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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

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The challenge may come when you realize there are a plethora of training programs, conferences, webinars and other learning events for administrative assistants and executive assistants. I thought I would give you a quick overview of the various training platforms for assistants and a few words of wisdom. Focused content.

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

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As many of my regular readers already know, I am a proud former administrative professional. I have a deep admiration and appreciation for those who dedicate themselves to support roles, which is one of the reasons I now focus a large part of my corporate training business on working with administrative teams.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

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However, there’s an important point to note: The data makes no distinction between Administrative Assistants and Executive Assistants. For reference, this article provides more context: Administrative Assistant vs. Executive Assistant: What’s the Difference? At the same time, we need to advocate for changes in the model.

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How to Respond to Workplace Conflict

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I’m not referring to full-blown, yelling at each other. Here are 14 strategies taken from my flagship administrative training program, The Star Achievement Series®. You might think talking about conflict is not very motivating, especially to kick off the week. It may be uncomfortable enough that you dread going to work.

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Certain Truths That Never Change In Professional Development

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But there aren’t a lot of things in life I can say I have loved and devoted my life to and been as passionate about as being a visionary for the administrative profession. While many times, it was an uphill battle, I really have loved serving the administrative career community and the executives those individuals support. Joan Burge.

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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

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Joan Burge has been a visionary for administrative training and development since 1990. In the world of biology, DNA refers to deoxyribonucleic acid. She has gone kicking and screaming onto new playing fields. She would never agree to visit these places but, no one gave her a choice. What does that have to do with Admins?