Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Talking about calendar and upcoming meetings. 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. . #2 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. Doesn’t let assistant control his/her calendar. In fact, it is quite probable given the right tools, tips, processes and core philosophies.

Calendars 100

Calendars Travel Email Management 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

The right tools and the common sense to apply them appropriately are a given in any role today.”. A must-have skill when managing your executive’s calendar is to understand your executive must have down time.”. It almost goes unsaid that if you cannot communicate in a clear, timely and concise manner you will never make it.”.

Skills 100

Skills Calendars Management Learning 100

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Throw in collaboration and communication tools like Slack, workflow managers, chat, text, *gasp* the phone… and the idea of unplugging becomes downright laughable. and you can even use color coding in your calendar to indicate task types. Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. Your priorities will shift.

Customer Service 69

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 69

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

The up and coming assistant will need to be knowledgeable and skilled in what they do and assertive in doing it. It is becoming increasingly important to read e-mails thoroughly to look for action items or dates that need to be put in the bosses' calendar and handling requests for information. But how can we help?

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Keyboards Filing Administrative Professionals 100

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

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Throw in collaboration and communication tools like Slack, workflow managers, chat, text, *gasp* the phone… and the idea of unplugging becomes downright laughable. and you can even use color coding in your calendar to indicate task types. Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. Your priorities will shift.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 40

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

DECEMBER 9, 2016

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. You don’t go to your physical mailbox and write checks and reply to letters standing at your mailbox. Don’t do that with your inbox either.

Travel 100

Travel Filing Forms Skills 100

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. This has been a much-needed tool by executives and assistants around the world. We frequently have a break down in communications because each of them assumes the other tells me what’s happening and what’s needed. 99% of the time these are dismissed as not important.

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