Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Talking about calendar and upcoming meetings. 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. . #2 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. Doesn’t let assistant control his/her calendar. Finding the time to “corner” him for input on issues that pop up throughout the day.

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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. Feel free to respond to our blogs every day! Administrative Assistants Rock!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 10, 2015

In the previous blog, I shared tips specific to teaching your executive how to work with you. Today’s blog is about a variety of things you can do. Read: Make Your Boss Look Good [Part 1]. Helping your executive shine is about doing 100 little things, not 1 big thing. Remember, when you help your executive look good, you win!

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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 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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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

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. You may want to have weekly or monthly one-on-one time with some of the key executives you support.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2017

I literally write these into my weekly calendar to make it a priority. Here are some things you can start doing at work right now: Read the industry pubs and blogs, and then share articles and ideas with your team, leadership, boss and/or other departments that could help them do their jobs better or motivate them. How do you do this?

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 30, 2017

There are so many facets of the executive and assistant partnership that I’d like to spread my tips and advice over 2 or 3 blogs. Discuss the day’s calendar but not just who or what is on the calendar. It was amazing and valuable! Today, let’s focus on my magic formula: People + Processes = Success!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

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 ! Or has it been a struggle?

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

Get out your calendar, and schedule regular recurring dates with yourself to keep your data in order. Original Source: eReplacementParts Blog. For instance, you could save one copy on your computer’s hard drive, one in a cloud service, and one on an external hard drive. Make a Plan. Digital clutter builds up quickly.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

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. It’s not too late to join our Blog-a-Thon. These people are naïve, to say the least. A true Executive Assistant must do 100 things well.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Discuss the importance of a calendar time block for your manager to focus on emails, presentations, budget, etc. You can read and follow Dana’s blogs at Success Encourager. Create email templates for responses to most frequently asked questions to save time. without interruption then create the blocks by a certain deadline.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2010

I have decided that I will write blogs from time to time and label them the Executive Perspective and then have a sub title. Ability to look ahead and anticipate the coming events to ensure my calendar is coordinated and I'm briefed and prepared. So here is the first one. Exceptionally committed to personal excellent performance.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 12, 2009

They typed, they answered the phone, they helped with the executive’s calendar, they screened his visitors. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Career Management Executive Blog. By Bill Sweetland. Forty years ago, women in corporate life started out as secretaries—and that’s where they stayed. That was all. Read full article.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2010

I have decided that I will write blogs from time to time and label them the Executive Perspective and then have a sub title. Ability to look ahead and anticipate the coming events to ensure my calendar is coordinated and I'm briefed and prepared. So here is the first one. Exceptionally committed to personal excellent performance.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

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. Since supporting multiple managers, I have enjoyed strengthening my working relationships with other managers.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

We had hundreds of administrative professionals around the world respond to our Blogs or just post their own great tips -- and even some just wanted to say, "I love being an Admin!". Be sure to put this on your calendar for April 1 through April 23 and tell your peers!

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Office Dynamics

MAY 19, 2009

Here are the types of things I discuss with Jasmine, my Chief Executive Assistant: - Daily calendars to confirm events, time and any last-minute requirements. Tags: Executive Blog. These daily huddles can take place on the telephone on your drive into the office or face-to-face at the office upon your arrival. Upcoming visitors.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

We had hundreds of administrative professionals around the world respond to our Blogs or just post their own great tips -- and even some just wanted to say, "I love being an Admin!". Be sure to put this on your calendar for April 1 through April 23 and tell your peers!

Administrative Professionals 100

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Post a weekly calendar showing meetings, school events, and chores on the day they should be done like (Monday): Brian take the trash out. Tags: Admin Mom Blog. Here are a few tips to help you balance work and kids. Delegate household chores to your children. Communicate regularly with children regarding work and personal activities.

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Calendars 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 6, 2009

With the technology of today with email, electronic calendars, it can be a challenge to keep everything coordinated. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Career Management Executive Blog Mgr/Asst Team. Honestly, when we realize we are out of sync, we have a good chuckle and chalk it to "getting older" and move on!".

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

As a center of influence, everything should flow through you—calendar appointments, meeting information, phone calls, projects and more. A strong strategic partnership between the executive and assistant is built on this idea. So, what does that mean for you? Well, for most assistants, it means taking on more.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. Gone are the days of being tethered to a desktop computer to conduct day-to-day business tasks.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Guest Blog entry provided by Debbie Gross, Chief Executive Assistant to John Chamber, Cisco Systems. It is not just about putting meetings on the calendar, maneuvering meetings around and then cancelling the meetings it took so long to put on the calendar. We hope that you enjoy her guest post. Absolutely! Absolutely!

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Guest Blog entry provided by Debbie Gross, Chief Executive Assistant to John Chamber, Cisco Systems. It is not just about putting meetings on the calendar, maneuvering meetings around and then cancelling the meetings it took so long to put on the calendar. We hope that you enjoy her guest post. Absolutely! Absolutely!

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Administrative Professionals Project Management Calendars Salary 100

Office Dynamics

MAY 12, 2009

They typed, they answered the phone, they helped with the executive’s calendar, they screened his visitors. By Bill Sweetland. Forty years ago, women in corporate life started out as secretaries—and that’s where they stayed. That was all. That, unfortunately, remains the public’s view today of the job they do.

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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. They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. I recently received a request for advice from an assistant named Kathryn. ’”.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

I wrote an entire 80+ Page Guide incorporating the main processes executives and assistants need to have down pat, such as: regularly scheduled meetings, calendar management, meeting preparation, e-mail management, project management, travel, follow-up systems and prioritization.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 19, 2009

Here are the types of things I discuss with Jasmine, my Chief Executive Assistant: - Daily calendars to confirm events, time and any last-minute requirements. These daily huddles can take place on the telephone on your drive into the office or face-to-face at the office upon your arrival. Department or company issues. Upcoming visitors.

Calendars 100

Calendars UPS 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Post a weekly calendar showing meetings, school events, and chores on the day they should be done like (Monday): Brian take the trash out. Here are a few tips to help you balance work and kids. Delegate household chores to your children. Communicate regularly with children regarding work and personal activities. Try to keep a morning routine.

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Calendars 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 6, 2009

With the technology of today with email, electronic calendars, it can be a challenge to keep everything coordinated. With our long-term working relationship, we both recognize it pretty quickly and take action to change the direction or make corrections, etc.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

What surprised me after looking at the list was that many of the requests had to do with the typical administrative skills or tasks such as: managing multiple managers, dealing with difficult people, managing stress, calendar management, and troubleshooting. I hardly saw requests for advanced competencies or areas of interest.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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. Joan said she sometimes hears people say, “I’m just the assistant …” when in actuality, that person should state that she “is the strategic business partner” for so and so.

Administrative Professionals 100

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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. Joan said she sometimes hears people say, “I’m just the assistant …” when in actuality, that person should state that she “is the strategic business partner” for so and so.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

I will write one blog for each issue and we will provide the 25 ideas for each topic that our attendees developed. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Shared calendar. Align schedules to have time to talk.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

A must-have skill when managing your executive’s calendar is to understand your executive must have down time.”. My intent in this blog was to bring you into the world of executives and share with you some of traits, behaviors and skills they view as valuable. You are a little fish in a big pond that can really make a difference!”.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Organizing an office gift exchange can be an opportunity to create meaningful memories with your coworkers, or, as a recent article on The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) blog makes clear, a potential minefield of stress and unintentional offense. Mark Madison.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. Succession Planning for Senior-level Executive Assistants – We are at a critical juncture of a work exodus and entrance of new faces assuming leadership roles. These are fundamentals, critical foundational skills needed to fully mature your career.

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