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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

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.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. One young boss told me that he was self-sufficient and didnt need assistance, but what I saw was someone doing more than they needed to. I of course ignored him and went about providing the best service I could.

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: The Organized Admin with Julie Perrine

Office Dynamics

Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. What are the most important systems an assistant should have mapped out to move from chaos to control? There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Filing – paper and digital. Project Management.

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