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How to Get Others to Value Your Work

Eat Your Career

This question hits particularly close to home for administrative professionals. Politely but assertively correct people if they misunderstand what your job is all about. That’s why my newest book contains an entire chapter on how to comfortably and confidently promote your accomplishments. Talk up your projects.

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7 Must-Do Actions to be Successful in Your Career as an Administrative Assistant

Office Dynamics

More assertive? Administrative Professionals Week and April is the perfect time to think about your career as an administrative assistant, executive assistant, and secretary. Do you wish you were more confident? A better communicator? Better managing conflict? Picture yourself already having and emulating those qualities.

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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. Managers work hard so they can be promoted to Director, and then Sr. Be assertive. In other words, they think of the past and what this role involved 20 or 30 years ago. While this is a very small thing. just one word. Present solutions.

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Career Success A to Z: C is for Confidence

Eat Your Career

After all, you can’t effectively self-promote with a healthy dose of confidence. Earlier this year, I was asked to emcee one of the largest conferences in the world for administrative professionals, APC. It means smiling, speaking articulately and assertively, looking people in the eye, and managing your physical presence.

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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. Profit-generating ideas are a sure-fire way to promote your value. While traveling gets old after a while and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. I see employees in action in their environments. Save money. “A

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

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!

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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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