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Tips For a Memorable Office Gift Exchange

Office Dynamics

Organizing an office gift exchange can be an opportunity to create meaningful memories with your coworkers, or, as a recent article on The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) blog makes clear, a potential minefield of stress and unintentional offense.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

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. Private colleges may seem expensive but they offer many scholarships to help offset this cost. Is there funding out there for education? .

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Handling Ethical Issues in the Workplace

Office Dynamics

If a co-worker asks you to fudge some numbers on a travel expense report, you can give yourself the space to react with a few responses like the following: “I need to think on that. Beginning in May, she will be a contributor for Admin Pro – a monthly newsletter for administrative professionals. Give me an hour.”.

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

What example am I setting for our teenage daughter about pursuing dreams at a fairly expensive price? The message wasn’t just about self-care. To me the message was, Pay Attention! What kind of life do I want to lead? When I begin to lose my sense of joy and it all becomes a bit of a drudge, then I need to heed the message to stop.

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Tax Tip for the Office Professional

The Office Professionals Place

Here is a tax tip for all office professionals that go above and beyond the call of duty during the year and spend their own money without getting reimbursed. Tax Tip: Complete a Form 2106 – Employee Business Expenses This form is used for expenses NOT reimbursed by your employer that you may have incurred throughout the year.

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Office Dynamics

For instance, as an administrative assistant, maybe your leader delivers her travel expense receipts just before the statement deadline…and it becomes easy to think, “She’ll just pay a late fee monthly.” As administrative professionals, we need to cognitively and consciously challenge our thinking daily.

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Office Dynamics

For instance, as an administrative assistant, maybe your leader delivers her travel expense receipts just before the statement deadline…and it becomes easy to think, “She’ll just pay a late fee monthly.” As administrative professionals, we need to cognitively and consciously challenge our thinking daily.

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