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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

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Engage in discussions about long-term strategies, actively seek ways to align your support with these overarching goals, and be able to voice potential conflicts, concerns, as well as opportunities based on your view of the calendar and logistical objectives - a key part of your domain.

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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I Ask for help.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: 2014 Training Dates

Office Dynamics

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2014 Training Dates. It''s time to get out your 2014 calendar and start marking your dates for training and development. We have announced our training program dates - reserve your seat now in one of our popular administrative training courses led/created by Joan Burge.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

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Office Dynamics specifically focuses on training and development for administrative professionals of all levels. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. A great executive assistant looks at the entire calendar for a month—what happened last week?

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

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I still teach Adminology in our World Class Assistant™ certification and designation course because it never changes. Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. During our World Class Assistant™ course, I also talk about optimization in relation to Art + Science. Optimization.

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12 Productivity Tools and Strategies to Help You Seize the Day

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Although many people rely on their computer’s calendar, writing down events and to-do lists in a day planner or journal forces you to spend a few minutes each day setting short-term goals and prioritizing tasks. Of course, the Franklin Covey planner is a beloved classic. Plan your day. Leverage technology. I don’t do it all myself.

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15 Ways To Treat Yourself: How Rewards Can Help You Succeed

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Putting on your new running shoes as you head out the door for marathon training or giving yourself a mid-afternoon break after completing an arduous work task can be a physical reminder of all you have achieved and something to point to when you don’t feel like you can keep going. Involve loved ones. Play with your kids or pets.

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