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Dana’s Administrative Professional Advice – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

From Ernan: When we created Ask an Admin we had hopes that we’d get questions from administrative professionals having trouble finding answers to their problems. We also hoped that we’d get answers from administrative assistants and executive assistants that wanted to help.

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How to Stay Organized with Leadership Team Meetings? – Ask An Admin

Office Dynamics

In starting 2019 off on hopefully on the right foot, I am looking for advice on how to stay organized with all the meetings. Making sure agendas are going out timely, meeting with leaders to create the agenda, taking notes, bringing attention to meetings, etc. The post How to Stay Organized with Leadership Team Meetings?

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How to Share Your Procedures With Your Team

All Things Admin

As you familiarize your team with your procedures, it’s helpful to give them time to explore your manual so they can ask questions and provide feedback on how to make them better, if necessary. Make improving and updating your procedures an agenda item at every staff meeting. Start with a hands-on approach.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

If you’re not sure how to do that, keep watching. In my view, it’s what makes professional certifications so powerful. For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. Let’s start by discussing why CEUs matter. Learn more at MyCareerLibrary.com.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

They don’t need to spend much time asking others for help or trying to figure out how to perform certain tasks. Here’s a glimpse into our comprehensive onboarding agenda: Introduction to Team Dynamics Schedule regular daily huddles in the initial weeks, adjusting to fewer meetings as the new hire becomes more integrated.

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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Check out my post here for tips on how to listen for the message. Ensure you turn up to the meeting having read the agenda, any background papers, the minutes of the previous meeting and with all the tools you need to take the minutes whether that be pen, highlighter, paper, recording device, laptop or iPad. Assertiveness.

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