Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2014

Question: ”I think it would be interesting to attend one of the larger conferences for admins and office managers, but I’m sure it would involve some travel, missed time from work and the company footing the bill. Do you think it’s beneficial to attend an administrative or executive assistant-focused conference?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Planning travel for others is no simple matter and administrative professionals know this better than anyone else! Each traveler has personal preferences and unique quirks that make travel planning a true art form. However, travel is full of unpredictable changes. Flight Preferences. Hotel Preferences.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

For Administrative Professionals, Efficiency Is the Name of the Game: Utilizing Automated Services. After more than a decade of work with administrative professionals, it’s clear that their role has evolved and expanded significantly in recent years. By Annabella Caballero, Account Consultant at Seamless.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 12, 2016

We are offering ten lucky readers the chance to attend Assist Travel for free. More information on the programme and the speakers can be found on the Assist Travel website. Planning travel for your team should take minutes, not hours! Compare travel rates across multiple companies to cut costs.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 14, 2019

As a proud former administrative professional , I’ve always enjoyed being a part of the admin community. My blog was actually purchased by a start-up company (an online community for admins) and I was hired to help build it. I eventually started my own company providing career coaching and training—and the rest is history!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 19, 2009

As I travel the country and work on-site with administrative professionals, assistants, executive assistants and administrative assistants, I hear individuals in the profession say, “I don’t care what you call me – secretary, assistant – whatever.” During that time, I accepted a great job with a great company.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 19, 2009

As I travel the country and work on-site with administrative professionals, assistants, executive assistants and administrative assistants, I hear individuals in the profession say, “I don’t care what you call me – secretary, assistant – whatever.” During that time, I accepted a great job with a great company.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 20, 2016

Even today, technology companies are on the forefront of business best practices. Here are some examples of their forward-thinking feats or 5 business lessons to adopt from innovative technology companies. Technology companies, by and large, employ smart and innovative people. Technology companies are defined by their expertise.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 17, 2019

I can’t believe my company is 29 years old. It has not been an easy journey, especially since I started a niche business of specialized training for administrative professionals of every title, age, and experience level. Over these 29 years, I have met tens of thousands of administrative professionals.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 April, 2009 Happy Administrative Professionals Day! I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. ► June (3) ► May (7) ▼ April (4) New Hire Overload Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 April, 2009 April 22nd - Administrative Professionals Day It often amazes me that a day is set aside for our profession. Administrative professionals usually go about doing their work with little or no recognition. Is your office doing anything for Administrative Professionals Day?

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Heather Asks: Background: The majority of my career has been as an EA to a VP of Operations for a local Fortune 500 company. Ask an Admin was created by Office Dynamics to help administrative professionals with their problems through the help of their peers. They “restructured” leaving my team with a job almost 2 yrs ago.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, many managers rely on the newest technology to help their company grow. In reality, however, these so-called independent managers have lost sight of the one asset that can truly impact the company’s bottom line: an empowered administrative assistant. Be a mentor.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Travel Planning Apps: Whether you’re the one traveling, or simply attempting to get your executive from point A to point B, travel planning apps can be a life saver. You can read part 1 here. The solution? Smartphone apps!

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Handling day-to-day administration for one or more executives, a team or network, an admin assistant is the “eyes and ears” of a company, privy to unique and powerful insights about the company culture , performance and future direction. What is an administrative assistant?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 15, 2015

Administrative professionals are strategic partners in business success. “Administrative” cannot be separated from “professional.” Succession planning for administrative professionals is critically necessary to ensure future success in every industry and every business regardless of size.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

In this episode, Deedee talks about how to understand the business so you can better support your executive team, supporting multiple executives, creating a professional and personal brand, as well as championing the collective administrative professional brand.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do. It’s a full-time job and then some and for the administrative professional who is asked to plan a meeting over and above (or even as part of) their normal day-to-day responsibilities.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

So, administrative professionals from around the world, let’s try to help! In February all colleagues (also the new ones) are invited at a company event in New Orleans, Louisiana. Help other administrative professionals and share this page using the buttons below! Thank you, everyone! Monday Motivators.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In recognition of quality products and services used by corporate America every day, DeskDemon launched “Our Favorites – The Award” the first award program honoring the best of the best in office products and services voted on by those who know best, the administrative professional. Best Online Travel Websites. Best Staplers.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2017

When I helped Mr. K through his transition to retirement and assisted his replacement, Mr. A into his new role as the leader of the company, I knew I was more than JUST an admin! I know my story is all too familiar for other administrative assistants. Expert Travel Agents. I was a trusted advocate and business partner.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 4, 2016

Office Dynamics is all a buzz with the anticipation and excitement of Administrative Professionals Week the end of this month. Because administrative professionals are the backbone of every organization. But we don’t just celebrate assistants the last week of April, we love to celebrate the profession the entire month.

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All Things Admin

MAY 18, 2022

The pandemic has shown us that putting business travelers first is more important than ever. Whenever employees are ready to get back on the road, administrative professionals have an opportunity to offer their teams a more streamlined, flexible business traveler experience. Offer Ride Options for Every Traveler.

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 17, 2022

I use OneNote for virtually everything – from procedures to travel planning to the way I manage my projects and speaking events. Company Projects – Green. When it comes to note-taking software, you can’t beat the functionality and ease of OneNote. But many users are only scratching the surface of the program’s capabilities.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 22, 2020

I was expecting to travel about 50% of my time for these months, and now I’ll be at home. This situation has caused much bigger problems for her, and yet, she was concerned about the employees at her company. Personally, I’m trying to keep a consistent schedule. I’ll still wake up at 5:00 every morning. Then my sister called.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Suddenly no longer forced to travel into an office, many staff had the chance to have dinner with their families for the first time in a long time. There is a growing conflict brewing in many companies. Another company has instituted a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in-office schedule which was designed after polling the team.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As people’s lives become busier, multi-faceted, and more often working and living in two different locations balancing one’s professional career and personal life can be extremely challenging. It will also vary according to where the position is located, the years of experience required and the amount of travel required.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The demand for efficiency is at an all-time high, and as organizations grow and become more complex, skilled administrative professionals are needed now more than ever. Complex travel arrangements, calendar management, and keeping up with technical innovations are only part of what an excellent executive assistant needs to do for you.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Linkedin survey reported that 89% of talent professionals attribute lack of soft skills as the reason for a bad hire and 92% feel that soft skills matter as much or more than hard skills when hiring. This will differ from company to company, from department to department within a company, and from one executive to another.

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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 5, 2017

We were talking about my new company, 84.51°, and how my new building was designed to support innovation in our work with Kroger. If we focused on the question, “Can we do Compression Planning with 400 or more administrative professionals?”, Typically, Compression Planning® think tanks are done with groups of 8-12 people.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Especially when you are used to the traditional workplace of going to an office, getting a steady paycheck, being on the company pension and benefit plan, etc. I am anticipating retirement, but can't see that I will be happy with the traditional idea of retirement: travelling, cottage life, snow birds in the winter, cruises, etc.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

A navigator will succeed in most companies but will not hesitate to leave a company that is unethical. If a co-worker asks you to fudge some numbers on a travel expense report, you can give yourself the space to react with a few responses like the following: “I need to think on that. Last is the wiggler. Give me an hour.”.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Winners were nominated and voted for by the 240 attendees who traveled from across the globe – the largest Annual Conference attendance ever – epic in Milky Way proportions! Outstanding Performance in Professional Presence: Linda McFarland, Livescribe. Outstanding Performance in Creativity: Michael Cox, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 15, 2015

To continue our travels through this special month of June, the official month of the 25 th year anniversary of Office Dynamics, I found more goodies to share with you! For years, secretaries and administrative assistants traveled at low levels. Quit traveling close to the ground. Follow our Company Page on LinkedIn.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 12, 2018

Several years ago, I found myself in a position at a company that was facing budget cuts. Preparation tips include: Research the company, the mission statement and core values also, research new projects and programs they are offering. Creating educational opportunities in any position you accept benefits your future and the company’s.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 8, 2016

I had the fortunate opportunity last week to be a part of an incredible graduation and celebration for 39 administrative professionals graduating from our Star Achievement Series® who embarked upon this journey that started 3 years ago. The company who provided this opportunity to learn was Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. Joan Burge.

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