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Emerging Technologies for Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

Updated February 20, 2023 If an administrative professional from the 1950s happened to be magically transported to today’s office, they’d be in for quite a shock! The “Traditional” Role of the Administrative Professional Has Shifted In the past, admins have been responsible for things like customer service, accounting, and data entry.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

Office Dynamics specifically focuses on training and development for administrative professionals of all levels. I have written 5 books for assistants, educated 300,000+ assistants, have worked with 70+ Fortune 500 companies, and coached 300+ executive/assistant teams. Administrative Professional – 4,395,025 results.

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Pursue Excellence with These 3 Winning Strategies

Office Dynamics

One of my highly-requested topics is a speech that is based on my best-selling book, “Become an Inner Circle Assistant,” which explores various ways assistants can partner with management to pursue excellence and create effective, productive work teams that have real impact on the bottom line. We can all be part of an “Inner Circle.”

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Have You Reached A Career Plateau? How to Regain Control

Office Dynamics

Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests. Turn to peer networks, blogs and books to support your turnaround. Assistants spend much of their time taking care of others’ needs. We recognize that interruptions and competing priorities will be part of each new day. What to do?

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

In 2004, I gave Olympia the final draft of my book “Be the Ultimate Assistant” to review and offered her free rein to take out anything she did not like. Everything is negotiable. She was able to quasi-patiently tolerate the negotiating process and “let it cook.”. Don’t change a word. Oh, and I’ll write the Foreword. ”

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Pursue excellence with these 3 winning workplace strategies

Office Dynamics

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at an Administrative Professionals Week event in Washington, DC. Even though this book has been in existence for a few years, it is still a highly-requested topic. We can all be part of an "Inner Circle."

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Pursue excellence with these 3 winning workplace strategies

Office Dynamics

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at an Administrative Professionals Week event in Washington, DC. Even though this book has been in existence for a few years, it is still a highly-requested topic. We can all be part of an "Inner Circle."