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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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.

Calendars

Calendars 2018 Negotiating Skills

Travel Planning for Others – Putting Yourself in Your Traveler’s Shoes

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Every admin wears many hats: office manager, personal assistant, life coach, travel planner. Every time your manager is heading out of town, it’s time for you to don your travel planner hat, slip into your traveler’s shoes, and equip yourself with your suite of travel planning tools.

Travel

Travel Google Docs Administrative Professionals ASAP

Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

When I was an assistant 40 years ago we complained about not getting time with our executives; we complained about not getting enough information from our managers; we complained about not getting support for training. Revolutionary ways to gain true manager support for your ongoing professional development.

Management

Management 2016 Calendars Administrative Professionals

How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

AUGUST 30, 2022

While your management team or HR organization may have certain ideas on what’s essential for retaining a loyal, productive workforce, go directly to your workers, such as via a survey, and identify their priorities. . Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. Be cognizant of the time zones.

Basecamp

Basecamp Collaborate Environment Policies

The Industry Snapshot: The influence of Personal Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

However, following our recent Industry Snapshot survey, we have a lot of interesting data that shows us the areas in which you have the most influence. According to the Practically Perfect PA survey, 69% of assistants screen calls on a regular basis while over 85% look after their Executive’s emails and calendars.

Suppliers

Suppliers Purchasing Networking Calendars

Assistants Speak Out: The Biggest Struggles In Partnering With Their Executive

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In preparation for a webinar I held on October 8 called Managing Your Executive’s Day , we sent out a survey and received 700+ responses to the questions “What is your biggest struggle in partnering with your executive?” Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Talking about calendar and upcoming meetings.

Calendars

Calendars Travel Email Management

The Industry Snapshot: The Office of the Future

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Thanks again to everyone who completed the Practically Perfect PA Industry Snapshot survey. On average, how often does your Executive travel for business? I asked this as the number of people travelling on business continues to rise and many Executive’s now spend more time on the road than they do in the office.

Google Docs

Google Docs Doodle Travel Google

The Big Secret to Time Management and a More Fulfilling Life

Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

YOU CANNOT MANAGE TIME! How you manage to focus your attention (or how long you keep your attention focused) will make or break your ability to get things done. After conducting a survey of about 4000+ of my Twitter followers, I learned that people have a real challenge figuring out where to pay attention and how to figure it out.

Management

Management Twitter Networking Fax

Sound and vision – Nigel Oseland makes himself heard for the IN magazine profile

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This is evident in the Workplace Trends conference he runs with his wife Maggie, one of the must attend events in the annual calendar of such things. Firms and their managers are taking a far keener interest in the design and management of the workplace in all its forms. He is also the author of two books. You need to check.”

Budget

Budget Cubicle Social Media Calendars

Ryan Anderson VP of Global Research & Insights MillerKnoll | The Return to Office & Reengineering Cities

Allwork

MARCH 7, 2023

With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Ryan’s work focuses on how places can be better designed and managed to support positive and productive experiences. We survey 10,000 employees every quarter. But we started reinstalling travel processes and saying, no, the executive team needs to go to where the work team is.

AT&T

AT&T Environment Collaborate Restaurants

State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Managers who do not know how to utilize administrative assistants in new ways. Managers are technically savvy and very independent, but they are often performing functions that administrative professionals can do with ease; Perceptions. In a recent survey, 624 respondents presented 230 different titles!

Administrative Professionals

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness

State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Managers who do not know how to utilize administrative assistants in new ways. Managers are technically savvy and very independent, but they are often performing functions that administrative professionals can do with ease; Perceptions. In a recent survey, 624 respondents presented 230 different titles!

Administrative Professionals

Administrative Professionals Retirement Training Assertiveness

Call For Help: The First Two Weeks With A Virtual Assistant

Productivityist

APRIL 15, 2014

Elise has access to all of my calendars, with varying permissions. She can make changes to my Productivityist calendar but can''t to my personal calendar (the one that isn''t work-related). I learned that having less calendars is the way to go. The 3 Things I Learned. Next up: The Next Two Weeks With A Virtual Assistant.

Doodle

Doodle Calendars Email AT&T

5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Accenture conducted a survey of 1,000 middle managers in large companies in the U.S. Action Systems An action system is created to manage all of those pieces of paper that seem to stay on your desk because you don't want to forget to do something. How to use the DART system to get through your paper piles.

Filing

Filing AT&T Networking Phones

The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I understand a company would be interested in knowing why people unsubscribe so they can improve their business, but a quick voluntary survey back would have been more appropriate. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Fax

Fax Time Zones IAAP 2009

106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Use it to manage overwhelm when your world is freakin'! Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. If you need to write/send your holiday cards then look at your calendar and schedule it in. In the calendar. Thanks to Cena Block of Sane Spaces 3.

AT&T

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress

Master the Art of Re-purposing Your Work and You'll Save Multiple Hours - 50 Ideas To Get You Started

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. Bios from one-sheets are cut into manageable chunks and find a home in media pitches. I repurpose my travel stories and product reviews for both gay and straight audiences, getting double play and double exposure for my subjects.

Social Media

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Travel Planning for Others – Putting Yourself in Your Traveler’s Shoes

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

The Industry Snapshot: The influence of Personal Assistants

Assistants Speak Out: The Biggest Struggles In Partnering With Their Executive

The Industry Snapshot: The Office of the Future

The Big Secret to Time Management and a More Fulfilling Life

Sound and vision – Nigel Oseland makes himself heard for the IN magazine profile

Ryan Anderson VP of Global Research & Insights MillerKnoll | The Return to Office & Reengineering Cities

State of the Administrative Profession

State of the Administrative Profession

Call For Help: The First Two Weeks With A Virtual Assistant

5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Master the Art of Re-purposing Your Work and You'll Save Multiple Hours - 50 Ideas To Get You Started

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