Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

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. Excellent calendaring skills. Professional presence. What qualities do assistants think you need to be a great assistant?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Etiquette Administrative Professionals Skills 100

Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Gone are the days when administrators simply reserved a conference room and readied it for the meeting!).

Management 100

Management Calendars Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 100

The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

Enhancing your worklife will increase productivity, reduce stress, and maintain focus on job tasks. Look for ways to improve your professional development within your industry or field. Enroll in a class or attend a seminar. Resolve stress related issues. Stress causes us to loose focus and this is when mistakes are made.

Stress 100

Stress 2010 Filing Resume 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Perhaps we put a lot of the stress on ourselves because we feel that every e-mail has to be replied to immediately. I also learned at a "Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook" seminar that we should not use e-mails as urgent requests. Anyway, it taught me to re-read, more than once if necessary, an e-mail that I think is negative.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International 2008 100