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Preparing for a Smooth Transition: 4 Tips for Retiring Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

As an administrative professional, you’ve spent years (or even decades) supporting your executive and keeping the office running smoothly. You need to document your key processes and responsibilities so that your successor can step into the position with confidence. Now you’re finally retiring from the workforce.

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What day is it again? Oh yea, Administrative Professionals Day

The Office Professionals Place

And that is correct, but many may have forgotten that today is also Administrative Professionals’ Day. All those except administrative professionals, of course. Self-PEP talk builds confidence, rationalizes situations, and are critical. Which leads to the next point. Give yourself a self-PEP talk.

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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. In my experience, when people fully understand their own value, they exude a much higher level of confidence in all that they do, and others naturally respond to this. It’s perfectly okay to “opt out” of environments like this.

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Avoid Burnout by Creating Your Own Utopia

Office Dynamics

Unfortunately, burnout is real, it’s draining, emotional, stressful and typically affects both professional and personal lives. As an administrative professional for the past 20 plus years, I have learned how important it is to avoid burnout in one of the largest career fields in the world. Create your own work Utopia.

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18 Books Every Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant Should Read

Office Dynamics

In an unapologetic, uncompromising, no-holds-barred style, Joan shares never before revealed career stories and life lessons in a tell-all book that will challenge your perspective and teach you how to master your craft and triumph in today’s business environment. Click here to purchase Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed.

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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

Office Dynamics

Mr. W’s confidence in me propelled my performance to a new level. Years later, I was working for Mr. K, by this time I had much more experience and was confident in my capabilities. I was a change agent, confidant and advisor. I know my story is all too familiar for other administrative assistants. Project Coordinators.

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Ep 128: Ask Me Anything – Imposter Syndrome, Feeling Unfulfilled, Non-Profit vs For-Profit, and High Pressure Situations

Go Burrows

What was the transition like from working within a church (non-profit) environment and then transitioning to the corporate (for-profit) world? The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant. I’m really interested to hear the positives you experienced, challenges you faced, etc. CONNECT WITH ME.