Office Dynamics

MAY 3, 2018

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. Engage your team.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 3, 2023

If you are ready to transform your executive assistant support team and streamline your recruitment process, discover the benefits of partnering with C-Suite Assistants. 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.

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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. They need YOU to do that for them, for yourself, and for the team.

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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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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

APRIL 20, 2016

This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized, is chances are the person you’re trying to help doesn’t have the same style preferences as you do. A person’s Style Preference™ is determined by their natural behaviors related to time and space management.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Managing Your Executive’s Day (October Free Webinar). As an administrative professional, you probably already know that a big part of your job involves “managing” other people—namely, the Executive(s) you support. Managing Your Executive’s Day Joan’s Talking Points for Attendees. Learning Highlights.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 12, 2017

Nearly all HR managers (95 percent) and employees (99 percent) surveyed by OfficeTeam said it’s important for staff to have strong emotional intelligence. You may have even assumed team hugs and trust falls were involved. Having a high EQ comes in handy in today’s workplace, especially for administrative professionals.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 11, 2019

Ask an Admin was created by Office Dynamics to help administrative professionals with their problems through the help of their peers. asks: My beloved manager/leader/friend is leaving our company at the end of July. We don’t always have an answer to each individuals problem but we know some of you might.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 26, 2016

3 Tips for Organizing Your Executive & Team Members. This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized. A person’s personality type and strengths have a big effect on the way he or she manages time, and the person gets and stays organized.

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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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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2015

<Guest Post by Courtney Clark> Don’t you hate that feeling when stress starts to build up, until you reach your boiling point and you feel like you just can’t take it any more? You vent to your friends, your family, or other administrative professional colleagues, who understand the pressure of your job.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. Many administrators are now handling their executive’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 9, 2018

Under that umbrella, we addressed topics such as self-management vs. stress management, learning specific difficult people types and how to handle each of them, the benefits of conflict and much more. Related: Set Healthy Boundaries Webinar for Administrative Professionals. When and where to set boundaries.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Team player. Excellent time management skills. Professional presence. Taking baby steps is a good way to manage a big list of “must get better at” areas. Top Assistants List Qualities Of A Great Assistant.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, I want to share my thoughts on why I believe being an executive assistant is a rewarding career. I hear managers or Human Resource Professionals say it doesn’t take any special skill to be an administrative assistant. Manager of your executive’s work life.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2015

I nform your team of new concepts. At Office Dynamics, we have a white board in a central area where anyone on our team can post a self-fulfilling prophecy or mindset for the day. You might want to do a similar activity for April for yourself or your department, administrative team, or organization. R earrange furniture.

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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 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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Worxbee

JULY 5, 2023

Ask any experienced EA or Administrative Professional, and they’ll tell you what the most effective and productive workplace relationships are built on: clarity and transparency. So if the key to a better administrative support relationship is candid conversations, how can you overcome the initial awkwardness?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 3, 2015

A fellow administrative professional needs your help. Each month we share a question from our friends Business Management Daily, publishers of AdminPro Today newsletter. This month the question is about making mistakes at work. Are there mistakes that are just too hard to recover from?

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Last week I certified 7 people to teach my Star Achievement Series® curriculum for administrative professionals in their organizations. Participants discuss 3 species of dragons: 1) Manager, 2) Co-workers, and 3) Themselves. Today, I will focus on the manager dragon. There are many management styles.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. Business Management Daily had a daily free download or gift. Here’s a recap of the great content that was discussed this month: 10 Steps to Supporting Multiple Managers (4/1/2015).

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 29, 2015

Every administrative professional knows nothing in life or work is constant. “This afternoon’s webinar was really relevant and impactful for your admin team, great discussion overall!” Did you miss the webinar, The Resilient Assistant with Peggy Vasquez and Joan Burge ? ” – Jacquel Burrows.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2016

I spend a lot of my time in the training room with administrative professionals all over the country, I am often taken by the words of wisdom that are shared by the savvy assistants in my classes. Here were her four observations on how to increase professional effectiveness in the office. Talk about a vicious cycle!

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As Administrative Professionals, we often find ourselves with no clear boundaries in place simply because we never established clear expectations around what’s going to happen next: what we’re planning to deliver and when. RELATED: How Delegation Saves You Time, Money, & Stress 2. We have limitations.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

Changing the Lives of Administrative Professionals Since 1990. It’s important to recognize the difference between surviving and thriving, because the key to success is available to those who successfully manage to cross the bandwidth between the two. Before the crisis, the administrative profession operated differently.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At that point, it’s overwhelming and stressful. Report how many procedures you started to your accountability partner or your manager at the end of each week. Some weeks you may create a new procedure every day. Other weeks you may only finish one. When it comes to procedures, waiting until you need them is too late.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Next, Joan Burge took the stage with a strong message reminding us all why we’re really here, and how every professional can truly “Expand Your Influence.” Even the exercise itself brought many administrative professionals out of their comfort level — standing on a stage, presenting with a microphone in front of a room of 200 others.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 19, 2013

Time-Management Tips. Time management is one of the most important skills you can develop as an administrative assistant, office manager, secretary, or other type of clerical worker. Good time-management skills will help you meet deadlines and ensure that all tasks are completed properly.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 11, 2013

Office productivity is important for administrative professionals, as your boss often reviews you based on how much work you get done. The biggest office productivity killer varies from one administrative professional to the next , but these are some of the top offenders.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Whether your team relationship is just beginning or has matured, you will benefit from these tips. When I coach executive and assistant teams, they think they do a good job of communicating. In last week’s Monday Motivators™, I said the magic formula for a stellar executive and assistant team is People + Processes = Success.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Part of what we do is provide tools and services to administrative professionals to enhance the quality of their work-life that promote administrative excellence. We offer high level coaching, onsite workshops, an annual conference for administrative excellence, an executive assistant boot camp and more.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2016

It’s almost enough to break the spirit of the most dedicated administrative professional! In this month’s webinar, administrative training expert Joan Burge is revealing the solution—a brand new way to ease the burden on you and ensure your executive is happy. It’s truly a game changer for administrative professionals!

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2014

She is a frequent presenter of side-splitting administrative stories, social media addict and an overzealous sports fan with divided team loyalties between her hometown of Boston and her adopted hometown of Washington, DC. The post Hearing the Message appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 9, 2015

You will be more productive, less stressed; you will feel more like a team member and business partner. You will have the competitive advantage over other administrative assistants who don’t do these things. Does your manager really know all you are capable of doing? Do you need to do a better job? Where do you excel?

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