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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Pay attention to non-verbal cues when working with others to schedule meetings, if you are talking face-to-face or on the telephone or even in an email. I’ve attended many administrative training programs, but this is by far the most focused, detailed, and informative one. Joan Burge. What your peers are saying.

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Administrative Assistant vs. Executive Assistant: What’s the Difference?

Eat Your Career

For example: Legal Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Project Coordinator, Program Administrator, Training Coordinator, Event Coordinator, etc. All of these roles still fall under the Administrative Assistant category, but each role includes duties specific to the business function.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

Eat Your Career

In fact, it’s one of the reasons why administrative training is more necessary than ever. I believe it is the assistant’s responsibility to train executives how to leverage them. As a quick example: Many execs would never dream of having an assistant help manage their email inbox.

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Solutions to Travel Planning Problems

Office Dynamics

If you’re a sharp-minded assistant, you’ll also take the many preferences of your executive into consideration, a task that makes the whole process even more complicated. It’s almost enough to break the spirit of the most dedicated administrative professional! As mentioned, we’re here for you as well.

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Mastering Exceptional Leadership, One BOLD Step at A Time! - Joan Burge

Office Dynamics

The boutique store was open, filled with fabulous books, resources, CDs, jewelery, scarves, journals and pashminas Right outside the boutique wireless was available outside the boutique so attendees could send messages or catch up on email. She didn’t think about emails or the fifty things she had to do. And then it was time!

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