Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

So, administrative professionals from around the world, let’s try to help! Side note…congratulations on your promotion Katrien! ATTENTION: If you’ve submitted your response on our Ask an Admin blog post, please be patient to see your response and other responses. Thank you, everyone! Monday Motivators.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2017

Administrative Professionals Week and April is the perfect time to think about your career as an administrative assistant, executive assistant, and secretary. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Please leave a comment or share the blog for your chance to win one of our amazing giveaways! Joan Burge.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

JANUARY 10, 2024

In addition to already having excellent organizational, communication, and scheduling skills, many administrative professionals also can flex the following skills. Here’s the link to the original article from the Administrative Professional Today newsletter.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

However, after a recent turn of events such as staffing vacancies and promotions, I have found myself providing administrative support to several other key managers while we recruit for vacant positions. Let’s face it—the work of an administrative professional is never ending. To think otherwise is wishful thinking!

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Part of what we do is provide tools and services to administrative professionals to enhance the quality of their work-life that promote administrative excellence. We offer high level coaching, onsite workshops, an annual conference for administrative excellence, an executive assistant boot camp and more.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2017

These tips will help demonstrate your higher-level abilities and support your bid for promotion when the time comes. Promote your accomplishments in a way that is honest and confident, without going overboard. You’re not “self-promoting;” you’re simply sharing information. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2018

The team shares varied views and appropriate input for decision making that helps promote the company’s mission. There are a variety of ways administrative professionals and the companies they work for can support multigenerational communication and cross-mentoring.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

What you can expect Joan to touch on: • building your professional development plan, • promotions, • seeing the BIG picture, • approaching your career with a positive attitude, • ask specific questions regarding your professional development challenges as an administrative professional, • and much more.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Since 1990, I have had a wonderful career in training, writing, coaching and professional speaking. While I don’t love every aspect of running a company, I absolutely love my career in helping administrative professionals and their executives improve the quality of their work life. Comment on the blog below.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

Why self-promotion is essential for your career—and yet so hard to do. Great EA Blogs… www.officerenegade.com ; practicallyperfectpa.com; audaciousadmin.com and more. Questions from your admin peers: Administrative Professional blogs, Facebook, and Linked In resources. As an attendee, you will learn….

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All Things Admin

JUNE 22, 2022

It can prove why you deserve a raise or a promotion, and it allows you to take immediate action if a new opportunity presents itself. For instance, you might choose to showcase one stellar blog post (more on that later), the event you’re most proud of planning, and your best work sample, alongside your education and most relevant experience.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2017

The real challenge in today’s society is simply getting the attention of the people that can buy from you, hire you, promote you and/or recommend you. You should be able to answer these 2 questions: A company would hire you (or promote you) over another event professional because? Promote Yourself Internally.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 1, 2012

We have dedicated several blogs to informing you about our administrative assistant conference speaker line-up. With each message we'll introduce a speaker and share with you a little bit about them as well as why we chose them to be a presenter at the 19th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Introducing.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 13, 2016

Next up in our series of blog posts about regional PA networks, we have the Peterborough PA network. Launched by Bethany Fovargue in 2013 this network has gone from strength to strength and Bethany is now asked to speak and promote the role of assistants all over the world. . How did you promote the network?

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As an advocate for executive assistants’ access to professional development, Lacretia offers coaching services and has been a guest panelist at events dedicated to advancing administrative professionals. Before that, I was a public administrator at the university.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Portfolios are useful in interviews, at review time, and whenever you want to make a case for a promotion or raise. Here are some options to consider: Blog. A portfolio not only shows employers who you are, it also offers proof that you can do what you say you can do. At heart, a digital portfolio is just a website for your career.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2012

Annual Blog-a-thon for Administrative Professionals. We are holding 4th Annual Blog-a-thon for the Administrative Profession. To learn more about the blog-a-thon and how you can win great prizes check out the Administrative Professional's Blog-a-thon Page for the full message.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

We may feel under-appreciated, wish our job was more challenging, or have lost out on a promotion. Turn to peer networks, blogs and books to support your turnaround. Shelagh Donnelly is the founder and publisher of Exceptional EA ( [link] ), an online resource for administrative professionals that’s read in more than 130 countries.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Guest Blog entry provided by Debbie Gross, Chief Executive Assistant to John Chamber, Cisco Systems. Debbie was a speaker at the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence and shared more insight on the topic below. I was already an Administrative Professional and didn't even recognize it! Absolutely! Absolutely!

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 11, 2010

Hello blog readers! You may have already read my previous blogs on professionalism. The crying, emotionally frustrated professional woman is one of the worst negative stereotypes in business today. Toys, stuffed animals (like Beanie Babies®) and other items can send the wrong message about your professionalism.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 11, 2010

Hello blog readers! You may have already read my previous blogs on professionalism. The crying, emotionally frustrated professional woman is one of the worst negative stereotypes in business today. Toys, stuffed animals (like Beanie Babies®) and other items can send the wrong message about your professionalism.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Guest Blog entry provided by Debbie Gross, Chief Executive Assistant to John Chamber, Cisco Systems. Debbie was a speaker at the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence and shared more insight on the topic below. I was already an Administrative Professional and didn't even recognize it! Absolutely! Absolutely!

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2016

After all, you can’t effectively self-promote with a healthy dose of confidence. Earlier this year, I was asked to emcee one of the largest conferences in the world for administrative professionals, APC. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2009

As I’m sitting on a flight from Louisville to Houston, I am reflecting on the number of admins who have commented on our Blog since April 1, visited our web site since 1990, and are a part of the Office Dynamics’ family of admins worldwide and I ask myself – “Where is everybody else?” So where is everybody else? Where are they hiding?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2009

As I’m sitting on a flight from Louisville to Houston, I am reflecting on the number of admins who have commented on our Blog since April 1, visited our web site since 1990, and are a part of the Office Dynamics’ family of admins worldwide and I ask myself – “Where is everybody else?” So where is everybody else? Where are they hiding?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Jasmine was promoted to Vice President about two years ago. A third dimension I can add to the validation of a good partnership is that I have personally coached more than 150 administrative/executive teams – both one-on-one and in groups. “I I have had some good Assistants and one bad Assistant. I am pleased to say, “Yes!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 14, 2012

We have dedicated several blogs to informing you about our administrative assistant conference speaker line-up. With each message we'll introduce a speaker and share with you a little bit about them as well as why we chose them to be a presenter at the 19th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

We had an incredible webinar event with over 1,300 assistants registered to learn more about why, as an administrative professional, they should consider a career certification. A certification can certainly help you get promoted to an executive assistant position or be considered for an executive assistant position.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Many administrative professionals, the majority of whom are women, seem to think that marketing yourself and bragging are the same. Offer proposals to your manager for job-title enhancements, promotions or wage increases based upon contributions that boosted productivity, efficiency or the bottom line? They’re not. Please share!

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Many administrative professionals, the majority of whom are women, seem to think that marketing yourself and bragging are the same. Offer proposals to your manager for job-title enhancements, promotions or wage increases based upon contributions that boosted productivity, efficiency or the bottom line? They’re not. Please share!

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 12, 2013

But this is one concept that’s so important, it deserves a blog post of its very own. That means raises, promotions and job security for you. Take for example an administrative professional whose role it is to purchase office supplies. What are you doing to contribute to the bottom line?

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. The global tribe of administrative professionals is largely female at 98%. The original article can be found on Jennifer’s blog and you can also follow her on Twitter: @jencorcoran_pa.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I love Julie Perrin’s blog on business acumen for administrative professionals because it really goes into detail on what assistants should be reading and how to actually create the time to read. This is well worth the read, once you’ve finished reading my blog obviously! Read everything!!

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. This makes it easy for minutes to be properly documented and promotes meeting order. Lets grow together!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2012

Annual Blog-a-thon for Administrative Professionals. We are holding 4th Annual Blog-a-thon for the Administrative Profession. To learn more about the blog-a-thon and how you can win great prizes check out the Administrative Professional's Blog-a-thon Page for the full message.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Some have lost jobs, didn’t get promotions or pay raises, or lost funding due to employer budget cuts.

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