Office Dynamics

APRIL 3, 2017

April is one of my favorite months because, here at Office Dynamics, we get to celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of those in the administrative profession! In case you are not aware, Administrative Professionals Week is April 24 – 28. If you would like to hear all of them, you can watch the replay of the live event.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Excellent time management skills. Professional presence. Taking baby steps is a good way to manage a big list of “must get better at” areas. This might give you an idea of areas that need to be developed.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 7, 2018

These executive letters are one of the requirements for a Star Achievement Series® participant to receive their CEAP (Certified Executive Administrative Professional) designation. Always proactively planning for me thus reducing my set up and pre-coordination time of events. Appropriately assertive.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What is most interesting is that administrative professionals are the ones who are very involved in their executive’s travels yet are not road warriors. While these were written for our administrative professional conference attendees, they can apply to any trip you may whether it be a business trip or vacation.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2017

She’ll be at the annual Conference for Administrative Excellence this year and she is an absolute wealth of knowledge and insight. But back to the point: Being an administrative professional, the world is your oyster. Here at Office Dynamics, we focus a lot on those who have chosen administration as their career path.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Part of what we do is provide tools and services to administrative professionals to enhance the quality of their work-life that promote administrative excellence. We offer high level coaching, onsite workshops, an annual conference for administrative excellence, an executive assistant boot camp and more.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? Business Management Daily had a daily free download or gift. Just because the event has ended doesn’t mean we stop blogging. Join us at a live event this year! IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Earlier this year, I was asked to emcee one of the largest conferences in the world for administrative professionals, APC. But here’s what I did: When I got to the huge ballroom where the first event was to take place and I saw the people trickling in, I danced. That’s where this photo was taken.). While wearing a silly hat.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 1, 2017

I hope everyone has recuperated from an exciting Administrative Professionals Week. On Wednesday, April 26 I hosted a Facebook Live where I spoke about what I love about the administrative profession and gave tips on how to shine in the profession. Cindy McConnell loves putting on events as they do that often at Shure.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2015

One of the most common complaints we hear from modern administrative professionals is that they feel busy—overwhelmed even—but they still aren’t really being utilized. Strategies for successfully managing up and getting your executive(s) to delegate more. How to manage up. Register to save your seat for this free event.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Just over a week ago, I had the honor of attending the Office Dynamics Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. As a proud former administrative professional, I consider myself intimately familiar with the unique challenges—and unique rewards—of the field. People are always more comfortable with silence.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

When I was asked to speak at the Office Dynamics Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , I was ecstatic. It was the first time my company OfficeTeam was participating in the event. And in my nearly 20 years around the administrative staffing industry, I had heard only fantastic things about the conference.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

Lisa Olsen is passionate about the administrative career and encourages assistants to be “relationship engineers” She currently is the Executive Coordinator/Office Manager at Dignity Health and is the Co-Founder of Admin to Admin – providing resources, workshops and retreats for assistants.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 1, 2016

Recently, I was conducting a full-day workshop for administrative professionals at a large organization. I was purposely brought in to help these assistants manage change, build strategic partnerships with their managers, learn how to be more proactive, and build peer synergy.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Approach your manager about taking on increased responsibilities. If your workload is unreasonable, accept that there’s no shame in making the business case to your manager for assistance or some reallocation of workload. Manage interruptions and learn to say “no” where appropriate. Feeling underutilized? Take the initiative.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the past year, we’ve expanded our global community of administrative professionals exponentially and offered more free content than ever before. Pacific Time for the live event. Register for a replay link at any time if you can’t join the live event. . This is our last free webinar for assistants of the year.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 10, 2015

Use assertive communication skills to manage these situations. Use these strategies to improve relationships, get work done, persuade others, negotiate, create win-win situations, and be seen as a world-class administrative professional. Hidden anger or resentment will create barriers. Best of luck! Pacific Time).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 11, 2016

Every day, we can face conflicting views, opinions, approaches to a project or differences about when to host an event. Use assertive communication techniques. However, Monday is the perfect time to talk about workplace conflict because we all have to deal with it. I’m not referring to full-blown, yelling at each other. Take Charge.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. Just as you are prepared for meetings, events, etc. as professionals, we need to be prepared for the performance review. 100 pts Dealing with a reprimand is a very unpleasant event. Let them have their words. Do not interrupt. Seek answers.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 15, 2015

It’s time for administrative professionals to come up from the clouds that have cast a gloom over their performance. Didn’t get a chance to register for the 2015 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence? The live event is sold out but you don’t have to miss this important resilience-building curriculum.

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The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 13, 2010

If it is a situation that requires urgent attention, be assertive and ask for help and apologize for any inconvenience. I tend to book for these events the moment the announcement comes out. The best remedy I have found that helps me remember items for conferences and meetings is an "events checklist."

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

Working as an admin professional often means working closely with leadership positions and essentially acting as project manager for the C-suite. Learn more about how you can enter to win amazing prizes during Office Ninjas’ #AdminWeek event. In Good Company.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

To Do Lists – Task Management. Meetings/Events. There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Event/Meeting Planning. Project Management. Her system for email management is outstanding. The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized.

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