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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Demonstrate your leadership skills. And it is changing again as executives recognize that administrators aren’t just for typing emails or making travel plans. Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. These are fundamentals, critical foundational skills needed to fully mature your career.

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State of the Profession – Joan Burge

Office Dynamics

Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. Cross-training, Mentoring – Open your heart and be a mentor to others. o Virtual support – executives travel internationally and support is virtual. o Persuasion skills. o Presentation skills. Now you build on top of that. Propose ideas.

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions. There are days when I have 15 calendars open on my computer in an effort to schedule meetings with elected officials, developers, executive team members, staff, and members of the general public. Find out who else has information related to the project.

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

Their duties include (but are not limited to) answering and screening calls, meeting and greeting clients and customers, maintaining executives calendars, writing correspondence, generating reports, meeting planning, filing, travel arrangements, maintain client/customer data records, supervising others, and the list goes on.

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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. I know she does not know but needs to learn this skill in order to succeed every day.”. Encourage cross-mentoring. When an administrator asks me, “What is critical thinking?” Share what you know!”.

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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. I know she does not know but needs to learn this skill in order to succeed every day.”. Encourage cross-mentoring. When an administrator asks me, “What is critical thinking?” Share what you know!”.

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What is a Virtual Assistant?

Karen Vivarelli

Just think… a task that might take a business owner 2 hours to complete, could take a skilled VA half of that time. They could be looking for someone to manage their calendar and travel. Are you working closely with a mentor who has done this before? Or is it because you want to be able to travel the world?