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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

We created an internal website to post meeting minutes, opportunities to become involved in the organization, information on off-site locations for meetings and events, catering information, and much more. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. Get started now.

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Pros and Cons of Going Paperless

Office Dynamics

If you use board portals your meetings can take place in the cloud; this saves expenses costs on getting board members to one place – huge savings if you’re an international company with directors around the world. Azeus Convene was developed to serve the needs of boards and management teams around the world. Governance Improvements.

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5 Things Every Meeting Management Guru Does

Melissa Peoples

Benchmarking is vital so you can understand best practices and the tools that make managing meetings easy, efficient, and productive. This is a perfect opportunity to benchmark with other assistants or team members on best practices, tools, and technology. Stay On Task & On Time Have a plan to keep the meeting on task and on time.

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Breaking down Minutes: The Art of Minute Taking

Who's the Real Boss?

However, if the minutes are restricted to those who only attended the meeting, then those team members will only be interested in the actions that arose out of the meeting, plus the very top-level highlights. So, start reading!

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I just did not have confidence that this person was going to be able to assist me. The best situation is if you work together as a team, but how can you get there? I always have more confidence something will get done when I see it being written down.

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I like working with someone who has initiative, wants to do a good job and is keen to contribute to the team, but is there a time when initiative is not a good thing? I always feel more confident when a new hire asks me a question and gets all the information before proceeding. I dont see it as a weakness, but as a strength.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

Be confident. To be able to network, you must have confidence. You need confidence in yourself, confidence in your abilities, and confidence in your networking skills. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.