Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

Calendars 223

Calendars 2018 Negotiating Skills 223

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. If you are a manager, supervisor or executive, please keep reading this to see what the top 3 complaints are from assistants in trying to build a partnership and better assist their executive because you can help alleviate these issues and increase your productivity. No daily huddles.

Calendars 100

Calendars Travel Email Management 100

Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Accept constructive suggestions for improved productivity. Create or reevaluate daily routine to be more productive.

Goals 202

Goals Stress Filing Email 202

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I have my brekkie and coffee while I respond to anything urgent, check in on the calendars and update my to-do list. Don’t be afraid to be assertive! I’m also obsessed with Paper, another Dropbox product.

Dropbox 100

Dropbox International Collaborate Assertiveness 100

Loosely Speaking

APRIL 28, 2009

If you’re a female executive, add that other balancing act, appropriate assertiveness versus perceived bitchiness, and you may find your carefully honed professionalism isn’t cutting it. Get Loosely Speaking Products. Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

2004 100

2004 Assertiveness Confidence 2009 100

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

I was always on-call, responding to emails within moments of receiving them and handling tasks quickly because I didn’t want to be a bottleneck in productivity. When during the day are you most productive? I’m much less productive in the afternoons so I prefer to have meetings between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

Customer Service 69

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 69

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

It’s why I became certified as a Productivity Pro Consultant with Laura Stack. Process your emails OUT of your inbox and into a TASK or CALENDAR appointment so you get them into your system for follow up, tracking, and completion. Outlook Productivity Webinar. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro.

Travel 100

Travel Filing Forms Skills 100

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

I was always on-call, responding to emails within moments of receiving them and handling tasks quickly because I didn’t want to be a bottleneck in productivity. When during the day are you most productive? I’m much less productive in the afternoons so I prefer to have meetings between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 40

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

A stellar Executive Assistant must think of every detail for every function such as calendar management, travel planning, meeting preparation and execution, and e-mail management. These people are naïve, to say the least. A true Executive Assistants must do over 100 things well. Those are just the fundamentals.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals 2016 Stress Travel 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

A must-have skill when managing your executive’s calendar is to understand your executive must have down time.”. You are a little fish in a big pond that can really make a difference!”. Assistants need to do a better job of understanding their executive’s needs; anticipate and go in well prepared.”. “A

Skills 100

Skills Calendars Management Learning 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

There are days when I have 15 calendars open on my computer in an effort to schedule meetings with elected officials, developers, executive team members, staff, and members of the general public. Since supporting multiple managers, I have enjoyed strengthening my working relationships with other managers.

Management 100

Management Administrative Professionals International Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

I know firsthand, as an executive, that these daily huddles are vital to team success, productivity, synergy, preventing crises and reducing rework. They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. I also have more than 25 years as an executive who meets with her assistant on a regular basis. Basically, they just don’t get it.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Calendars Stress Phones 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Something to think about. Minute taking made easier.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100