Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. When it comes to e-mail management, there are various approaches. Are you communicating with your manager through daily huddles?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2017

More assertive? Better managing conflict? This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Please leave a comment or share the blog for your chance to win one of our amazing giveaways! The more blogs you comment on and share, the more chances you have to win. Do you wish you were more confident? Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

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. Ideas on how to build better partnerships with your managers. Administrative Assistants Rock!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Business Management Daily had a daily free download or gift. 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. 4/28/2015).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

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 time management skills. Taking baby steps is a good way to manage a big list of “must get better at” areas. Accountable.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 15, 2015

Admin Assistant Training Admin Tips Assertive Assistant Training Attitude Career Management Communication Skills Cost Effective Creativity Difficult People Etiquette Executive Blog Interpersonal Skills Leadership Mgr/Asst Team mistakes at work Motivators Multiple Managers Networking Organizational Skills Problem Solving Professional Image Self Development (..)

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

The article, Juggling: The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers by Stacy Leitner was originally posted at AGreatDaysWork.com. If you are an assistant who works with multiple managers or executives, you know the work can be overwhelming at times. When you support multiple managers, the work multiplies!

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 24, 2009

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. Monday, August 24, 2009 Managing the Micromanager The job description did not include managing a micromanager. Ask questions.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2015

I have to be extremely organized, deal with multiple personalities, manage my time, gather and process tons of information, be a leader, be assertive, tactfully communicate with other CEOs, consult with CEOs, teach others and the list goes on. They weren’t great with their follow-up systems and managing their travel.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

Powerful assistants self-manage. Self-management is being very aware of your feeling, emotions, attitudes and knowing how you tend to respond to things. In what ways can you manage your thoughts, especially when you feel upset or work is chaotic? This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2017

For some, it involves climbing to the next level, becoming a “senior” support staff member or an administrative manager. If you’re still struggling with time management, organization, professional presence, and communication, focus on amplifying your skills in these key areas. Take the Lead & Self-Manage.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Check out the Blog-a-Thon we’ve been hosting this month for some ideas on how you can stretch and grow your current skill set. Speak out; present new ideas; be creative; be assertive; be open; generate enthusiasm, create change; improve processes. That kind of thinking will leave you in the dust because of the fast pace of change.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4 ways to "manage up" Many people feel "stuck" these days. But how would you feel about managing your boss? Have you had success "managing up"?

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It means smiling, speaking articulately and assertively, looking people in the eye, and managing your physical presence. If you confidently assert your position and then don’t have real information to back it up, the self-fulfilling prophecy is reversed. It’s a purposeful choice you have to make, but it works.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Gloria said that she noticed this administrative assistant manages upward and is passive aggressive and well connected in the company where she works. Norma Carr-Ruffino has had some good material on behaviors such as: assertive, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive. Develop being assertive.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Gloria said that she noticed this administrative assistant manages upward and is passive aggressive and well connected in the company where she works. Norma Carr-Ruffino has had some good material on behaviors such as: assertive, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive. Develop being assertive.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

For years I have coached executives and assistants how to implement processes on everything from daily huddles to debrief meetings, managing email, travel planning, and holding quarterly strategic meetings. Now not every executive or manager will want this partnership.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2015

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 26, 2009

She was wondering how to deal with a manager who seemed to be intimidated by her knowledge and go-getter attitude. This is important to keep in mind because as I told Paula, she needed to establish boundaries in the very beginning as the manager became aggressive in her attitude and delegating with Paula. Her name is Paula.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 26, 2009

She was wondering how to deal with a manager who seemed to be intimidated by her knowledge and go-getter attitude. This is important to keep in mind because as I told Paula, she needed to establish boundaries in the very beginning as the manager became aggressive in her attitude and delegating with Paula. Her name is Paula.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2017

For example, here are a few of the most common roles that may be a great fit for assistants, depending on your skills and interests: Project Manager. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Please leave a comment or share the blog for your chance to win one of our amazing giveaways! Event Planner. Training Coordinator.

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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

JUNE 22, 2010

Soon I will blog, write Monday Motivators, create new information for Adminology and more. Communication is critical to our daily lives as well as critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, teamwork, positive attitude, assertiveness, self-management, technical skills, time management, and emotional intelligence.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

No matter which name you call it, the behavior is not healthy for individual staff and it is certainly not productive for companies and the managers who lead them. In “Office Space,” the male office staff were given mundane work to do, they were bored, and poorly managed by 8 managers, not 1. Why are they quietly quitting?

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 22, 2010

Soon I will blog, write Monday Motivators, create new information for Adminology and more. Communication is critical to our daily lives as well as critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, teamwork, positive attitude, assertiveness, self-management, technical skills, time management, and emotional intelligence.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Learning is always a win-win for an employee & manager and progress is easily tracked.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 9, 2018

Under that umbrella, we addressed topics such as self-management vs. stress management, learning specific difficult people types and how to handle each of them, the benefits of conflict and much more. You feel good for reasons that are too many to even mention in this blog. Addressing boundaries.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

We have to be experts at IT, we have to have great people skills and we have to be assertive and confident to be able to handle all of the daily tasks asked of us! Blogs (like this one!). office management. social media management. Not many other professions have that variety of skills. Exhibition and trade shows.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 21, 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. I will manage the tasks and projects set before me appropriately so that deadlines are met. Lets grow together!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

I hear managers or Human Resource Professionals say it doesn’t take any special skill to be an administrative assistant. 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. Intuitive. A mind reader.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 8, 2019

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 will choose one question per week and post it on our blog. We apologize for this but this is the best way we can keep YOUR blog clean! Thank you, everyone!?.

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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. Still, aligning yourself with the right manager isn’t always easy.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In my first blog post I posed a question, how difficult will it be to stick to a routine that will enable me to maximise my productivity? Although I didn’t manage to follow the routine most days I do feel that having something in place to remind me of what my day could look like was very beneficial.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Taking on more than you can manage only leads to frustration as nothing gets done very well. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively. Thanks for visiting! No is a small word but difficult to use.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In preparation for a webinar I held on October 8 called Managing Your Executive’s Day , we sent out a survey and received 700+ responses to the questions “What is your biggest struggle in partnering with your executive?” Executive manages their own email therefore the assistant is out of the loop. #2 That is a terrific response rate.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If the situation is to change, then EAs need to participate in the assertion about what assistants do and the responsibilities they now hold. In 2021, it is widely known that assistants are the backbones of companies and the right arms to their managers. Oh, and bullied by managers and peers? Yes, they do. Click here.

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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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