All Things Admin

MARCH 20, 2024

Do you remember asking people in your household to hang up the phone so you could send an email? Or being tied to bulky, desktop computers that couldn’t function more than five feet away from a phone jack? So, you end up doing a lot of manual work that could be automated if you had more training in this area.

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Mentoring Administrative Professionals 2024 Goals 52

All Things Admin

MARCH 9, 2022

Here are some tips that help me: Turning off all of the rings, dings, and notifications for email, Slack, and messaging on my phone and computer. I use email rules for the messages or notices I should be interrupted for. Can you follow up that request with a quick email so it doesn’t slip my mind?” And that’s OK.

Management 134

Management Administrative Professionals Mentoring Keyboards 134

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Seek out a mentor and join a professional organisation and relevant networks. A mobile phone. . We are both members of PA/EA specific organisations and networked with our peers to advertise the launch, and will continue to network at events and training seminars to gain members, speakers and contributors to the success of the group.

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Networking Mentoring Facebook Social Media 196

Success

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

If you’re a coach, consultant or mentor to a Friend-type leader, the best way you can help is by holding them accountable for accepting the reality that it’s lonely at the top—whether that’s in the CEO seat or as a leader of a team within a larger organization. Ask to be removed from the cc field on email threads. Don’t look.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the past 20 years, I have attended several conferences ranging in topics from fiction writing to motivational to professional training and even a full weekend trying to become a more educated outdoor woman. A: Believe it or not, most of my mentoring came from executives; not peers. The conference exceeded all of my expectations.

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Mentoring Skills Learning IAAP 189

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 1, 2012

I had my email message all typed up. Yes, I was going to cancel via email. I had just gotten off the phone with one of my mentors. I had told her about the big training event I had been asked to host. And my mentor gave me permission to cancel. So I typed up the email. But I didn’t delete the email.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Email Training Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

MAY 27, 2014

Does it make any difference whether you IM or phone someone? Admin Assistant Training Career Management Communication Skills Etiquette building relationships with coworkers choosing the right method of communication face to face communication human moments office communication when to call not email' Relationship. Staff member?

Skills 100

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Find yourself a mentor that you look up to. I would also learn earlier on how to train yourself to switch off. I can keep up to date with the Guernsey PA Connect website and emails, my personal and work emails, along with always being able to call anyone if I need to. I would also recommend joining a local PA network.

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Networking Promotion Mentoring Training 100

All Things Admin

AUGUST 16, 2023

And as much as we may resist it, without it we’d still be using rotary phones and manual typewriters. weekly calls, status meetings, email updates, project management tools)? Change is inevitable. Change tends to get a bad rap, yet it can be a very positive thing. But to thrive , you must become a champion of change!

Administrative Professionals 52

Administrative Professionals Mentoring 2005 Goals 52

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I have seen many administrative and executive assistants embrace training. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. It might be related to technology; how to use your sophisticated office phone system; how to use color coding for emails; how to have daily huddles with you and more.

UPS 100

UPS Administrative Professionals 2015 Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

email, instant chat, phone, text messaging, etc.). Stacy is a sought after mentor, consultant, trainer, and writer. Find out who else has information related to the project. The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions.

Management 100

Management Administrative Professionals International Mentoring 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Some have even gone above and beyond to personally mentor her throughout her time as an Executive Assistant – and now, Executive Business Partner! Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. And I’ve had amazing mentors along the way. So here I am.

AT&T 81

AT&T Mentoring Gossip Confidence 81

Productivity Bits

JUNE 17, 2010

Aside from the actual work that you need to accomplish, you also have other responsibilities to look after – meetings to attend, emails to respond to, phone and in-person conversations you need to engage in, and so much others. One way to get help in this kind of situation is to find your mentor. Be Responsible.

Stress 100

Stress Cubicle AT&T Mentoring 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 10, 2010

I have seen many administrative and executive assistants embrace training. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. It might be related to technology; how to use your sophisticated office phone system; how to use color coding for emails; how to have daily huddles with you and more.

UPS 100

UPS Mentoring 2009 Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 10, 2010

I have seen many administrative and executive assistants embrace training. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. It might be related to technology; how to use your sophisticated office phone system; how to use color coding for emails; how to have daily huddles with you and more.

UPS 100

UPS Mentoring 2009 Confidence 100

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Do you have something equivalent to personal service level stats or email employees or live chat since it’s kind of a different way to track it than phones? Rob: I mean we’re mostly looking at their production of how many emails they’re responding to over a course of an extended period of time. Chat is more like the phone.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Phones Training Skills 40

Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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2008 Clothes 2004 Medical 100

Service Untitled

JUNE 30, 2010

You would take lessons, learn the skill, and try your newly learned abilities while accompanied by your coach or mentor. Remember train, train, train. Offer role-playing, mentoring and carefully select those employees who can resolve, address and deal with customers in a positive manner. At a local. Networking.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Social Media Mentoring Etiquette 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

Also respect that they are also busy and may not be able to hold your hand past the initial training period. Be a student and view them as your mentors/teachers. I am hoping the secretary will be a good boss, mentor, and leader to you. Learn to walk the fine line of having initiative but not stepping on anyone’s toes.

Staples 40

Staples Mentoring Gossip Interviewing 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Many times the administrative assistant position is a good way into an organization and what a great training ground to know an organizations inner workings than in this profession. I think many university students are seeing the value in having this kind of training. So much is expected of executives these days.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

On The Job

OCTOBER 14, 2009

He also relies on various forms of communication, ranging from phone conversations to using social media such as Twitter or Facebook. Right now, we don’t have two employees in the same state, so we schedule weekly team meetings, and I make myself available at regular times by phone. Do I wish we could meet more often face-to-face?

Telecommuting 100

Telecommuting 2009 Promotion 2001 100

Virtual Moxie

MAY 17, 2022

Setting your fees for profitability is a complicated matter , and one we are happy to help the mentees in the Virtual Mentoring Program navigate so that they know how to set themselves up for it in their new businesses from the jump. Drop a comment or email me and let me know. But raising fees is simple.

Confidence 130

Confidence Email Mentoring Gifts 130

All Things Admin

JULY 27, 2022

Turn off forwarding on phones. Read emails. You can — just as long as you include this complete blurb with it: Julie Perrine, CAP-OM, is the founder and CEO of All Things Admin, providing training, mentoring and resources for administrative professionals worldwide. Check voice messages. Log into PC. Check tickler files.

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Administrative Professionals Travel 2022 98

The Marq

MARCH 23, 2010

Your role at this stage becomes that of the mentor who provides guidance and resources for removing any blocks and insuring the employee’s success. As with other posts on this subject, let’s elucidate the concept with an example. For the sake of anonymity let’s call him Sam. However, they were still not granular enough.

Goals 40

Goals Project Management AT&T Twitter 40

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We used to have every twice a year, once a year, whatever, HR would email all the leadership teams so all the managers from all the different departments and stuff, and say okay, it’s review time and everybody gets an email of the most up–to–date review form and all that stuff. They can listen to phone calls.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Customer Service Skills Goals 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

For all my new readers, I’ll answer your question by going through your entire email. This is also important if you have to train the new assistant. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. And congrats on landing the interview! You can just write “Thx!”

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Self Esteem Stress Salary 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox. If you know that you will never answer an email, delete it right away. a 6x9(ish) spiral notebook.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The manager had been asked to participate in some leadership training opportunities, and he passed on those — he thought they were stupid. In your role, you can help people understand what’s in it for them if they adopt something or if they take certain training. FIND A MENTOR. ” — Cynthia Young.

Administrative Professionals 40

Administrative Professionals AT&T Retirement Environment 40