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2019 Joan Burge Innovation Award for Assistants

Office Dynamics

As trailblazers in the administrative training industry, Office Dynamics wanted to celebrate outstanding ideas birthed by administrative and executive assistants. With the reporting function of the survey platform, Heather could easily determine the booth winners. I am always impressed with the creativity of assistants.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). THE BROCHURE PROMOTING AN administrative training pro­gram said, We will never make you do anything you don’t want to do. I was a secretary working at the corporate office in Cleveland and Dave reported to my boss. Oh heavens, I thought!

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

Eat Your Career

Hopefully, the resulting report (scheduled to be made public next week) will provide a more comprehensive view of the data. Jobs are being consolidated and many admins report that they are now responsible for the work that used to be distributed among 2 or more people. Personally, I don’t put too much weight in charts and graphs.

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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.