The Small Business Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

World Book Week and International Women’s Day and what the heck is the use of having the inept Tony Robinson OBE as your agent? He was asked to put forward his ‘must read’ book for business or when travelling. You might get an ex bank manager for goodness sake – thanks but no thanks.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

YOU CANNOT MANAGE TIME! How you manage to focus your attention (or how long you keep your attention focused) will make or break your ability to get things done. I talked to over 40 of my international colleagues and asked them for their one favorite tip on setting and managing priorities. WANT MORE ON TIME MANAGEMENT?

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I give PA support to each boss including diary management, booking international travel, preparing contracts, documents and papers. I also manage and mentor our team’s Apprentice, who is an invaluable help for various admin tasks. There is a lot of diary management with my role.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 29, 2010

It is especially useful when working with people in different time zones – or if your manager travels frequently. Internal Correspondence. We are fortunate to have so many tools available to us. E-mail accelerates communications and the transfer of information. And what would business professionals do without their Blackberries?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 29, 2010

It is especially useful when working with people in different time zones – or if your manager travels frequently. Internal Correspondence. We are fortunate to have so many tools available to us. E-mail accelerates communications and the transfer of information. And what would business professionals do without their Blackberries?

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 29, 2009

Their duties include (but are not limited to) answering and screening calls, meeting and greeting clients and customers, maintaining executives calendars, writing correspondence, generating reports, meeting planning, filing, travel arrangements, maintain client/customer data records, supervising others, and the list goes on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

It used to be the secretary did everything for the boss, now the executives do a lot of their own administrative work, such as email management, so a background as an admin assistant can certainly help. If a more experienced assistant comes alongside you and provides mentoring - dont refuse it. " Warning! Incoming text message.

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Who's the Real Boss?

MARCH 11, 2019

Are you stunting an opportunity for them to develop their project management skills, because as the older assistant you couldn’t be seen to have a younger assistant deliver on something that potentially should be coming from you? I have in fact identified another stereotype that many of us are guilty of also.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Today’s Day in the life: Diana Brandl, Senior EA at Mister Spex, Founder and CEO of The Socialista Projects, Head of IMA Berlin and National Social Relations Officer, speaker, coach and mentor and all round superstar EA! Support…my two managing directors on the highest level as possible in their day to day business matters.

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Denise Aday

APRIL 30, 2010

I already have some great team members, and one of these may serve as our project/account manager before long. In some cases there may be overlap with team members handling both client work and my internal stuff. I.e. a mentor, systems, etc? Boundaries – Another toughie for VAs. We are our clients’ right hands. Get it in place.

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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You need a password to boot up your work computer, log in to your network, access your office intranet, open your project management software, and access your cloud server. Password management and protection is crucial for admins. This is most common on smaller, older sites with homegrown password management. Website Security.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. It’s important to recognize the difference between surviving and thriving, because the key to success is available to those who successfully manage to cross the bandwidth between the two. Single support executive assistants now juggled multiple managers.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 5, 2011

But we made this internal promise to stick with it because, years ago maybe, it looked like a good option. If you don’t want to go the WeGetThere home page , let me tell you that this is a revolutionary travel crowdfunding service. But we’re comfortable and we feel somehow nice and validated. We just think we are.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 18, 2010

I took this voyage under the guide of the International Student Volunteer (ISV) organization with other American college students. We then traveled from Sydney north to Cairns for two and a half weeks stopping by many spots to experience the outdoor side of Aussie during the day and the libation side of Aussie at night. Well, I dont.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

My background is in management, but a girl has to pay the bills. As I mentioned, I'm interviewing for a very high profile position next week for a Chairman of a major international company. I’m not sure if you’ll ever fully know how to best handle his personality, but if you can manage it well ENOUGH then that's all that matters.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Meanwhile, the Office Dynamics team including Joan Burge and the conference’s featured expert presenters like Julie Perrine, Chrissy Scivique and Lucy Brazier flowed through the space, helping connect people with industry peers and mentors, sharing stories and smiles.

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Virtual Moxie

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Manage your time to manage the work. If I'm traveling, I always tell my private coaching clients how to blast through my "away" message in case of an urgent need. instantly smack yourself on the forehead and internally ask, "What in. Pick something that matters. to you; something you want to accomplish. Whether you come.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

And as I climbed the admin ladder, when I got recruited for a project manager role, the person who referred me was also someone I had met when I was “just a temp” stuffing those thousands of envelopes. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 15, 2010

I realize that the more internal pain I feel, the stronger I become (I have this one because I struggle with OCD). Introducing Assess - Decide - Do my life management framework. Ken Robinson in his book Element touched the topic of having heroes too, he said that having a mentor is much better than to dream of your hero.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Use it to manage overwhelm when your world is freakin'! Break It Down And Take The First Step When you're overwhelmed by a large project, a big mess or huge task at hand, break it down into small, manageable pieces or individual steps and then identify the first, or most important step/task. a 6x9(ish) spiral notebook.

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Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

Leading from Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams by David Burkus (TED Talk: Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid ) . Hard to believe, but in 2018, only roughly 3 percent of US employees worked from home, reports management researcher David Burkus. Give it to the emerging grown-up in your own life. .

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