Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2017

If you read the past two blogs, you will know that I have been talking about office dragons. Lack assertiveness. The problem with not being assertive is we let people walk over us. If you don’t feel you are assertive, take some classes. Assertive is about getting your needs met while being considerate of others.

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Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Creatives are speaking up, scrutinizing the connotation of the word, and thinking critically about art vs. content, after the famed Love Actually star pushed back on the term at the Royal Television Society conference in September. “You What if your life’s work was equated to the stuffing in a sofa cushion? What do you mean ‘content’?”

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Success

JANUARY 4, 2022

In addition to paid programs and membership benefits, they offer free resources specifically for business women, including a blog, a lively Instagram account with 3.5 They’ve long been dismissed as “bossy” and controlling, and told to quiet down and soften up. million followers and The BossBabe Podcast. “If

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Success

AUGUST 21, 2022

As soon as you move abroad , you’re in charge of paying for your medical expenses, as your United States health insurance won’t let you submit any assertions, says Elena Jones, a personal finance expert at FinanceJar. Once you become a legal resident, you can sign up for the national health care in your new country. Do your research.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 3, 2017

One of the major ways we do that is to host our annual blog-a-thon whereby we post a blog every work day in the month of April. Aside from my blogs, we have several guest bloggers providing amazing information! Shake things up! One way to stand out is to shake things up in a good way. Thirst for knowledge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. 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. Keep coming back! 4/28/2015).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

I am always impressed at the great ideas people will come up with. 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.

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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. Joan Burge.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In addition to coming up with a goal—say, to learn a programming language to be more assertive with your boss—it’s important to understand who you are, what makes you tick, and how you deal with others around you. Giving up one thing for another just causes frustration and even misery. Aren’t people tired of setting goals?

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Melissa Peoples

MARCH 8, 2019

There is a stigma related to the administrative function, and we have all seen how fast and furious the world shakes when an EA has the audacity to speak up in a meeting, offer a different perspective, question a concept, or give direction without asking. There is an excellent quote from Erica Azad on a blog she wrote last year.

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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. Come up with an innovative idea that supports the company’s overall mission strategy.

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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. You can’t talk a big game and not back it up with tangible proof. If you confidently assert your position and then don’t have real information to back it up, the self-fulfilling prophecy is reversed.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In addition to coming up with a goal—say, to learn a programming language to be more assertive with your boss—it’s important to understand who you are, what makes you tick, and how you deal with others around you. Giving up one thing for another just causes frustration and even misery. Aren’t people tired of setting goals?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2015

Sign up today and you’ll receive: Admission to the live event with Joan on May 7 at 10 a.m. A powerful affirmation that will help you approach setbacks with a sense of grace and empowerment—so you never again cower at life’s challenges. Stop letting the “busyness” of life run the show. Step into your BIG and bold life NOW. Pacific Time.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 16, 2015

Now, it’s up to you if you want to share it or post it at your desk or whatever. Keep it somewhere you can reach it so when those nasty self-doubts or sneaky naysayers start popping up, you can hold it up like the shield that it is…the shield that says, I’m strong. I’m accomplished and nothing is going to get to me today.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

There he would sharpen the six yellow pencils that were always by his side while he worked, settle into an armchair, put his feet up on an old suitcase filled with logs, place an American yellow legal pad of paper onto a makeshift board on his lap and work for two hours. The ritual means that things get done. Two kinds of spark.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Background info: Our new CEO says yes via meeting requests via email, text, LinkedIn, Facebook and many other social media channels and then in an email or other post tags me asking me to set up a meeting. ATTENTION: If you’ve submitted your response on our Ask an Admin blog post, please be patient to see your response and other responses.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

The group came up with over 400 ideas which later became the now Amazon-best-seller, Who Took My Pen. In today’s casual world, people are becoming quite slack in their writing, set up of emails, and attention to detail. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Don’t settle for “top of the mind” thinking. Joan Burge.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 2, 2011

Lately there has been a lot of noise about, IMO, a boxed software vendor who needed some publicity for his accounting software business and would just about say anything to get some “journalists&# to pick the story up.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2017

Regardless of what path you’re on, if you’re interested in moving up the ladder as an assistant, there are several strategies to better position yourself for success. You can’t expect to move up if you aren’t already fully and completely (even exceptionally) competent with the basic duties and responsibilities of the role.

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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. Have you had questions like this come up before in interviews, if so, how did you answer them?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 26, 2009

This is about asserting one's needs in a positive, professional and firm manner. So if you don't say something up front (and maybe even a few times after), then don't expect the other person to change. . * Then you have to use assertive communication, which I have written about in earlier Blogs. Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 26, 2009

This is about asserting one's needs in a positive, professional and firm manner. So if you don't say something up front (and maybe even a few times after), then don't expect the other person to change. . * Then you have to use assertive communication, which I have written about in earlier Blogs. Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 10, 2017

If bullying behavior is tolerated, the company is damaged from the inside out by chewing up its people. This is my challenge to all admin professionals for 2017 Admin Professionals Week : Now is the time to dial up your professional selves. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Loosely Speaking

APRIL 28, 2009

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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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. We have a shed load of skills that have to be kept up to date so that we can do our job effectively. Blogs (like this one!).

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Bonnie Low Kramen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The quiet quitters do not feel empowered to assert themselves to their leaders about the root problems, so they justify their mediocre performance with thoughts such as; “ Why should I work so hard? Click here to set up a time to speak with me about your training needs which can be delivered virtually or in person. .

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

For example, maybe you can think of a better way to spruce up your executive’s PowerPoint presentation. They have a more modern approach, which is the perfect opportunity for you to speak up. This blog is from our Monday Motivators , which is a weekly email sent from Joan Burge that gives you a little kick start to the week.

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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. In order to be successful office professionals, we have to live up to that code of conduct. Lets grow together!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Follow-up Items. Find out what special projects your executive is working on or has coming up in the next few weeks. It might initially appear as though these meetings might involve a tremendous amount of time, but they don’t when you meet on a regular basis because things don’t have a chance to build up. Special Projects.

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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? Can they get the information themselves or is that you struggle to be assertive with lazy colleagues – can you say ‘no’ more often?

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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. In the argument the boss brought up the job performance of the employee and how he wasnt showing productivity. Lets grow together!

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. But can you trust these often self-inflated assertions of knowledge and wisdom, by these so called experts?

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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. Getting to know the inner circle.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

JANUARY 27, 2021

It takes real courage to speak truth to power and to stand up for the issues that matter to us. Have the courage to show up, stand up, and speak up. Speaking up does not have to be loud or nasty or aggressive. In fact, the most effective assertiveness happens calmly, factually, and directly. Unfriend them.

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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. Use that time to catch up on work. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively. Thanks for visiting! We all face the fact that there are times when we have demands on our time that exceed our ability to handle them.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, February 1, 2010 6 Questions to Increase your Accountability Muscle Some days I feel like I can hardly keep up with all the public figures behaving badly. Are you policing yourself?

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