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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Nobody readily puts up the hand to take minutes and those of us who do sometimes fear the job because of the expectation that is put on us to produce discussions accurately. Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. Assertiveness.

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How Administrative Professionals Can Prepare for the Office of the Future

Office Dynamics

Today’s administrative professionals have anything but an easy and boring job. In recent Office of the Future research from OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, 50 percent of survey respondents feel they have skills that are not being tapped at work. Event planning.

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Just the Savvy Ones. Recognizing Career Love.

Office Dynamics

It’s Administrative Professionals Week 2016. I can think of no better way to celebrate than to acknowledge the spirit of the celebratory week than to share why I get so fired up about this profession. Administrative Professionals are needed all over the world. Author: Kemeia MK Foley, CAP-OM. Fantabulous.

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Choosing Excellence Every Day

Office Dynamics

I absolutely loved Joan Burge’s article, Core Admin Skills Always Need Improving ! The principle she discussed of renewing and improving core skills is closely related to what Steven Covey calls “Sharpening the Saw”: the deliberate improvement of our tools to help us become more effective. Lay the Foundation.

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From Possibility to Reality

Office Dynamics

This past October, I was honored to be part of the 2016 Office Dynamics International Conference, The Revolutionary Assistant. About a year ago, I found myself on a catch-up call with Joan Burge, something we’ve done regularly in our relationship over the past 18 years or so. And here’s why. And here’s why.

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Realizing Your Full Potential: Venturing Into High Seas

Office Dynamics

the 11 th month of 2016. When David was ill, I wrote a business book for administrative professionals called Underneath It All. I addressed advanced skills for assistants and I ended each chapter with what I considered, at that time, the most important thing for the reader to know, thus the title, underneath it all.

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Getting People to Notice You: Cultivating High Self-Esteem Webinar Replay

Office Dynamics

Many of you stepped up and shared some of your own notes, questions and links to help me recreate what was lost. From what I understand, no one else had anything like the portfolio to showcase their skills. Questions from your admin peers: Administrative Professional blogs, Facebook, and Linked In resources.