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An Admin’s Cheat Sheet to Business Terminology

All Things Admin

VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity: This term describes the rapidly changing and unpredictable business environment that many organizations face. Six Sigma – This is a data-driven approach to quality management that aims to eliminate defects and minimize variation in business processes.

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

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​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. Previously, I talked about two of my favorite OneNote features – color coding and custom tags.

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Embrace Change for Career Success!

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The Innovative Admin is an administrative professional who introduces, creates, or applies new or renewed ideas or methods of doing things to the office environment. weekly calls, status meetings, email updates, project management tools)? To innovate, you need to take action, produce results, and implement.

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Stereotypes Part 1: Age vs Experience

Who's the Real Boss?

Are you stunting an opportunity for them to develop their project management skills, because as the older assistant you couldn’t be seen to have a younger assistant deliver on something that potentially should be coming from you? I have in fact identified another stereotype that many of us are guilty of also.

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Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Posted by Patricia Robb at 11:18 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , creative solutions , going forward , problem solving , professional assistant Reactions: 4comments: Anonymoussaid. I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

The Future of the Administrative Profession – Surviving or Thriving? By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. Changing the Lives of Administrative Professionals Since 1990. Single support executive assistants now juggled multiple managers. Manage yourself before you start managing others.

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Tailored Procedures Documentation: Tools and Techniques for Every Learning Style

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However, as we navigate the complexities of modern business environments, we can’t ignore the need for advanced documentation techniques for some procedures. Asana or Teamwork : For project management with detailed documentation capabilities. It can be scanned into a digital format and referenced from anywhere, by anyone.