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Celebrating Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

Join our April Blog-A-Thon. In honor of Administrative Professionals Week (4/20 – 4/24) and Office Dynamics 25th Year in business educating administrative professionals and their executives, we are bringing back our Blog-a-Thon. Feel free to respond to our blogs every day! Administrative Assistants Rock!

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

If you are an assistant reading this blog, check off the ones that describe you. If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Excellent calendaring skills. Over the years, I have collected more than 300 ideas. This might give you an idea of areas that need to be developed.

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner.

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Assistants Speak Out: The Biggest Struggles In Partnering With Their Executive

Office Dynamics

Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Talking about calendar and upcoming meetings. 2 Struggle: Assistant not getting time with executive to discuss day-to-day events, priorities, projects, travel, meeting, upcoming projects and more. #3 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. . #2 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar.

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Why Being An Executive Assistant Is A Rewarding Career

Office Dynamics

A stellar Executive Assistant must think of every detail for every function such as calendar management, travel planning, meeting preparation and execution, and e-mail management. Don’t forget that comments received in April 2016 are entered to win prizes in our Administrative Professional Blog-a-Thon !

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Have you got game?

Loosely Speaking

If you’re a female executive, add that other balancing act, appropriate assertiveness versus perceived bitchiness, and you may find your carefully honed professionalism isn’t cutting it. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions. There are days when I have 15 calendars open on my computer in an effort to schedule meetings with elected officials, developers, executive team members, staff, and members of the general public. Find out who else has information related to the project.