Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Did he say it because I was an administrator, or because I was female? The remark wasn’t directed at another attorney, just the lone female administrative professional seated at that table. James Bond” it seems I should preface myself by saying, “Professional. I wasn’t sure. We make a positive impact that is undeniable.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

In the modern business world, email is a constant force pressing upon us. Email isn’t restricted to typical working hours. While this is completely normal at the Executive level, it’s less standard in the Administrative world. For many Executives, it’s a primary mode of communication.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Thanks to an extremely helpful resource for administrative professionals called Officepal , I have been inspired to gather and share with you favorite apps that myself and fellow assistant peers are in love with right now! Best Apps for Travel Recommended by Assistants. Mobile travel planning made easy. Open Table.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 April, 2009 Happy Administrative Professionals Day! I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. ► June (3) ► May (7) ▼ April (4) New Hire Overload Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 April, 2009 April 22nd - Administrative Professionals Day It often amazes me that a day is set aside for our profession. Administrative professionals usually go about doing their work with little or no recognition. Is your office doing anything for Administrative Professionals Day?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Travel Planning Apps: Whether you’re the one traveling, or simply attempting to get your executive from point A to point B, travel planning apps can be a life saver. You can read part 1 here. The solution? Smartphone apps!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ll give you a perfect example that just happened to me this morning as I was traveling. Keep in mind; I’ve been traveling for 20 years about 75% of the time, each year so I know what to do.) Another boundary you might need to set is your accessibility after hours to your leader as far as emails go.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

In this episode, Deedee talks about how to understand the business so you can better support your executive team, supporting multiple executives, creating a professional and personal brand, as well as championing the collective administrative professional brand. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Handling day-to-day administration for one or more executives, a team or network, an admin assistant is the “eyes and ears” of a company, privy to unique and powerful insights about the company culture , performance and future direction. Administrative professionals are highly valuable to the smooth running of a business, team or office.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

So, administrative professionals from around the world, let’s try to help! About Ask an Admin: Ask an Admin will be a weekly post on our blog that presents a question that you or a fellow administrative professional submitted to us. We apologize for this but this is the best way we can keep YOUR blog clean!

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Melissa Peoples

MARCH 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss some of the most common questions about AI, including what it is, how it differs from automation, and how it can be used to improve our lives as administrative professionals What is AI? For example, automating your email inbox or scheduling appointments. Let's break it down.

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Go Burrows

MAY 9, 2021

Manager of Administrative Services at Comcast. She supports the newly named President of Xfinity and Central Division President, and leads a team of administrative professionals that support the Central Division Office. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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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. email, instant chat, phone, text messaging, etc.).

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Whether you’re looking to get your Certified Administrative Professional Certification, becoming a Microsoft Office Specialist, or exploring options that aren’t admin-specific , such as travel or event planning, it’s important that you go into the process with your eyes open, and a strategic course of action that will allow you to achieve your goal!

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 22, 2020

I was expecting to travel about 50% of my time for these months, and now I’ll be at home. I was totally consumed by the news and found myself slipping into a deeper depression with every event postponement email I received. Personally, I’m trying to keep a consistent schedule. I’ll still wake up at 5:00 every morning.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Ask everyone to brainstorm all the things they can think of that needs to happen eg for a conference – programme design, sponsorship, risk identification, evaluation method, speakers, budget, topics, travel and accommodation etc. She is a past National President of the Association of Administrative Professionals New Zealand Inc.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Do you demonstrate a professional presence every day, even when someone has upset you? But do you always “listen” or do you distract yourself with reading emails while someone is talking to you? Or maybe you checked good listener. Each of us can do better each and every day.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management. Travel planning. Email template for circulating date/time options. Meeting invite/email template ? Meeting and event planning.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? and we brought back the April Blog-a-Thon for the Administrative Professional where we gathered here each weekday with a new content post and shared a place for administrative professionals to comment, question and discuss their careers.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Executives do not share necessary information with their Assistants and do not always include their Assistant in their email communications. Management and administrative support professionals, as all employees, feel like they don’t have enough hours in the day to complete their work. Employees feel time-compressed.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Suddenly no longer forced to travel into an office, many staff had the chance to have dinner with their families for the first time in a long time. This article first appeared in Executive Support Magazine , a global training publication and must read for any administrative professional. How did this happen?

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

High profile business leaders, individuals and professional couples with multiple homes who serve on various boards and are involved with philanthropic causes often require a personal assistant to manage their private lives. What if you need someone to do both? This role is gaining in popularity. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

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All Things Admin

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As you can see from this email from the CEO, she was incredibly happy with my attention to detail.”. And this is a copy of a template I designed for travel planning. For instance: “These are some photos I took of the banquet I organized for the leadership team.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. Career organization is essential for any administrative professional who wants to have a long-lasting, successful career. And we have to keep our executives organized, too.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. I use this app often from my mobile devices to view and sign contracts that are emailed to me in PDF form.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2017

Travel planning is infamous for being a huge time, patience, and sanity suck for administrative professionals. What seems like a simple there-and-back trip to a traveler is a whirlwind of coordination and research for the admin. We surveyed over 600 admins on their travel planning practices.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 2, 2010

My current boss travels a lot so I put his travel schedule in the calendar as well. For example if he is travelling to Vienna I will start a meeting request for each part of the journey and categorize it as Red. When you send it to the attendees they will have all the information they need for the meeting.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 11, 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. Welcome to the Who Took My Pen.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 22, 2011

He suggested that when I set up a meeting or organize travel for him I should ask myself, if I was the one going to the meeting, or on a business trip, what would I need in order to be prepared? Most of this information you can get in your initial phone call or email correspondence with the other party when you are organizing it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

On that note, It is hard to believe we are getting close to Administrative Professionals Day which is on April 22 nd. I hope all of your professionals appreciate what a privilege it is to have someone look after them. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week. Another great article Patricia.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

They are responsible for canvassing the participants for dates and determining the date everyone is available and coummunicating that information to the participants by sending out a meeting request to everyone or emailing the date (depending on how you or your organization prefers to send notices of meetings). 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 10, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:24 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , E-mail chaos , E-Mail Management , making sense out of e-mail Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. It is so nice to see my Inbox on empty.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. Close out of the email and you will be asked to Save the changes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from. I can hardly wait.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. When I first started the job I am in now, my boss had never had administrative support before. 002 cents a litre.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:41 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , gut alert , gut feeling , intuition Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Lesson learned and will now put me on high gut alert.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:52 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , dates , fixed time , real time Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Are you vague or exact? 23, 1 p.m. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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