Workplace Insight

JANUARY 3, 2023

Given that such an assertion came as a surprise, there was only ever going to be one opening post for 2023: an attempt to explain it. Office and prototype workshop, say. Yet despite its ubiquity, in the comparative calm of social channels over the holiday period lurked claims that no-one knows what hybrid working is.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Joan taught us to be assertive and persistent, even in the face of naysayers. There’s one thing I always say about the Office Dynamics Conference: It’s the little things that really make it special—the surprise attendee gifts, the interactive workshop-style activities, and the elaborate gala event to name just a few.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2010

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Do you non-assertively offer advice to others?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2010

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Do you non-assertively offer advice to others?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 11, 2015

Be assertive. In our workshop, we define World Class Assistant as someone who is on the cutting edge; leads the way; always strive for improvement and excellence; is a risk-taker and more. Tactfully fend off verbal attacks from others. Be a pacesetter. Take the lead. Act appropriately in the face of problems.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Tell your executive about upcoming seminars and workshops you would like to attend and why. Be prepared to show your executive the information about the workshop, the objectives of the program, how the topics tie in with your job responsibilities, and the benefits of attending. Do you have the courage to be World Class?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2018

When I’m facilitating a full-day workshop for assistant or executives about maximizing their assistant’s time, I experience several aha moments. I see employees in action in their environments. I meet executives and have great discussions. Observing administrative professionals at work is one of my greatest moments.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2014

We also need a plethora of soft skills from people management to communication, assertiveness and everything in between. If you take hard skills for example – we have to understand how the latest office technology works, we have to organise events, take minutes, run meetings, write reports and edit documents. The list is endless.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 1, 2017

Cindy said that Shure Incorporated had a beautiful auditorium and that they would like to be a host site for me to hold a one day workshop or mini-conference. I want to thank Cindy McConnell, EA to the CEO of Shure Incorporated for approaching me last October. Well, of course, I said yes.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If the situation is to change, then EAs need to participate in the assertion about what assistants do and the responsibilities they now hold. For more information on BTUA workshops and speaking: www.bonnielowkramen.com. In my experience, women are aware of this and yet, it feels very hard to do in regular practice. ” Agreed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

So, she talked with her boss about the problem, attended some workshops and adopted a healthier way of working. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively. Heather, came close to burnout, working long hours and weekends, until she learned how to make a priority of what she had to, should and even wanted to do.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 1, 2016

Recently, I was conducting a full-day workshop for administrative professionals at a large organization. I was purposely brought in to help these assistants manage change, build strategic partnerships with their managers, learn how to be more proactive, and build peer synergy.

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Administrative Professionals Training AT&T Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And after speaking to women in workshops, seminars and at my conferences for 25 years, I know this is one area we need to work on. If someone is complimenting them or they have done a good job, they have high self-esteem. But if someone belittles them or their work, they tend to have low self-esteem.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We offer high level coaching, onsite workshops, an annual conference for administrative excellence, an executive assistant boot camp and more. Part of what we do is provide tools and services to administrative professionals to enhance the quality of their work-life that promote administrative excellence.

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Success

APRIL 20, 2023

Samara Elkins, lead coach and workshop curator at Coaching by Samara , suggests that while happiness at work looks different for everyone, employers play a significant role in employee happiness. “For many of these debates, truth lies somewhere between the two polar perspectives,” Iverson says. “In

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2016

Lisa Olsen is passionate about the administrative career and encourages assistants to be “relationship engineers” She currently is the Executive Coordinator/Office Manager at Dignity Health and is the Co-Founder of Admin to Admin – providing resources, workshops and retreats for assistants.

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