The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting. Criticism and/or negative feedback during a performance review.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 12, 2015

It’s been a long, hard, fascinating journey and I am forever grateful to the thousands of assistants and administrators I have met and served; the hundreds of companies who believed in me and investing in their administrative professionals’ development; the hundreds of executives I have met who have been champions for the profession.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. Prepare a meeting package for your boss and bring forward prior to the meeting to give them adequate time to review (hardcopy or electronic depending on your boss’s preference). Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms. 23, 1 p.m.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

How to deal with it: If you keep your bosses calendar, you can ask him ahead of time if he needs anything in particular for the meeting or if you know the agenda you can suggest information your boss can take to the meeting and have it prepared. Again, explain the benefits to requesting projects ahead of time and put it in writing.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

The night before I go to a Board meeting, I review all my templates, agendas, binder, attendance sheets and everything I am going to need or might need. Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:45 PM Labels: adminisrative assistant , administrative professional , being organized , being prepared Reactions: 1 comments: Anonymoussaid.

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Who's the Real Boss?

AUGUST 31, 2020

The same theory applies when you’re temping too, or even contracting as a minute taker – find someone on that team that you can check things with so that you’re always showing yourself up as the most knowledgeable and professional minute taker going around.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If it is a project management position, prepare a project status review presentation or the like…you get the idea. And of course you don’t want to completely control the meeting, or otherwise disregard the other person’s agenda.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Using, reviewing and updating them needs to be an ongoing process. For example, you may allocate specific time periods throughout the day to check email or send out meeting agendas and reminders. This is an important mindset when it comes to procedures development. Creating your procedures is only the first step.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Drafting a letter If your boss asks you to respond to a letter on his or her behalf, draft it as if your boss was going to sign it, i.e. have it set up properly with the date (or [Insert Date]) and the address correctly filled out and then either send it by e-mail or print it for his or her review. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Plus it is embarrassing to the leader or the administrative person who set the schedule. Many administrators are now handling their leader’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate. Gone are the days when administrators simply reserved a conference room and readied it for the meeting!).

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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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