Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Planning travel for others is no simple matter and administrative professionals know this better than anyone else! Each traveler has personal preferences and unique quirks that make travel planning a true art form. However, travel is full of unpredictable changes. Try to book the traveler in their preferred hotel chain.

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Success

AUGUST 6, 2021

Ignore those safe, well-traveled paths that people love to suggest but aren’t quite you. Think of the last time you were in a food court mall, and a restaurant employee handed you a sample of food tacked to a toothpick. In hindsight, he would have enjoyed some help and the opportunity to build others up. “I

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Over the last few weeks I have been looking at the four stages of business travel planning. I’ve heard many stories of Executive’s phoning their assistant to ask where certain shops, restaurants or other amenities are while in transit. Up in the air. Unfortunately WiFi on flights has put an end to that little luxury.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

So this is part three of my four part business travel planning guide. Are you expected to be in the office or can you work from home while they travel? If your manager is travelling to a local office ask another assistant to keep an eye on your manager while they are there. Think about the time your manager is travelling.

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Success

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Unfortunately, the entire experience was spoiled by an incident at a popular breakfast restaurant. I was traveling on business and planning to open a new franchise in the area, I said. Turns out, whether I was traveling on business or not, the likelihood of me being impacted by racism was still present.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel! I have observed hundreds of assistants travel and heard numerous stories about their travel experiences both while in transit to Las Vegas and during their stay in Las Vegas. It is for this very reason that I had Nancy Fraze, an Office Dynamics journalist, write, a list of Travel Tips.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel! I have observed hundreds of assistants travel and heard numerous stories about their travel experiences both while in transit to Las Vegas and during their stay in Las Vegas. It is for this very reason that I had Nancy Fraze, an Office Dynamics journalist, write, a list of Travel Tips.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

I also organise his business travel. Since my boss travels a lot, I take care of his travel expenses and supplier invoices. Around the corner from our office in Frankfurt we have a wonderful burger restaurant. Sometimes I enjoy an evening at the Zarges restaurant in Frankfurt – another place I can highly recommend.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

There’s no finer pleasure than visiting a restaurant during its opening week. It’s never the hustle and bustle of TV restaurant opening night; it’s only on the fantasy Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares that you would launch or relaunch a restaurant and decide to pack the place. The food will make them come back.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With years of experience running a coworking space in Berlin and extensive research and travel to over 500 coworking spaces across 50 cities, Pauline has gained deep insights into the uniqueness, importance, and impact of collaborative work environments on people and communities. It can really be where it needs. That’s a great quote.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 7, 2014

If you are ever in the area I can’t stress this too strongly: you must head up those stairs to the Florentine because failure to do so would be to miss out on what must be one of the finest Italian restaurants in Chicago. Next in the fulcrum of a fine Italian restaurant is the wine. And the crime?

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And I also played a lot of live stops, traveling to places like Europe and the World Series of Poker in Vegas. I ended up quitting the game earlier than I had planned. But eventually, I ended up just sort of deciding, okay, I need to take a little bit of a leap of faith here and do something in the professional or corporate arena.

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Success

MARCH 23, 2022

But I’m excited to stretch out into something new and for conceiving, planning and executing the first product: an adventure I dreamed up called 50-50-50 in which Honey Pot, eight others and I hiked 50 miles, biked 50 miles and canoed 50 miles, all in one five-day weekend. I talk to friends in the travel industry. I apply that now.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing. FlightTrack: £2.99

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The demand for highly-skilled, tech-savvy, multitasking administrative professionals who perform business and personal tasks has become so great that a new position is trending—the Executive/Personal Assistant (EA/PA). What if you need someone to do both? An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 30, 2018

Emails have backed up or even if you were checking email, you still go back through to make sure you didn’t miss anything or you now have to take action on your emails. I knew in plenty of time that my March vacation was coming up. Some words of advice, if you are traveling soon for vacation. Take business cards.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 24, 2019

The emergence of the freelance economy as well as advances in technology has opened up a plethora of opportunities to start earning nearly immediately. A person with skills that are in demand can change their lives with a few hours a day in a gig that pays well. Part-Time Online Sales.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

Administrative professionals play a critical role within companies – one that demands a great deal of organization and skill across a wide range of areas. And, since Seamless saves clients up to 30% on food related costs, making administrative professions the office hero, really impacting their company’s bottom line!

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

The good news is that more assistants are taking training into their own hands and setting up internal and external networking groups for their peers. I have also seen assistants starting up their own blogs in 2014 and I think this will continue in 2015. There are advancements in the travel industry every year.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 6, 2009

For example, if your manager wants to host a dinner at a nearby restaurant but the restaurant is not open for dinner … suggest another restaurant or move ahead choose another restaurant and make reservations. You must be physically and mentally able to keep up or, set the pace! Dress neatly.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 20, 2016

Since opening its doors to the world since the fall of the wall, Berlin has become a bustling, cosmopolitan and hugely popular destination for business and leisure travellers alike. Apps World (April 20th-21st) is next up on the events calendar. Plain clothes ticket officers may pop up – and they will fine you. Apps World, Berlin.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

I grew up in a different age where working hard and being humble were par for the course for the PA. It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Generation Y makes about 50% of the current workforce. Millennials belong to a Show and Tell Culture.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

CONNECT WITH NICOLE Nicole on LinkedIn Bosun Solutions Mic’d Up Booking ABOUT NICOLE Nicole Grinnell is the CEO of a multi million dollar company and has a passion for helping other business owners find affordable solutions to help grow their business. And favorite hobby for sure has to be travel. Jeremy Burrows 1:56 Nice.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 8, 2014

Throughout 2013 we noticed a huge increase in PA networking with a number of local networking groups springing up across the UK. Assistants will no longer have to get their manager’s permission to travel to London or other major cities for networking opportunities which can be a major hurdle. PA Networking. Client entertainment.

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Allwork

JULY 21, 2022

So, but what then happened for us is that whenever we travelled there, people were like, oh, well, you know, hey, I’d love to catch up. And that is, you know, frees the business up to truly look at why it exists and what business can do to help with that. We do so many things that fill us up with people.

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Worxbee

MARCH 1, 2021

Any time you can automate a task, you improve the chances of the task getting done efficiently, AND you can free up time for people to be doing more meaningful work. A great executive assistant will not only clean up your inbox, they’ll create a good process for managing it, one that they’ll usually implement and manage themselves.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. She had to set up an away voicemail message and fortunately had kept a script of what her away message usually said, She worked for a doctor so it was important that the proper referral numbers were given.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. laughs* I had one boss who was absolutely forbidden to schedule his own appointments because he would foul up his calendar so badly. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 6, 2009

For example, if your manager wants to host a dinner at a nearby restaurant but the restaurant is not open for dinner … suggest another restaurant or move ahead choose another restaurant and make reservations. You must be physically and mentally able to keep up or, set the pace! Dress neatly.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. I know the newness of it all will be gone soon and it will just be a normal thing that he is a little walker, but for now it is cute to see him learn this new skill. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I use this all the time on my calendar and my boss's calendar, and it helps us both to know which events are phone calls which he can take in the office or on the road (yellow) or which events will require travel (blue).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Recently, I bought a new laptop.

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On The Job

JULY 26, 2011

Whenever you travel for business, you always run into problems and have to call the office for help. You keep your colleagues waiting at a restaurant for a lunch get-together. If you're involved, it means others will have to cool their heels waiting for you to show up. Doesn't matter if you called the meeting, you're late.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Let me tell you about ezCater with over 100,000 restaurants to choose from nationwide and 24/7 customer support.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. no tickets.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 14, 2012

I thought I would share the trip with you and show that our skills can be transferred across from business to our own personal lives… plus there are a few pretty pics! After the tour we met back up with my brother and his girlfriend to visit the 9/11 Memorial. Saturday 5th May. Raging Bull! Cocktails in The Campbell Apartment.

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