is the superlative description that comes easily to mind. “The Shining Star Awards” Gala was an absolutely unforgettable evening affair held Thursday, September 29th.

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