Office Dynamics

APRIL 1, 2009

Every administrative professional must deal with the challenge of prioritizing. Here are some tips that many administrative assistants live by and then I will share with you my Secret Weapon. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Organizational Skills Time Management. Sound familiar? So what do you do? Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 1, 2009

Every administrative professional must deal with the challenge of prioritizing. Here are some tips that many administrative assistants live by and then I will share with you my Secret Weapon. Sound familiar? And more challenging, is managing 5 "A" priorities. So what do you do? Ask for specific deadlines.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

One of the challenges of creating administrative procedures is that many people feel overwhelmed by the project. However, thinking of procedures as one big project isn’t the right approach. If you want to make consistent progress on procedures documentation, you need to make it a habit, not a project.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

In other words, provide them frequent updates before they have to ask where you are on the project. Finally, give assurance that the project will be completed by the deadline (while giving updates until completion). The most important thing to remember when dealing with someone like this is to give them what they want before they ask!

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 13, 2020

As many of my regular readers already know, I am a proud former administrative professional. I have a deep admiration and appreciation for those who dedicate themselves to support roles, which is one of the reasons I now focus a large part of my corporate training business on working with administrative teams.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is frustrating because you have other projects you need to accomplish and you don’t like working last minute. Again, explain the benefits to requesting projects ahead of time and put it in writing. As tasks or projects are assigned, give 110% attention, check and double check for accuracy.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

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. Plus it is embarrassing to the leader or the administrative person who set the schedule. Nor do they have the time.)

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I do however use my Tasks and Reminders in Outlook throughout the day for my own deadlines and projects, but for organizing someone else, this system beats even that for simplicity and it just plain works! I always put (OPEN) in the Subject of the meeting so they will know to open the calendar appointment for more information.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We sat down with an extraordinary group of Admin panelists who spoke on the Power of the Strategic Partnership: – Major difference between serving as an Administrative Professional and one who also serves as a Strategic Partner. – How do you prepare yourself to become a Strategic Partner? – The Power of the Strategic Partnership.

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