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Executive Assistants –Developing Your “Wow” Factor

Office Dynamics

It has nothing to do with your title or pay grade; it’s about who you are as a professional. The wow factor is a term we use in the World Class Assistant™ Certification and Professional Designation program to describe the powerful executive presence that the most successful administrative professionals exude.

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Executive Assistants That Want To Go Above And Beyond But How? – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

For example, if one of their teams has a meeting at the start of the day, I’m the only one there early and I will get pulled in to take care of the room and technology set-up, have to answer the door and guide guests, get catering/coffee set-up, make last-minute copies or edits, etc. Classes Available for Registration.

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Developing Your “Wow” Factor

Office Dynamics

It has nothing to do with your title or pay grade; it’s about who you are as a professional. The wow factor is a term we use in the World Class Assistant™ certificate program to describe the powerful executive presence that the most successful administrative professionals exude. They are World Class Assistants.

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Sprinkle Similes into Your Writing

Office Dynamics

Teaching a weekly fitness class—like writing weekly business messages—can get repetitious. Here’s an example of her colorful use of language. Examples from a fitness class: “Drop your head to your shoulder like it’s a 10-pound bowling ball.”. A good instructor motivates action while guiding people in their exercises.

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Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement

All Things Admin

For example, let’s say you spend three hours each week assembling the weekly sales reports in Excel to present at the Monday morning team meeting. If you take a couple Excel classes, learn how to streamline the report assembly process, and save yourself at least an hour per week, that’s 50+ hours over the course of the year.

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4 Ways to Ensure Readability in Your Writing

Office Dynamics

As you might have learned in high school composition class, strive to express one thought in one sentence. Here are examples of bridge words that. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pens. Rewrite Negative into Positive. Build Bridges to Guide Your Reader.

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Create Your Professional Development Plan Free Webinar

Office Dynamics

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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