Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

To avoid that kind of unnecessary stress, it’s important to properly manage and track your continuing education requirements. For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. A free training session, for example, would qualify as long as it meets the content requirement.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The challenge may come when you realize there are a plethora of training programs, conferences, webinars and other learning events for administrative assistants and executive assistants. I thought I would give you a quick overview of the various training platforms for assistants and a few words of wisdom. Focused content.

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My EA Career

APRIL 5, 2023

Clarifying expectations and clear communication are two of the essential building blocks of building a strong partnership between a manager and their Executive Assistant. In the latest episode of the Assist With Impact podcast (Episode 170), I discuss the challenge of assistants needing to manage the needs and priorities of multiple managers.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 8, 2024

Administrative professionals come at procedures from many different knowledge levels. Example : In a manufacturing company, the process of assembling a product involves multiple steps, from gathering raw materials to quality control checks before the final product is ready for shipment.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. I’ve worked with CEOs, professional athletes, Fortune 100 board members, billionaires, pastors—and their assistants—in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. I can help you manage the constant influx. Have no fear, friend.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you’re struggling to manage the flow of communication with your leaders or with your team, this video will help. This can create serious problems for teams—and especially for administrative professionals and the people they support. For example: When speed is the most important factor, pick up the phone.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 12, 2020

Look, let’s be honest: No one likes a micro-manager. But, on the other end of the spectrum, it can be just as hard to work without any management at all—and that’s what a lot of people (especially administrative professionals ) are facing at the moment. Initiate Communication with Management.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

JANUARY 10, 2024

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Admin Professional Today | November, 2023 The Great Resignation of 2020 led to massive and chaotic hiring in 2021. As burnout, stress, and mental health issues increased to red alert levels due to poor onboarding and inadequate training, Quiet Quitting took hold in 2022. What’s happening now? Quiet Hiring.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 20, 2019

The wow factor is a term we use in the World Class Assistant™ Certification and Professional Designation program to describe the powerful executive presence that the most successful administrative professionals exude. Learn to observe the successful people around you and mirror their example.

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All Things Admin

MAY 31, 2023

Administrative professionals who are constantly innovating, willing to embrace AI instead of fearing it, and doing their best to learn and grow with the changing times and technologies are not at risk of being replaced by AI. For example, open any Excel spreadsheet and explore the analyze data section on the home ribbon.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2017

She’ll be at the annual Conference for Administrative Excellence this year and she is an absolute wealth of knowledge and insight. But back to the point: Being an administrative professional, the world is your oyster. Here at Office Dynamics, we focus a lot on those who have chosen administration as their career path.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 12, 2019

Ask these five questions and follow the examples to make changes that will immediately improve your prose. E.g., “Dee, who is our new manager, just had surgery” becomes “Our new manager, Dee, just had surgery.” “Our Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

7 surefire steps to conquer fear confidently and courageously—including a real-world example of the process in action. Please check out the library of free educational webinars we offer for administrative professionals. You find them all here in our post about all the free training we offer for the administrative profession.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 6, 2024

For example, when we do webinars, there are things that happen before the webinar to set it up, tasks we need to perform the day of the event, and post-event procedures for adding the replay to our online training center. A system is a series of procedures that all work together to accomplish larger, more complex tasks and projects.

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All Things Admin

MAY 10, 2022

For administrative professionals looking to grow their careers, social media is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal. With 310 million monthly active users, LinkedIn provides you with an excellent opportunity to connect and network with thousands of business professionals. Grow your professional network.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2018

I’m not sure if you know that 80% of my work is onsite training for administrative office professionals so I do a lot of traveling, in fact, 100% of my clients are out of state. Observing administrative professionals at work is one of my greatest moments. I see employees in action in their environments. Make money.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 19, 2019

Overflowing with secrets, tips, and tools of the profession, this book is a ready resource created by those who “walk the walk and talk the talk” of the complex administrative professional role. This book for administrative and executive assistants is filled with road maps for success, scoring quizzes, real-life stories and examples.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 20, 2024

Now, we wonder how we ever managed to get anything done with it. When you do achieve operational gains, be sure to document and share those with your manager. For example, let’s say you spend three hours each week assembling the weekly sales reports in Excel to present at the Monday morning team meeting.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

What you can expect Joan to touch on: • building your professional development plan, • promotions, • seeing the BIG picture, • approaching your career with a positive attitude, • ask specific questions regarding your professional development challenges as an administrative professional, • and much more.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 17, 2017

It has nothing to do with your title or pay grade; it’s about who you are as a professional. The wow factor is a term we use in the World Class Assistant™ certificate program to describe the powerful executive presence that the most successful administrative professionals exude. These assistants know how to command a room.

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All Things Admin

MAY 18, 2022

As an administrative professional, you’re used to working behind the scenes. For example, “After five years with my company, I finally got the promotion I’ve been working towards. And I’m already using the things I learned to better leverage Outlook for daily task management! And that’s OK…most of the time.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2015

Did you know Administrative Professionals Week is April 20 – 24? This happens to be one of my favorite weeks of the year – and not just because I was once an assistant myself before I founded my training company, Office Dynamics, back in 1990. If it weren’t for administrative professionals, business would cease.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Our stance as executive assistants or administrative assistants will rise or fall based on what we do while we are routinely handling work tasks. It’s a simple as that.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Our stance as executive assistants or administrative assistants will rise or fall based on what we do while we are routinely handling work tasks. It’s a simple as that.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2015

For example, we might have Magnificent Monday, Take-it-to-the-top Tuesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Thankful Thursday, Fantastic Friday. You might want to do a similar activity for April for yourself or your department, administrative team, or organization. Remember, this is the month for celebrating Administrative Professionals.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 12, 2017

For example, a recent OfficeTeam survey of the administrative profession found that employers pay up to 8% more on average (in the U.S.) It makes sense that employers are willing to pay a bit more for administrative professionals who have already proven their advanced proficiency in these areas. Do you trust them?

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Mentors & Masterminds, a dating service for administrative professionals looking for their perfect mentor match! Special thank you to Debbi Shaffer, Audacious Admin, for taking the time to conduct this interview during our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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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. Training – Yellow. In this example, I created a custom tag for one of my executives so I could quickly search by that tag to find all of the items I wanted to discuss with him.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2017

Better managing conflict? 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? More assertive? A better communicator? Picture yourself already having and emulating those qualities.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 18, 2024

Integration : These apps seamlessly integrate with other office tools and cloud storage solutions, making for easier document management and sharing, which is vital for procedures storage and access. Now, let’s explore some of the built-in functionalities of these apps that make them indispensable for procedures documentation.

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All Things Admin

MAY 10, 2022

For administrative professionals looking to grow their careers, social media is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal. With 310 million monthly active users, LinkedIn provides you with an excellent opportunity to connect and network with thousands of business professionals. Grow your professional network.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, are there equivalent or similar software on the market that would allow the candidate to easily learn your system? Do you need someone who can lead and inspire other administrative professionals? Are these skills specific to a particular software or is there some flexibility?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

There are several factors that determine how we react to ethical situations including our background, personality, level of training, and most importantly our value system. Here’s an example of putting the tool into practice. See Lisa at our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For example, your Operations pile may have sub-categories such as: Building Lease, Copier Repair & Maintenance, and Parking Permit Administration. Here are some color-coding examples: Project Types. – Administrative projects are blue (for corporate). – Business development projects are green (for money).

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2014

What example am I setting for our teenage daughter about pursuing dreams at a fairly expensive price? She was profiled in the March 2012 issue of Executive Secretary magazine, and has guest-blogged for All Things Admin®, Office Dynamics®, and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). What kind of life do I want to lead?

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All Things Admin

JUNE 22, 2023

3 Types of Professional Portfolios There are three types of professional portfolios: print, social, and digital. The compound effect is powerful and each version of your professional portfolio serves a different purpose. Here’s a real-world example of how important portfolios are during the hiring process.

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