My EA Career

JULY 12, 2020

Last week I wrote a blog post ruminating on how Executive Assistants are the human equivalent of a Slinky. I was looking forward to using to promote my blog post on social media. This is what indispensable assistants excel at and it takes assertiveness and resilience. Bouncing forward. It’s tough and it takes resilience.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Norma Carr-Ruffino has had some good material on behaviors such as: assertive, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive. Of course, it’s always good to build good relationships with other key people in your organization and Human Resources. Develop being assertive. Again, there are hundreds of resources on how to be assertive.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Norma Carr-Ruffino has had some good material on behaviors such as: assertive, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive. Of course, it’s always good to build good relationships with other key people in your organization and Human Resources. Develop being assertive. Again, there are hundreds of resources on how to be assertive.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. I always say that it is extremely important for assistants to attend training courses throughout the year. IT training.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Over the next two blogs I will look at some of the common questions interviewers ask and the answers I would give if I had an interview, the examples are personal to me but hopefully will help you think about how you structure your answers. In my next blog I will look at a few more standard questions and share my thoughts on answering them.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 9, 2018

Of course, we had plenty to talk about and one tip an attendee mentioned was, “setting healthy boundaries.” Of course, she looked at me in shock and made a few comments. (I You feel good for reasons that are too many to even mention in this blog. It was not as if she said, “May I go ahead of you?”

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Below are a few examples of general and job-specific goals: Set a professional development goal whether it’s attending a conference, completing an online course or program, reading a certain book or two, scheduling time each week or month for webinars, computer program training, time management courses, etc.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2016

A World Class Assistant should be able to voice his or her opinion but, of course, you must do it tactfully. Of course, you need to be professional in both situations. Join us on the blog and enjoy the activity of the Blog-a-Thon with us! Upcoming Events: Admin Blog-a-Thon has begun! Try to be objective.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 6, 2016

Take a moment to read her question and let us know what you think in the comments of this blog. What course of action would you recommend to a person who’s shy and doesn’t want to walk around telling people who I am?” Have you ever found yourself in a similar scenario? What did you do?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Of course, sometimes this is just not possible if your executive is in a location with a different time zone, especially going into an early meeting or conference. You might start with Monday or Friday to discuss the upcoming week. Gradually increase meetings to two days and then three days, and so on.

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On The Job

JULY 19, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, July 19, 2010 3 Ways to Attach Yourself to a Powerful Boss No one in the workplace operates in a vacuum. I read your blog daily thanks for sharing. Great article.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 11, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Be assertive, state your case, and give and ask for solutions. Lets grow together! Truth Hurts. How will you deal with it?

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Of course, you know about our Office Dynamics Blog because you’re reading a post right now. In fact, we are so passionate about providing training to you that we added a second YouTube Channel called Live a BIG Life. You’ll find even more training videos by Joan Burge here.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

As an educator, Stacy has dedicated more than 16 years to teaching college business, computer applications, and career development courses at three different colleges. Stacy is currently employed as the senior executive assistant at the City of Rancho Cordova in California. Stacy is a sought after mentor, consultant, trainer, and writer.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I of course ignored him and went about providing the best service I could.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” One reader to Joan’s blog commented, “Many of these job titles overlapped or depended on the level of the person you reported to as well as the actual duties performed. By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. There is great confusion about the administrative title.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” One reader to Joan’s blog commented, “Many of these job titles overlapped or depended on the level of the person you reported to as well as the actual duties performed. By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. There is great confusion about the administrative title.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

She posed a typical problem that I have heard for years and I want to respond to her question in a blog as I bet many executive and administrative assistants run into the same problem. Of course, sometimes this just isn’t possible. I recently received a request for advice from an assistant named Kathryn.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 14, 2015

Hello New and Returning Readers, Many apologies that I have not been blogging as much. The inspiration this latest blog was spurred for 3 reasons. Of course, this is assuming you are not a conjoined twin. :) I’ve given a lot of thought to being an effective EA, living life well, and learning and growing for many years.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 20, 2011

And that was because they had to be away all day to build socialism, of course. If our moves were smooth, if we were close enough, if we were fast enough and, of course, lucky enough, every once in a while we ended up with a bee caught in our small vitamin C tube. That moment was magic. I still remember the thrill of it. We did this.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact The Death Of The Deadline As We Know It by dragos on September 13, 2010 · 21 comments in Personal Development , Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet I was a big fan of deadlines.

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Catch Friday

MAY 31, 2014

I recorded the conversation on my iPhone which is on the accompanying pod cast affixed to this blog. he appeared to be very knowledgeable and assertive about it all - and on looking there was a plastic bag for of water in the bathroom sink - the tap on the bath was full on with hot water coming out of it). On Aqua B''s blog.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 22, 2010

I would very much lie if I would tell you right now that you’ll find the answer to those questions by reading this blog post. If the brain was trained to give a pre-established answer, it will most likely give it, of course, but fact is there is some reaction time. Eduard @ People Skills Decoded´s last blog.

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