LEADERASSISTANT.COM

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

They enjoy traveling and spend their summers lakeside with their 40′ camper. ––– THE LEADER ASSISTANT PODCAST IS PRESENTED BY EZCATER ezCater is the nation’s most trusted provider of corporate food solutions — the best way for companies to order food for daily employee lunches, meetings, and events of any size or budget.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JUNE 18, 2023

In addition to 14 plus years’ of experience as an Executive Assistant, she has developed a diverse worldview working in Melbourne and London along with regularly traveling throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, North and Central America. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 9, 2023

In her free time, Hallie pursues her hobbies: reading, blogging, kayaking, and traveling, preferably to the beach. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

He needs time for emails, preparation, lunch – and I use my initiative to prevent clashes. Also, I read all emails to my boss and assess their importance in order to help him to reply. I also organise his business travel. Emails play an important part during the day. I make sure that the whole day flows well.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Kathy is an executive assistant who wants to know more about travel preparation for her executive and what can be included with the itinerary or on the itinerary to make the executive more comfortable during travel. Is there a suggested restaurant in the area you can tell them about?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 13, 2007

Making travel arrangements for your boss can sometimes be stressful. I remember making travel arrangements for a boss who was travelling to New York City for a meeting. Here are some questions you can ask: what kind of travel: Air, Train, Car? is the business travel being charged to the company or a client?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Kathy is an executive assistant who wants to know more about travel preparation for her executive and what can be included with the itinerary or on the itinerary to make the executive more comfortable during travel. Is there a suggested restaurant in the area you can tell them about?

Travel 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 January, 2009 Training On-line Recently someone asked me a question about training on-line so I thought I would share the answer in a post. I use a place based in Toronto, Canada called Last Minute Training. Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!"

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. FlightTrack: £2.99 for Pro version.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. The app then sends you an email with their details.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. The app then sends you an email with their details.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 3, 2014

before checking my emails and heading for the train station at 7:50am. I have to check emails early as I like to know what I’m walking into that morning, working for a daily newspaper you never know what may have happened overnight! I usually arrive at 9.00am (trains dependent!) and leave around 6.00pm.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. Jeremy Burrows 1:56 Nice.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 4, 2014

It takes the hassle out of travel . I’ve had many managers that have used their private car for meetings, either picking clients up on the way to restaurants or the meeting venue. Easy booking by email, internet or phone. Here are my top seven reasons why your boss should use a chauffeur service: 1. Door to door.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 17, 2015

Obviously there are the usual tasks of diary management, travel arrangements, fielding calls and emails and I help with the PR for the company. In the summer I play cricket for Richmond Ladies and so the training and matches take up more of my time, but that is very social too, a pimms on the outfield is never a bad thing!

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

She mentors, trains, and coaches EA/AAs across the region. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. While supporting J.,

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 7, 2013

While you don’t see people smoking inside trains, smoking in restaurants, especially bars, is allowed. They do have designated smoking section, areas, or covered greenhouse looking structures too (near train stations or in sections of buildings to contain all the smoke). If the train is late, the time is wrong.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 8, 2017

What do emotional intelligence and travel planning have in common? I have been traveling extensively for business (and a little pleasure) for 3 straight months. I have been a business traveler for 27 years. While the typical person thinks traveling is glamorous, the business traveler has a different perspective.

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On The Job

JULY 26, 2011

You claim you hate gossips, but have sent emails passing along the latest scuttlebutt concerning a colleague's dating habits after you overheard her on the phone. Whenever you travel for business, you always run into problems and have to call the office for help. If you don't get it, you pout or glare at whoever is sitting in it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. Close out of the email and you will be asked to Save the changes.

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Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint Email 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

One person can be great at software programs and know all sorts of tricks to get things done quickly and another might be excellent at organizing and managing their email account. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 2 July, 2010 We dont know what we dont know We really dont know what we dont know do we?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel. I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training.

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

You hear something while walking down the hall or are copied on an email and know something about the purpose of a meeting coming up. Many times I am so thankful I had that quick chat or read that email that I was copied on as that was the exact information I needed when they were away. (for

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

If you have to reschedule, send an email apologizing, but advise that your bosss schedule has changed. Depending on the importance of the impromptu meeting, it may need to be changed to another timeslot to accommodate his or her calendar. Usually when I point out the conflict to my boss, he is more than willing to make the change.

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. If the meeting is accepted -- What does your boss need for the meeting and who will be in attendance?

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Time Zones IAAP International Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

They are responsible for canvassing the participants for dates and determining the date everyone is available and coummunicating that information to the participants by sending out a meeting request to everyone or emailing the date (depending on how you or your organization prefers to send notices of meetings). 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

If you keep telling yourself you cant do it, then of course you wont be able to, but if you say I dont know if I can, but I am going to try anyway, or I know I can do that because it was what I was trained for and then go ahead and do it, it will open all kinds of doors for you. (Or This is the time you need a lot of positive self talk.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from.

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2017

Travel planning is infamous for being a huge time, patience, and sanity suck for administrative professionals. What seems like a simple there-and-back trip to a traveler is a whirlwind of coordination and research for the admin. And can you try to get me reservations to my favorite restaurant and hotel.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. I could see him looking after himself, trying to organise his diary and all his emails etc, and he wasn't sure what to give me. The incentive was you saved.002 002 cents a litre. That was never enough to get me out of the car!

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap. In my current role I cant take someones blood pressure and in my previous role, often times they wanted to be a Lotus Notes developer. Good point Sabrina.

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Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. It is important to build relationships with those we work with, but what about assistants we dont work with?

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

I use this all the time on my calendar and my boss's calendar, and it helps us both to know which events are phone calls which he can take in the office or on the road (yellow) or which events will require travel (blue). I put travel in red and action reminders in yellow, but that is our own system and it works for us.

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Calendars IAAP Time Zones 2010 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Once the date and location is finalized, if it requires flight and hotel, then I put a travel sheet on top of the meeting sheet and start to go through that checklist to see what I need to do, from getting the passport ready, contacting the travel agent and arranging for a purchase order, etc.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!" . ► June (3) ► May (7) ► April (4) ► March (5) ► February (7) ▼ January (8) Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dicti. Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles. " Is it that time of the year already?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

If so, what would you recommend in terms of training (university not included/possible). It is great training for the office environment, no matter what field you end up in. Hello - I have a question for you.Would you advise getting into the Administrative Assistant profession to the younger generation in this day and age?

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