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Administrative Assistants Broaden Your Skillset

Office Dynamics

What surprised me after looking at the list was that many of the requests had to do with the typical administrative skills or tasks such as: managing multiple managers, dealing with difficult people, managing stress, calendar management, and troubleshooting. For example, what are the skills you need to be excellent at meeting planning?

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. . -- Wait a minute! I guess he thought I needed the help.

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel. – Johanna Viteri, CWCA. “Of

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Look through the previous set of minutes and add items to the agenda that have been carried over to this meeting. Also if there have been any relevant work or news within the company that needs to be discussed by this Committee and is part of their overall objective this should be added to the agenda. The timing of meetings.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Look through the previous set of minutes and add items to the agenda that have been carried over to this meeting. Also if there have been any relevant work or news within the company that needs to be discussed by this Committee and is part of their overall objective this should be added to the agenda. The timing of meetings.

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 A Day in the Life of an Admin Administrative Assistants can be considered the backbone of any company.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. April 09, 2010 Jakob said. Dealing in real time.