Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The theme for our 23rd Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence was The Revolutionary Assistant. Our conference was held in October 2016 in Las Vegas. From the survey responses, I created a chart to show our conference attendees the types of issues assistants were having around their executives and communications.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

You need to actually get out there and hear people, whether through interviews or surveys or combing through product reviews or forums. “It Launch a survey. Create a five-question survey and put it in front of your ideal audience. But you can’t be confident in your choice until you get out there and test your idea.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2015

For all of you that could not attend the Assist Conference this year I wanted to share my presentation with you – Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry. We conducted a survey last year and one of the questions asked what session would the readers like to see at a conference.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2015

Create a PA Calendar of relevant Internal & External PA Events for e.g. internal and external networking opportunities and information on approved trainers & ad-hoc training/conference days. Decide on a future plan whether it be further CPD training, a yearly face to face conference etc.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

Last year saw a variety of networking events and conferences for assistants. From a number of surveys carried out this year, including the Practically Perfect PA Industry Snapshot we can see that assistants are still spending most of their time managing their Executive’s diary. Assistant networking and events. Recognition.

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On The Job

JULY 5, 2013

Michael Larrain, president of active cosmetics for L''Oreal, says employee surveys show that workers stay on their jobs for more than compensation. Larrain also uses a phone conference once a quarter to get feedback from sales representatives. That was forcing us to go for external hires," which can be expensive and time consuming.

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On The Job

JANUARY 3, 2013

A recent OfficeTeam survey finds that 76% of workers say they are not interested in their manager's job. Consider Toastmaster's International or some public-speaking classes to help you project your message in a confident way. Yeah, who wouldn't want that job? Apparently, a lot of people. But hold on. Join professional associations.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2013

This could be as simple a step as setting up a LinkedIn profile to using twitter for networking with other assistants through to blogging and taking part in virtual conferences. It is getting so much easier for Committees to meet virtually and this will become more and more popular over the next year as will virtual conferences and events.

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Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

And yet, one report after another still names employee engagement and workplace culture at the top of a CEO’s many challenges: • The Conference Board’s annual CEO survey lists six top challenges for CEOs today, five of them related to engaging and aligning talent. We can have observations, but the survey bears them out.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The methods I learned there have gave me greater confidence and speed (i.e. I have also learned how to survey my readers and understand their specific career challenges. As Tim Ferriss explains in his book The Four Hour Body (and his presentation at the NEXT Conference ) , the minimum effective dose comes to us from the health field.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once that is done, survey what is left and find the next easiest thing you can do. Imagine sheets of paper fluttering to the flow behind you as you charge from one meeting to the next conference call. LONG TERM SOLUTION: learn strategies for increasing your time management skills, physical endurance and self-confidence.

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