Office Dynamics

MAY 7, 2019

” Something to remember is that typically if you want to dig deep into administrative training content and practice the skills you are learning, you usually get that in a training course or workshop. I will write about this in another blog. When choosing an administrative conference or training, choose wisely.

Administrative Training 202

Administrative Training Training Skills Purchasing 202

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?”

Monster 180

Monster Travel Administrative Professionals Email 180

Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2017

In fact, thousands of administrative assistants will never attend an in-depth training program, conference, or take an online course because his or her company won’t pay for it. Online courses. And the gift of education does not come easy or often for your assistant. Books, Audio Programs and more.

Administrative Professionals 185

Administrative Professionals Gifts 2017 Restaurants 185

Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2015

<Guest Blog Post by Judi Moreo> One of the biggest assets any Administrative Assistant can have is the understanding that her personal growth is her responsibility. Very often your companies will pay for these courses if your employer sees the benefit to the company for you to have the training. www.judimoreo.com.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Mentoring Networking Training 100

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.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem AT&T Goals Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2017

If you read the past two blogs, you will know that I have been talking about office dragons. Of course star performers want to make sure everyone is happy. I have already written about managers as perceived dragons and co-workers. Today, I am talking about the third and most dangerous species: ourselves!! What is yours?

Assertiveness 171

Assertiveness Gifts International Stress 171

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Comment on the blog below. Subscribe to our blog in the upper right-hand corner. Mastering Exceptional Self-Leadership Course – 1. Share the Love Your Career image above on social media (Tag us in your post; Facebook: Office Dynamics, Twitter @OfficeDynamics, Linkedin: Office Dynamics or Joan Burge).

2017 214

2017 Social Media Facebook 2016 214

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?

AT&T 100

AT&T Management UPS Etiquette 100

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.

Goals 202

Goals Stress Filing Email 202

Office Dynamics

MARCH 4, 2014

Effortless navigation provides essential information with clarity at this highly readable, solution-oriented website chock full of numerous helpful articles, free educational videos, whitepapers, case studies, an ebook, nearly 1,000 blog posts… and a spunky, happy approach to work and life. Numerous blog posts, categorized by topic area.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals 2014 Administrative Training International 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 31, 2020

Consider sending your assistant to a workshop, conference, or designation course. What is my suggestion instead of traditional gifts? Provide them with continuing education and professional development opportunities. A stellar event can be transformative for an administrative assistant.

Gifts 173

Gifts Administrative Professionals Equipment Confidence 173

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I must skip backwards for a moment to blog about an important concept Joan shared on Wednesday morning’s session. If the nose of the plane is pointed only 1% off course (that seems like nothing, right?) it will ultimately end up off course, arriving 150 miles upstate in Albany or in Dover, Delaware.

Goals 100

Goals Learning UPS 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

Of course, many organizations have different priorities and many Executives indeed want to know they have full support at all hours of the day and night, especially when traveling. This post is part of our blog-a-thon in honor of administrative professionals. Such requests are not unreasonable, but they must be formally discussed.

Email 100

Email Administrative Professionals Lifestyle Travel 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2018

During the course of the training day, they are stretched out of their comfort zones because of the learning activities we facilitate. They don’t know you! You know you. But sometimes you don’t even know yourself. Often when assistants show up for our training, they are already skilled and experienced.

Administrative Professionals 189

Administrative Professionals Skills AT&T Training 189

Office Dynamics

JULY 23, 2019

I especially spend a lot of time on this topic in my World Class Assistant™ designation course. For more than 15 years I have been teaching assistants how to build a strategic partnership with their executives. A strategic partnership is quite different from just building a partnership with your executive or just working as a team.

Project Management 202

Project Management Skills Purchasing Filing 202

Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2015

This depends, of course, on your employer’s policies and project deadlines. Admin Assistant Training Executive Blog Leadership Motivators #adminblogathon #administrativeprofessionalsday #thanktheassistants admin day gift ideas apd apw expert gifts for brilliant assistants gifts for your assistant' Avoid talking about work. Joan Burge.

Gifts 100

Gifts Administrative Professionals Training Policies 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 20, 2011

Joan is looking forward to coming back to the office in February and connecting again with all of you through her blog, Adminology, Monday Motivators and training events. If you wish to continue to send encouragement and support, please feel free to do so here in the comments section of this blog. The Office Dynamics Family.

Networking 100

Networking Training 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 20, 2011

Joan is looking forward to coming back to the office in February and connecting again with all of you through her blog, Adminology, Monday Motivators and training events. If you wish to continue to send encouragement and support, please feel free to do so here in the comments section of this blog. The Office Dynamics Family.

Networking 100

Networking Training 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2010

A guest blog post by Kemetia Foley, CPS/CAP. Kemetia operates the blog superppn.blogspot.com. Of course, this is in the Washington DC Metro area. I would recommend considering taking a course in Chinese or Arabic as an alternative. This guest blog posting was written and contributed by Kemetia Foley.

Skills 100

Skills Learning 2011 Phones 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2010

A guest blog post by Kemetia Foley, CPS/CAP. Kemetia operates the blog superppn.blogspot.com. Of course, this is in the Washington DC Metro area. I would recommend considering taking a course in Chinese or Arabic as an alternative. This guest blog posting was written and contributed by Kemetia Foley.

Skills 100

Skills Learning 2011 Phones 100

Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

So much so that I asked Brian and Joan if I could write a blog post about my experience and share some photos from the event. So many of you came up and introduced yourselves and said, “Hey you’re the guy I get all the emails from” I had to slip it into this blog. It was so fun and so awesome to finally get to meet all of you.

Agenda 203

Agenda Facebook Interviewing Email 203

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.

Training 100

Training Administrative Professionals 2015 AT&T 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2015

Of course this profession is near and dear to my heart since I worked in the administrative profession for 20 years and Office Dynamics has been dedicated to administrative training and development for 25 years. P.S. Be sure to participate in our April Blog-a-Thon dedicated to you, celebrating the administrative profession. Joan Burge.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Assertiveness Administrative Training Skills 100

Office Dynamics

JULY 9, 2014

Take the world’s best courses, online, for free. – Take college level courses for nothing? BONUS: @OfficeDynamics , if you like our blog you will love our tweets! @Coursera Learning without limits. We aim to offer education to everyone. I love this resource for keeping my skills updated and continued learning. Sign me up.

Twitter 100

Twitter Administrative Professionals Etiquette IAAP 100

Office Dynamics

JUNE 1, 2015

I want to personally thank each of you who have been reading our Monday Motivators , been friends of Office Dynamics, readers of our blogs, conference attendees, workshop attendees or just a “fan” in some way, shape or form. and of course, subscribe to Monday Motivators ! I hope you will stay around for the next 25 years! Joan Burge.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals 2015 Forms Training 100

Office Dynamics

JUNE 23, 2013

Of course, this is hard to say when my "spirit" isn''t in the fighting mode but rather I''m feeling hurt or sad for someone I love, such as a sister or father. Read the blog that kicked-off the month of our Spiritual Pillar Monday Motivators focus and leave your comments there to enter the contest.

2013 100

2013 AT&T UPS 100

Office Dynamics

JULY 25, 2016

You may be aging every year chronologically, but you don’t ever have to grow up in terms of feeling that you can’t change your mind or your course in life. Share your guiding principles by commenting on our blog for a chance to win access to the Mastering Exceptional Self Leadership Online Learning. What principles do you live by?

Learning 100

Learning Goals Travel International 100

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. Of course, there are many facets that fall under communications but here is one of the most important secrets I will share with you. It was amazing and valuable! Communicating Expectations and Perceptions.

Calendars 100

Calendars 2017 Administrative Professionals Phones 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.

Management 100

Management Administrative Professionals International Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 30, 2010

Of course research ensued and because you are a savvy assistant reading this blog and would want to know the answer as we did. In a recent revamp of materials here at the office the question came up, do we use the term BlackBerry’s or BlackBerries … how exactly do we pluralize a BlackBerry? See what we found out.

Stress 100

Stress Forms UPS 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 30, 2010

Of course research ensued and because you are a savvy assistant reading this blog and would want to know the answer as we did. In a recent revamp of materials here at the office the question came up, do we use the term BlackBerry’s or BlackBerries … how exactly do we pluralize a BlackBerry? See what we found out.

Stress 100

Stress Forms UPS 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We have so many ways to learn from Joan; webinars, books, blog posts, etc., Of course, I must do that for the work I do. Of course, I love my iPad (newer, bigger, lightweight screen with the keyboard by Apple); loving my AirPods (no wires!); You can read and follow Dana’s blogs at Success Encourager.

Mentoring 189

Mentoring Skills Learning IAAP 189

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Set at least one night aside that all of you sit as a family and have a full-course meal. Tags: Admin Mom Blog. Teach your kids that change is o.k. and they need to be flexible. Let your kids plan dinners or prepare for special events like Valentine’s Day.

Calendars 100

Calendars 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 12, 2013

Joan challenged you to submit your big dreams to us to share her on the blog. I plan to take online courses, practice with my Hispanic coworkers, and be able to write and speak the language. Our theme this January is swirling around BIG dreams and dreaming as big as you can. Spanish language is expressive, beautiful and easy to learn.

2013 100

2013 Learning UPS 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 11, 2012

Annual Blog-a-thon for Administrative Professionals. We are holding 4th Annual Blog-a-thon for the Administrative Profession. To learn more about the blog-a-thon and how you can win great prizes check out the Administrative Professional's Blog-a-thon Page for the full message. Welcome to the Who Took My Pen.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Goals Travel International 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2009

Hello, Blog readers! Jasmine Freeman here with a special blog post of my own for you. If you have been following Joan Burge via her blog , her books , her live seminars or her free webinar series, 26 Weeks to Administrative Excellence you have probably heard my name mentioned once or twice.

Social Media 100

Social Media Facebook Administrative Professionals Twitter 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2009

Hello, Blog readers! Jasmine Freeman here with a special blog post of my own for you. If you have been following Joan Burge via her blog , her books , her live seminars or her free webinar series, 26 Weeks to Administrative Excellence you have probably heard my name mentioned once or twice.

Social Media 100

Social Media Facebook Administrative Professionals Twitter 100