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Tips for the Traveling Administrative Professional

Office Dynamics

Administrative professionals are the superheroes of travel planning. Then, when it’s finally time to take a day off and relax, or travel for business, they’re starting from scratch and the planning process suddenly feels more stressful than ever! Booking your trip is probably the most stressful part of the planning process.

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Bullying and the Effect on Your Brain

Bonnie Low-Krayman

According to Jennifer Fraser PhD , author of The Bullied Brain , the human brain is visibly harmed by the chronic stress and often devasting cruelty caused by prolonged bullying and incivility. PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur in both adults and children. They are less equipped to cope with the stress of feeling unsafe.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

While they do work together to save you time, effort, and stress, they are not the same. Procedures, forms, and checklists combine to create systems for how you get things done efficiently. Procedures, forms, and checklists combine to create systems for how you get things done efficiently. Catering order form ?

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Why The Administrative Profession Is A Career Of Choice

Office Dynamics

In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, I want to share my thoughts on being an executive or administrative assistant. Being in the administrative profession is a career of choice. Stress reducer. Simply fill out the form below to receive your copy. I hear it from both sides of the desk. Intuitive.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Form a committee, then within the committee form subcommittees for activities throughout the event. Don’t go it alone.

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How to Build a Business Case for Training Requests

All Things Admin

This investment can take on many forms. It can be reimbursement for a webinar, registration for a professional development conference, or even subsidizing a course at your local community college. If your employer is rushed, stressed, or distracted, wait! The solution? Asking your employer to make an investment in you.

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Have You Reached A Career Plateau? How to Regain Control

Office Dynamics

Other times, we’re simply drained after being tapped for a major undertaking or high stress project. Ask to join or form a workplace committee. Shelagh Donnelly is the founder and publisher of Exceptional EA ( [link] ), an online resource for administrative professionals that’s read in more than 130 countries.

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