Administrative Professionals Assertiveness Forms Learning 
Office Dynamics
MARCH 11, 2015
it can be a big thing in how non-administrative professionals view the role. Your title should matter to you because most people form perceptions about you based on your title. Be assertive. PS check out a presentation assemble by my World Class Assistant students on what they learned from the program.
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. We learned that together we have a much louder voice.
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Office Dynamics
APRIL 26, 2016
Ask to join or form a workplace committee. Offer to help coordinate a “lunch and learn” session, or an after-hours network of your peers. Manage interruptions and learn to say “no” where appropriate. It’s Become Routine; I Could Do this in My Sleep. Feeling underutilized? Take the initiative. The Workload is Ridiculous.
Office Dynamics
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Taught by Joan Burge , creator and master trainer of the Star Achievement Series® with more than 39 years of administrative expertise and learning and development. Pre-course work will be assigned to prepare the student thus engaging them in the learning process before they arrive. Benefits of attending this course.
Office Dynamics
APRIL 18, 2017
Advancing as an assistant can take many different forms. For some, it involves climbing to the next level, becoming a “senior” support staff member or an administrative manager. If you’d like to learn more about our Blog-A-Thon you can do so here. Designed by Freepik.
The Office Professionals Place
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. 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. Seek answers.
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
I learned that these dismissive demeanors and disrespectful behaviors had to do with the disparate perceptions about what assistants actually do. If the situation is to change, then EAs need to participate in the assertion about what assistants do and the responsibilities they now hold. Yes, they do.
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