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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. Not only did I set the meetings up, but I also took notes (in shorthand no less), transcribed the notes and prepared final reports for dissemination. Program Content/Agenda .

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Finding my Niche by Mary Jo Wiseman

Office Dynamics

Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. I for one, started out on a clerical/administrative path with absolutely no knowledge at the time that a career in meeting planning even existed (and at the time it probably didn’t).

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

The diverse team has combined organizational and time management skills, event and meeting planning, business savvy, continued professional development drive and so much more to ensure success and positive outcomes. A multigenerational team offers executives and managers more than just support assistance.

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Administrative Assistants Broaden Your Skillset

Office Dynamics

If you want to be viewed as a strategic partner and considered an extension of the management team, you need to make time to look at your own development. When it comes to figuring out your soft skills, enlarge your vision; don’t just look at the tasks such as meeting planning or calendaring. Here is my advice in step order.

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. Excellent team building exercises. You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel. “Of

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Time Is Money: Get More of Both with an Executive Assistant

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EAs support the growth of the company One of the main draws to having an EA is that they increase productivity and provide problem-solving. Those who are sole business owners or those with a small team will benefit from having an EA. EAs = increased productivity Imagine this: You’re sitting in a meeting with three from your team.

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Under a Bushel

Office Dynamics

As administrative support staff, most of us are accustomed to taking on whatever tasks are necessary to keep the team on-track, normally for relatively short-term assignments. Additionally, start keeping a log of the quantity of work you produce in major areas such as telephone, meeting planning, travel planning, email management, etc.