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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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. There are a number of different tools you can use to track your CEUs. Other folks use OneNote.

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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. Monitor Your Speech Your voice is a critically important tool for communication.

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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 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 is for executive assistants written by executive assistants! They really “get it.” Who Took My Pen … Again?

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 23, 2015

Most administrative professionals are intimately familiar with “emergency” business situations and sky-high stress—their own, as well as the stress that practically radiates off of others. After all, it’s never too early to kick the stress habit and nurture a spirit of resilience. How to manage stress.

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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

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

MARCH 29, 2015

Every administrative professional knows nothing in life or work is constant. Did you miss the webinar, The Resilient Assistant with Peggy Vasquez and Joan Burge ? Watch the replay here: The Resilient Assistant. The post Recorded Webinar Replay: The Resilient Assistant appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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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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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

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

APRIL 2, 2015

If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Excellent time management skills. Professional presence. Taking baby steps is a good way to manage a big list of “must get better at” areas. This might give you an idea of areas that need to be developed.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2015

Most administrative professionals are intimately familiar with “emergency” business situations and sky-high stress—their own, as well as the stress that practically radiates off of others. they face each day.

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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 24, 2014

Office Dynamics International has announced the keynote presenters for its administrative professionals conference , the 21st Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence, to be held September 30 – October 3, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beth Terry, Resilience Mastery™, resilience and stress expert, blogger, and author.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Well, I have finally recuperated from our big annual conference for administrative excellence. We hosted 250 energetic administrative professionals from around the world for 4 days. Avoid letting stress bleed from work to home and vice versa. It is essential to handling the daily stresses of life and career.

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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

JULY 11, 2013

Office productivity is important for administrative professionals, as your boss often reviews you based on how much work you get done. Many of the tools you use help you increase productivity, but others are office productivity killers. Managing your time well is necessary for success in the administrative field.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

However, this is often because you don’t have the right tools or supplies to quickly grab a folder and create a label. To make filing a seamless task, you need all the filing tools at your fingertips. If you have a lot of recurring things to manage, it might help to develop a weekly or annual tickler file system.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 5, 2015

Joan Burge, a renowned author and administrative expert, is the creator of the Star Achievement Series®, World Class Assistant™ Certificate Program, more than 40 customized workshops and seminars for administrative professionals and author of several books. How to apply self-management techniques (instead of stress management).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

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. The TSSI is one of the most comprehensive and effective assessment tools available to help people understand their natural behaviors regarding their use of time and how they organize space.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2019

Starting early also means you avoid stress by having plenty of time to get to work and do anything else you need to do. Learn more administrative professional skills that will launch you further into career success by attending our World Class Assistant™ course and obtaining the Certified World Class Assistant designation.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

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. certificate-of-attendance- dont-let-fear-sink-your-career (fill your name in on the line provided.).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? 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). IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2015

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 26, 2016

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. The TSSI is one of the most comprehensive and effective assessment tools available to help people understand their natural behaviors regarding their use of time and how they organize space.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

97% of administrative professionals are female. Less stress and wasted time. • Therefore, they are walked over and stressed out. My point is you do not have to accept behaviors that make you frustrated, stressed, or uncomfortable. What’s the difference between being assertive and aggressive? Reduces anxiety.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Management and administrative support professionals, as all employees, feel like they don’t have enough hours in the day to complete their work. Plus, the downside is that executives and managers have to share delegating their workload to the Assistant thus keeping projects or basic tasks on their plate.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2013

But before I get into that, I want to say Happy Administrative Professionals Week to all the fantastic men and women who call this their Career of Choice! It’s amazing how many managers can “find” money for the right person. Does your manager give you extra time off to attend your kids school play?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

Questions from your admin peers: Administrative Professional blogs, Facebook, and Linked In resources. Office Dynamics Resources: Career Portfolio Article: EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD Career Portfolio. Webinar Handout: Getting-People-To-Notice-You-Webinar-Handout. Are there some that are intellectually stimulating and full of great ideas?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 July, 2010 Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize Time Management Photo from Flickr: Public Domain It’s not always about giving the boss her money’s worth – sometimes, it just feels great to know that work time is being managed well.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The comfort zone can be a dangerous place, especially as an Administrative Professional in the modern working world. You know you’ve been there too long when you feel complacent or stagnant, restless or bored, full of fear or stuck in mediocrity—certainly not a recipe for professional success or personal happiness!

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the past year, we’ve expanded our global community of administrative professionals exponentially and offered more free content than ever before. This free monthly webinar series has given us the opportunity to get to know so many more of you than ever before. For this final session of the year, we’re sending 2015 off with a bang!

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 12, 2017

Use the tools offered to get to know attendees before, during and after the program. So many options often cause stress and frustration. These are just some of the things that make our administrative conference unique from other administrative conferences. It’s simply not possible. Follow the event hashtag, use it.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Certified Executive Administrative Professional ( CEAP ) curriculum-based designation is awarded to those students communicating their interest to apply. Achieve and maintain positive attitudes about employers, managers, co-workers, customers and themselves. Accept criticism as a tool to grow. Manage and prioritize tasks.

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