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. Learning Highlights. How to bounce back.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A new poll from Barco claims that a third of people who mostly work in the office found it easier to tell when a colleague is overworked or stressed when seeing them face to face, leaving some remote workers at risk of struggling under the radar of management teams. A double edged sword.

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Allwork

JULY 21, 2022

What you’ll learn. And then it’s also about making sure that you have an agenda. He won’t go for the meeting that the chamber is sticking to the agenda and sticking a stopping on time and finishing on time. And it’s about it’s about learning all of the fabulous things that we learnt with the pandemic.

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Who's the Real Boss?

AUGUST 31, 2020

That needs to come from you and from your understanding of the business (which you should always be learning). This really is the only way you’ll learn. And, if you want to learn the art of Board minutes (which every EA should), get googling! No one can tell you that.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For example, you may allocate specific time periods throughout the day to check email or send out meeting agendas and reminders. At that point, it’s overwhelming and stressful. We must learn to work with our brains instead of against them. Routines tend to fall apart if a single action in the sequence is missed or goes awry.

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Workplace Insight

JUNE 21, 2023

While it might not be up to workplace professionals to channel their inner cupids, you can bet your bottom dollar the population crisis will be on future BCO conference agendas. It’s where knowledge transfer and learning through osmosis occurs,” said Hughes. Dublin, we have a problem. It’s where culture is built.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Even when I’m working just with an individual, there are family members lurking in the background and they have their own wants, needs, agendas, resistances and bad habits that we have to take into account. No hidden agendas, no history, no resentments. You can learn a lot even from a small project.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Let’s say that you’re on the agenda of the next office meeting to give a brief rundown of a project you’ve been working on for several months. It helps enormously if you’re polite, friendly and professional with the assistant so that you can get a time slot when the boss won’t be rushed or stressed. Maintain eye contact.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 24, 2014

The conference agenda has been curated around the theme for the 2014 conference — Collaborate, Create & Connect: Expand Your Influence. “I Beth Terry, Resilience Mastery™, resilience and stress expert, blogger, and author. Confirmed speakers and trainers include: Joan Burge, CEO of Office Dynamics International.

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Consistently showing up at work resentful, angry, or stressed serves absolutely no one. It could be anything such as Donut Day, getting over the hurdle of a project, learning a new skill, or even just that you have a job. Nothing on the agenda for the day? And when someone asks how work is going, here are two suggestions.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

You can go to [link] to learn more and sign up! Operation Shower is a non-profit organization that honors the sacrifices American military families make by producing and coordinating unit-wide baby showers for expecting military families in a deployment or high stress situation.   Go to [link] to learn more and sign up!

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Bonnie Low Kramen

JANUARY 27, 2021

Words have always mattered, but they are especially important in times of high stress, anxiety, and remote work. This may be the perfect time to start playing that instrument, take up a new hobby, learn another language, or write that poem. In a team meeting, they were asked about what they learned about leadership from the COS.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 20, 2015

If you’re arranging a meeting for your Boss, pay attention to the agenda. Absorb the information on your company’s website and try and learn new skills where possible such as reading balance sheets. LK Bennett, Zara and Jigsaw stock good options. Mind your business. Take an interest in what’s going on around you.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

We had a full day’s agenda ahead of us! We pursue excellence through diligence, training, development and by seeking out high-quality learning. Joan talked about how stress affects women badly and often causes depression. Day 1 dawned with a blazing sun and bright early heat. What a way to GROW!

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

So, how to make sure you get face time with a busy and stressed boss? This tells the boss that you've got a specific agenda, and won't be rambling about your son's soccer game and bitching about a co-worker. Learn to use a stopwatch. There are some key things to consider: 1. Busiest times.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Let’s say that you’re on the agenda of the next office meeting to give a brief rundown of a project you’ve been working on for several months. In this case, you should work hard to have your position on the agenda changed before the meeting. Watch how key players seem to gain the attention of others, and learn from it.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?   

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Taught by Joan Burge , creator and master trainer of the Star Achievement Series® with more than 39 years of administrative expertise and learning and development. Pre-course work will be assigned to prepare the student thus engaging them in the learning process before they arrive. Course Agenda. Call 1-800-STAR-139.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Learn to say no. Emotional blocks – boredom, daydreaming, stress, guilt, anger and frustration reduce concentration. When you enjoy what you are doing, it reduces stress. When stress is reduced, you work more efficiently. How you manage your time is part of your personal agenda. Enjoy what you are doing.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand. Work on difficult jobs first, or at a time when you’re at peak performance, saving the less stressful tasks for when you have less energy. invite as few people as possible to limit discussion.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Minute taking definitely isnt easy, but it doesnt have to be stressful. Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I use four columns with the headings: Item#, Discussion, Decision/Action, By when.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

This does increase the preparation time, but on the day of the meeting it goes very smoothly with no stress. To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. It is interesting work. (New

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Robyn has learned to simplify life and increase productivity so she can enjoy life to the fullest. In our modern era, this seems to be something that has slipped in importance in the average Westerner’s agenda. It’s easy to let sleep be the first thing to slip in its importance in your life when things get stressful.

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BMT Office Administration

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The good news is that once you learn how to take meeting minutes properly, it will cease to be a cumbersome or confusing task. Instead, you’ll be able to easily provide effective meeting minutes , all while not missing a beat of the meeting agenda. Approval of the meeting agenda. Information on the next meeting agenda.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Much easier than searching in Outlook and less stressful. I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. Never underestimate what you can learn from other assistants.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

" The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. But ironically, all that unfinished "little stuff" can stress us out more than the big projects we haven't gotten around to yet. Learn to say "no" sometimes! "Heads Up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

As an aside, pen and paper will suffice if I have to, but you can see that the checklist can help avoid any unnecessary stresses from happening. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! 23, 1 p.m. (New

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

To many work is the central activity in their lives and the stresses and pressures of todays workplace are enormous, overtime, project pressure, sales targets, travel to and from the place of work, to name but a few. Emerging economies like China, India and some others are learning from the U.S.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Let’s hope in hundred years from now people will see this era not only as the “Information Age&# , but also the age when we learned to live a better work/life balance, in tune with our emotional and social needs as individuals, families and society as a whole. What do you think? Have a great weekend with your family and friends.

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