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An Interview with the Office Dynamics Team

Office Dynamics

It’s been almost a full year since I attended the Conference for Administrative excellence. Melia Amira – Administrative Assistant. Since all of you are part of the conference planning process, what is your favorite theme and/or part of the conference each year; Melia, Brian, Ernan, and Jill? Brian Burge – Creative Director.

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Embrace Change for Career Success!

All Things Admin

And as much as we may resist it, without it we’d still be using rotary phones and manual typewriters. 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. You may have seen this change process diagram before.

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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

All Things Admin

Your administrative career should not be left to chance. Career-minded administrative professionals don’t put their career on autopilot and cross their fingers, hoping things will work themselves out. Strategic career planning is an ongoing process that you will revisit frequently. Did you learn any new skills? •

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Libby Moore on Dreams, Letting Go, and Landing the Job as Oprah Winfrey’s Chief of Staff

Go Burrows

I’ve been an executive assistant coach since 2016, and as someone who provides administrative professional training to aspiring administrative assistants, I jumped at the chance to chat with Libby. Most of her childhood was answering phones and taking care of people. The interview process in Chicago was exhausting.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

Are you hanging around in your own role because you feel you haven’t served a long enough period of time for it to be justifiable on your resume? We all have fear of having a resume that you could play hop scotch on. But let me flip this around for you and present another perspective.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. If I hear from the assistant I know I am going to get answers and the process of setting up a meeting will go smoothly, but should I try to develop a working relationship with them? They are a valuable resource and I appreciate them.

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

We had an extensive checklist for new hires and portions of it were divided among several administrators with regard to explaining his/her area(s) of responsibility. I basically know how to answer the phones and take messages. I just started at a law firm this week. I have not had much guidance. Then they suddenly say hey do this.