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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

Success

Before getting there, let’s unpack the essentials of what skill training really is. It refers to proactive measures you take to acquire new skills, knowledge and competency while increasing your value as an employee or entrepreneur. Learning new skills is paramount to success. What is professional development?

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Proofread with Perfection - A Webinar

Office Dynamics

Learn to proofread with perfection, get a grasp on grammar rules and sharpen your editing skills. In this 75-minute webinar, Fred Kniggendorf, Ph.D, will discuss the most common types of errors, what you can do to catch—and fix—them and the skills you need to produce effective, error-free communication. How do webinars work?

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Good communication skills. Organization skills. Interpersonal communication skills. Excellent calendaring skills. Customer-service focused. Excellent time management skills. Excellent time management skills. Great networking skills. Analytical forward thinking skills. Team player.

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Introduction to Procedures: Usage, Terminology, and Tips for Getting Started

All Things Admin

Ultimately, well-defined procedures save you and your team members time, provide clarity, and ensure consistency, compliance, and customer service across the board. Example: A webinar prep checklist for presenters , listing critical tasks and system checks before speaking. Everything is right there in your procedures manual!

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Future-Proof Your Career

Office Dynamics

This is a skill everyone needs regardless of their title or position. In fact, I covered 9 elements in a webinar I hosted in February this year. What skill sets are growing? 12. Give over-the-edge customer service to internal and external customers. Our theme this year is about resiliency.

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Why I think we should kill multitasking.

Office Dynamics

Or you watch a webinar while working on your executive’s project? Bottom line: You can actually be less effective, create mistakes, feel less happy and are less customer-service oriented. I have been engaged in this topic and spoken on it for the past few years. What about you? Learn more and register here.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Yes, I have taken job-specific software classes, classes to learn organizational and people skills, and took computer certification classes which I was not aware I needed coming right out of high school. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job. Yes, NVQ’s in Customer Services and Business Administration.

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