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Solutions to Travel Planning Problems

Office Dynamics

For an assistant, travel planning can be a nightmare! It’s almost enough to break the spirit of the most dedicated administrative professional! The problem of travel planning is massive and it’s plagued our field for decades. In case you’re not aware, TRAVO is revolutionizing the world of travel planning.

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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. Other ideas presented included: An executive’s travel binder. Because of this, any assistant can help with meeting changes requested by their administrators.

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel. Science Side: map out a plan; identify the steps you will take to achieve your goal; forecast any barriers and list steps you will take to work around the barriers; write a timeline; assess your progress as you travel the road. Excellent team building exercises.

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

Eat Your Career

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. Of course, the admin field has changed a lot in the past few decades (more on that in a future article).

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

Office Dynamics

No texting, no travel, no security checks and long walks through airports. So each day, they took turns to provide the other team members with information about strengthening or learning about one of the pillars. There, Joan felt at peace, her mind uncluttered. She didn’t think about emails or the fifty things she had to do.

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