Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Keep positive friends : There are those that will support and build you up and those that will always try and tear you down. Learn something new every day. I will get on my soapbox here again: embrace lifelong learning. It is not what happens to you, but how you respond internally to what happens to you.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. We have a shed load of skills that have to be kept up to date so that we can do our job effectively. Networking Groups.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 26, 2013

While it may feel like you’re being helpful, your colleagues are learning to walk all over you. You’re incapable of standing up for yourself so bullies just keep pushing and pushing—and you never push back. Instead, you internalize the frustration and view yourself as a victim. You can also be assertive without being an a$$.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

When things are going just fine as they are, why not simply curl up and relax? By attending this session, you’ll learn a wide variety of everyday strategies for stretching your own comfort zone at work (without snapping!). You will learn… Why the comfort zone isn’t always a “bad” thing. Click on the image below.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Here at Office Dynamics International, as we wrap up this 25th year of business, we’re feeling both grateful and overwhelmed with all we’ve experienced in 2015. Joan will be sharing personal insights and helpful guidance for setting yourself up for success in 2016. Learning Highlights. As an attendee, you’ll learn….

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 29, 2016

As an attendee, you will learn…. Many of you stepped up and shared some of your own notes, questions and links to help me recreate what was lost. Limited time offer from Office Dynamics International: Mastering Exceptional Self-Leadership program significantly marked down to $79 (from $249) until May 10. Thank you for that.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 3, 2013

But if you don’t treat others with the respect they deserve, you’ll end up struggling all alone. Your co-workers will have to pick up the slack until you get there. You decide to stop and pick up some donuts on the way in – who can stay mad when you’re arriving with treats? When you go to pick up some Post-its, you….

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On The Job

JULY 24, 2012

DreamWorks would not have believed this accountant's assertion that he's not creative. How could number-crunchers come up with more innovative ideas than those who created " Kung Fu Panda ? Still, staying competitive means more than coming up with the next blockbuster animated movie.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

Either way, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind and sometimes, you need a reminder of all the loveable parts of your job. It’s no secret that admin professionals rack up tons of knowledge on dozens of office topics and that no two days are ever the same. It brings a whole new meaning to learning on the job. “

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” I learned that these dismissive demeanors and disrespectful behaviors had to do with the disparate perceptions about what assistants actually do. Read what your managers are reading to stay up to speed. Alice Walker.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I know so many amazing professionals who often tell me that speaking up at work is a challenge. So today’s post is all about finding your voice at work and overcoming those internal demons that have been keeping you quiet. You’ll learn more. While you want to demonstrate assertiveness, you need to balance it with respect.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

If you’ve hiked to a plateau, you know it can be a great place to rest and soak up the surrounding scenery. Offer to help coordinate a “lunch and learn” session, or an after-hours network of your peers. Manage interruptions and learn to say “no” where appropriate. Feeling underutilized? Take the initiative. What to do?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

  If unmanaged, fear can sneak up on your when you least expect it, kick you when you’re already down, and drive your behavior down all the wrong roads.    Just as you can be conditioned to fear certain things, you can learn how to effectively and powerfully respond to fear in just 5 simple steps.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 21, 2010

In order to be successful office professionals, we have to live up to that code of conduct. I will communicate effectively and assertively so that there is a clear understanding of what is required and requested. I will take ownership of my mistakes and learn from them as well as others I will be proactive rather than reactive.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Here’s a recap of just some of the amazing things that went on this year in celebration of you, Administrative Professionals: Executive Secretary Magazine sent out daily gifts from a variety of organizations specifically for administrative professionals learning benefit. IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. He loved it and I believe ended up doing his job better because of it. I remember when self-serve gas stations first started.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 11, 2010

In the argument the boss brought up the job performance of the employee and how he wasnt showing productivity. Be assertive, state your case, and give and ask for solutions. Learning how to diffuse a negative workplace situation can be difficult, but we need to start with ourselves. Truth Hurts. How will you deal with it?

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Filing 2010 IAAP Assertiveness 100

The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Listen with empathy not sympathy and be assertive in your response. ’ Being the professional that you are, you will continue to be cordial, you have been taught a valuable lesson, learn from it and move on. A reprimand/write-up (verbal or written). Let them have their words. Do not interrupt. Seek answers.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 22, 2010

Each and every day I woke up with the firm conviction that if I would be a successful business man, if I would make a lot of money and build an image of success, good things will happen. So, I learned the rules , implemented them and become successful. That we “learned&# something. Well, maybe we did.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I grew up with two sisters and 10 girl cousins. Instead, they say, women should “learn to say no and mean it.” As long as you assert yourself fairly and honestly, don’t worry about being called names. Stop trying to “one up” colleagues. Learn to delegate. What lessons have you learned about communicating better?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 10, 2017

If bullying behavior is tolerated, the company is damaged from the inside out by chewing up its people. This is my challenge to all admin professionals for 2017 Admin Professionals Week : Now is the time to dial up your professional selves. If you’d like to learn more about our Blog-A-Thon you can do so here.

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