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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. Many administrators are now handling their executive’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate.

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Many times in my live workshops and seminars for executive and administrative assistants, I ask the participant to create a list of qualities, attributes, and attitudes of star-performing assistants. If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Accountable.

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5 Ways to Be a Value-Added Employee

Office Dynamics

Observing administrative professionals at work is one of my greatest moments. When I’m facilitating a full-day workshop for assistant or executives about maximizing their assistant’s time, I experience several aha moments. That means more can be accomplished in less time – and management is sure to appreciate that.

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Secretary vs Assistant – do they think differently?

Office Dynamics

it can be a big thing in how non-administrative professionals view the role. Here are some of the things I hear assistants, secretaries and managers say: “I would dress better if they paid me more money.”. Managers work hard so they can be promoted to Director, and then Sr. Be assertive. just one word.

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All the free training we offer in one place!

Office Dynamics

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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The Power of One

Office Dynamics

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. I wanted to only focus on the administrative profession. Self-management.

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Revelations from the Revolution at the Conference for Administrative Excellence

Office Dynamics

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.