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. But acquiring this insight takes another of my favourite Power Skills: effective communication. It’s tough and it takes resilience.

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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.

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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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Assertiveness Temping Confidence Management 100

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I decided to leave my previous employee in June 2010 but was job hunting for 6 months and when I did get the role I am in currently I had to complete a detailed application form, attend three interviews and sit two psychometric tests (for language and numerical skills). You should refer back to your core PA/ EA skills for this one.

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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.

Management 100

Management Calendars Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 100

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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Monster Travel Administrative Professionals Email 180

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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Self Esteem AT&T Goals Assertiveness 100

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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AT&T Management UPS Etiquette 100

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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Training Administrative Professionals 2015 AT&T 100

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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Management Administrative Professionals International Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. I know she does not know but needs to learn this skill in order to succeed every day.”. The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field.

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Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. I know she does not know but needs to learn this skill in order to succeed every day.”. The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness 100

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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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

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. Right now, whether you believe it or not, you have talents, time, energy, and skills unique to you that must be safe-guarded for the mere fact that you are alive and no one lives forever.

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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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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. I was putting to work some skills, but without putting my soul, my self or my life into it. How To Live A Scriptless Life Like I told you, you won’t find the answer to this in my blog post.

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