Office Dynamics

MARCH 10, 2020

With all the buzz technology and workplace trends generate, it’s easy to forget that the foundation of every administrative professional should be built on timeless skills. Failing to develop these critical cornerstones for administrative assistants often means failure to thrive and succeed. That’s no easy feat.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 9, 2014

Jasmine and I are on our way to Columbus Ohio to teach the Mastering Exceptional Self-Leadership 2 day mega-training event for administrative professionals. We had 41 executive and administrative assistants attend from some top companies in Silicon Valley.

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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 12, 2017

Having a high EQ comes in handy in today’s workplace, especially for administrative professionals. And to quote Liam Neeson in the movie “Taken,” regularly interacting with a wide range of personalities inside and outside the company requires “a very particular set of skills.” There’s a Webinar for That.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2017

We all experience this in the workplace. I encourage you to work on this vital business skill. Come see me live in Chicago for Administrative Professionals Week! The post Tactfully Voicing Your Opinion In The Workplace appeared first on Office Dynamics. Have an awesome week! Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 11, 2016

However, Monday is the perfect time to talk about workplace conflict because we all have to deal with it. This is an important skill to develop for any individual who has to work with others. Having an “attitude of taking charge” is not necessarily the same as the “skill of taking charge.” Individual is highly competitive.

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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

MARCH 29, 2015

Every administrative professional knows nothing in life or work is constant. In today’s workplace, we’re continually forced to adapt, shift, think and act on our toes, and just generally CHANGE (a word most people fear!). Did you miss the webinar, The Resilient Assistant with Peggy Vasquez and Joan Burge ?

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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

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

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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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 2, 2015

Good communication skills. Organization skills. Interpersonal communication skills. Excellent calendaring skills. Excellent time management skills. Professional presence. Great networking skills. Analytical forward thinking skills. Top Assistants List Qualities Of A Great Assistant.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Office Dynamics often surveys managers and high-level executives as to the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. Communication skills, both oral and written, are a must-have. Technological skills are a must-have to keep up with the pace and dynamics of the job. Joan Burge.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

The Future of the Administrative Profession – Surviving or Thriving? Changing the Lives of Administrative Professionals Since 1990. Demonstrate your leadership skills. These are fundamentals, critical foundational skills needed to fully mature your career. We’ve come through and now, the economy is healing.

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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. Stress reducer. Intuitive. A mind reader.

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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

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

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. If the link above doesn’t work in your office, try our YouTube replay option: https://youtu.be/QViMNqQSh_0. QViMNqQSh_0.

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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

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. Some people think when I’m talking about setting boundaries, they have to do with sexual harassment in the workplace.

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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

JUNE 30, 2014

We specialize in professional training, development and information for administrative professionals and their executives. You need to work on your communications skills and being more assertive to gain attention. Be patient and again, assess your communication skills and develop persuasion skills.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 13, 2015

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. It’s about keeping them focused, minimizing their stress, and pointing them in the right direction so they actually achieve those goals.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

Earn positive attention in the workplace and address the most common obstacle standing in the way for most assistants—lack of self-esteem. Simple strategies for earning positive attention in the workplace while still remaining humble and gracious. Do you struggle with getting people to notice you? As an attendee, you will learn….

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Description: In today’s busy workplace, there’s always too much to do and not enough time. Mastering the skill of prioritization is one of the most essential parts of successful time management—and yet, so many professionals struggle with it. If determining priorities stresses you out, it’s time to re-evaluate your practices.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 10, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Effectively Deal with Anger in the Workplace JetBlue flight attendant, Steve Slater was fed up.

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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. The typical human reaction to stress is to fixate on the current situation. Be “future focused,” especially when you’re overwhelmed.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

As a result women often are reluctant to take the initiative in the workplace – whether to resolve a conflict, solve a problem, or present an idea—for fear of being labeled pushy or obnoxious. 97% of administrative professionals are female. Less stress and wasted time. • Therefore, they are walked over and stressed out.

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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, 2013

Administrative and clerical positions require focus, diligence, and superior workplace organization skills to keep the office running at full speed, but a workplace that feels impersonal or distracting can disrupt productivity and efficiency. Workplace organization helps ease the burden of a busy day.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2015

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Other times, we’re simply drained after being tapped for a major undertaking or high stress project. You’re frustrated by limited opportunities in your workplace but decided that, for personal or financial reasons, you need to stay put. Ask to join or form a workplace committee. Feeling underutilized? Take the initiative.

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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

MARCH 13, 2012

Lisa Olsen is dedicated to the administrative career and helping administrative professionals recognize their potential. In 2007, she took her passion and presentation skills on the road launching her part-time business, Wingspan. In today’s workplace, assistants are tested every day and stretched to capacity.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Did you have the most incredible Administrative Professionals’ Week this year? and we brought back the April Blog-a-Thon for the Administrative Professional where we gathered here each weekday with a new content post and shared a place for administrative professionals to comment, question and discuss their careers.

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