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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

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. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Strive to develop these skills so you can be the best minute taker you can.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. 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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3 Keys to Making This Your Best Week Ever

Office Dynamics

Most administrative professionals are intimately familiar with “emergency” business situations and sky-high stress—their own, as well as the stress that practically radiates off of others. Three keys to fostering resilience—an essential skill that keeps high achieving assistants at the top of their game. How to manage stress.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

The first time I became involved in planning meetings was in my role as an office manager/prospect donor researcher in the Grants and Development Office of a state university. I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do.

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

When I was an assistant 40 years ago we complained about not getting time with our executives; we complained about not getting enough information from our managers; we complained about not getting support for training. Revolutionary ways to gain true manager support for your ongoing professional development.

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Leading Certification Provider for Executive and Administrative Assistants Cites Top HR Trends, Celebrates 24th Year

Office Dynamics

Founded by CEO Joan Burge, Office Dynamics International reached its 24th year of providing the most trusted certification and training systems for peak performance of administrative professionals. Their nearly quarter century of experience has allowed them to identify critical new trends in human capital management.

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Peer Synergy: 5 Powerhouse Strategies For Creating Administrative Peer Power

Office Dynamics

Coming together is better than fighting for your own agenda. When you are trying to create change, whether in a process or for the administrative community in your organization, it is much easier to be persuasive when there is a group. Far too often, administrative professionals have a reputation of displaying jealousy.