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.

Administrative Professionals 209

Administrative Professionals Skills PowerPoint 2017 209

Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Office Dynamics often surveys managers and high-level executives as to the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. The ability to organize and prioritize is right behind SMART! You have to organize to be able to know what is in front of you. See how you measure up. Joan Burge.

Skills 100

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Good communication skills. Organization skills. Interpersonal communication skills. Excellent calendaring skills. Excellent time management skills. Professional presence. Great networking skills. Analytical forward thinking skills. Top Assistants List Qualities Of A Great Assistant.

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Etiquette Administrative Professionals Skills 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2017

More assertive? Administrative Professionals Week and April is the perfect time to think about your career as an administrative assistant, executive assistant, and secretary. Learn to be a catalyst for change in your organization and it will catapult your reputation. Do you wish you were more confident?

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Administrative Professionals Assertiveness 2017 Customer Service 221

Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2015

You vent to your friends, your family, or other administrative professional colleagues, who understand the pressure of your job. At the Conference for Administrative Excellence this fall, I’m going to help you hone lots of skills to be more resilient to change and stressful situations in the workplace.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Stress Assertiveness 2015 100

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. Leverages technology to help me stay organized. Appropriately assertive. Recently I have read more than 40 executive letters.

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Assertiveness 2018 Calendars Confidence 180

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Watch The Organized Admin Webinar Replay. Poll Results: Where do you struggle the most to stay organized? What was the inspiration for writing your new book, The Organized Admin? The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized. Why is organization so important for admins? Ideas, Time & Space.

Travel 100

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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. But we celebrate the entire month of April. Thirst for knowledge.

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Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 2017 Gifts 203

Eat Your Career

APRIL 22, 2019

Be assertive. When you identify a specific task you can or should take over for your executive, speak up assertively. That way, the assistant can help organize and prioritize messages and respond to urgent requests on the executive’s behalf. Then, ask explicitly for the trust required to make that happen.

Assertiveness 185

Assertiveness Confidence Training Email 185

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. It means you can create a wildfire in your organization. Craft your skill.

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Administrative Professionals Skills Training Administrative Training 187

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Get a copy for every administrative professional in your organization. What if you perceive yourself as being assertive but not everyone agrees? Do you know that some of your skills are not finely honed? Become an Inner Circle Assistant excerpt. Are you intimidated?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Administrative Professionals Gifts Holidays 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, I want to share my thoughts on why I believe being an executive assistant is a rewarding career. I hear managers or Human Resource Professionals say it doesn’t take any special skill to be an administrative assistant. I hear it from both sides of the desk. Intuitive.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals 2016 Stress Travel 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2018

While traveling gets old after a while and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. Observing administrative professionals at work is one of my greatest moments. Organizations are communicating that it is time to “step up your game” or you may not be in the game in months to come.

Administrative Professionals 167

Administrative Professionals Travel Salary Promotion 167

Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

However, after a recent turn of events such as staffing vacancies and promotions, I have found myself providing administrative support to several other key managers while we recruit for vacant positions. Let’s face it—the work of an administrative professional is never ending. To think otherwise is wishful thinking!

Management 100

Management Administrative Professionals International Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2017

If you’re still struggling with time management, organization, professional presence, and communication, focus on amplifying your skills in these key areas. These kinds of leadership skills are only gained through practice and yet, they’re essential for advancement. There’s no substitution for mastery.

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Mentoring Promotion 2017 Skills 198

Office Dynamics

MAY 9, 2016

As more companies embrace the spirit of teamwork, you must learn to work with other people and truly become a team player to get the work done and help your organization be more competitive. Use assertive communication techniques. Having an “attitude of taking charge” is not necessarily the same as the “skill of taking charge.”

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem Assertiveness Skills Negotiating 100

Office Dynamics

JUNE 30, 2014

We specialize in professional training, development and information for administrative professionals and their executives. You need to work on your communications skills and being more assertive to gain attention. Be patient and again, assess your communication skills and develop persuasion skills.

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Stress Administrative Professionals Training 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 11, 2016

This is an important skill to develop for any individual who has to work with others. As more companies embrace collaboration, you must learn to work with other people and truly become a team player to get the work done and help your organization be more competitive. Use assertive communication techniques. Take Charge.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem Assertiveness Skills Administrative Training 100

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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Training Administrative Professionals 2015 AT&T 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? and we brought back the April Blog-a-Thon for the Administrative Professional where we gathered here each weekday with a new content post and shared a place for administrative professionals to comment, question and discuss their careers.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 23, 2017

Do they work within your organization or outside your organization? I encourage you to work on this vital business skill. Come see me live in Chicago for Administrative Professionals Week! (You can still voice your opinion but very carefully.) Have an awesome week! Joan Burge.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem Administrative Professionals Skills Management 100

Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

This proven program has been updated 15 times thus bringing timely and relevant information to administrative assistants, executive assistants, and administrators in Fortune 500 corporations and mid- to small-size organizations across industries. Star Achieving Techniques™ (Skill Module). Visit OfficeDynamics.com. ?.

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Skills Networking Goals 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2016

As an administrative professional, you probably think of yourself as an employee. You provide a service to your organization, and in return, they provide a paycheck. Daren is the author of “A Company of Owners,” a book that’s taking the corporate world by storm, transforming how organizations operate and how employees think.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem Administrative Professionals 2016 Gifts 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Many administrators are now handling their executive’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate. Many administrative professionals are doing research, preparing outgoing pre-reads and filtering e-mail note strings for their executive in preparation for a meeting. Department Issues.

Management 100

Management Calendars Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. Years ago, we used to deal with office organization,” she explained, “but now we have ‘Optimizing Space & Time’ because of all the technology coming straight at us on a continual basis.”.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. Years ago, we used to deal with office organization,” she explained, “but now we have ‘Optimizing Space & Time’ because of all the technology coming straight at us on a continual basis.”.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

Assistants have touch-points at many levels in the organization and we often find ourselves encountering ethical dilemmas in the office. Beginning in May, she will be a contributor for Admin Pro – a monthly newsletter for administrative professionals. See Lisa at our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Negotiating IAAP Expenses 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2010

I have been in the training and professional speaking business for almost 20 years. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. I bet you have an invisible bag of top-notch skills you carry with you. Who can you teach?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Administrative Professionals Training Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2010

I have been in the training and professional speaking business for almost 20 years. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. I bet you have an invisible bag of top-notch skills you carry with you. Who can you teach?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Training Administrative Professionals Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Have a look at your time management skills, and how best to invest your efforts on a daily and weekly basis. Shelagh Donnelly is the founder and publisher of Exceptional EA ( [link] ), an online resource for administrative professionals that’s read in more than 130 countries. Separate ideals from necessities.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Administrative Professionals Negotiating Budget 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

An administrative assistant can be indispensible to an executive. An executive assistant does this and more, including taking minutes and organizing board meetings. The up and coming assistant will need to be knowledgeable and skilled in what they do and assertive in doing it. But how can we help? Are we ready?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Keyboards Filing Administrative Professionals 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I can honestly say that because of my experience in the administrative profession for 20 years in a variety of organizations. During my administrative career, I was fortunate to work with three outstanding executives who truly saw me as their strategic partner. This is a question I have been asked for years.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Fax Email 2015 100

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.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Training AT&T Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

It’s no secret that admin professionals rack up tons of knowledge on dozens of office topics and that no two days are ever the same. You’re not just turning one wheel of the bus to keep it going forward—you’re the linchpin of the organization. Final Thoughts.

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