Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

So here is my list: * Resilience is critical in today’s busy office environment and constant change. Then I would focus on the daily processes and get in agreement as to how you both will handle them such as daily huddles, travel, meetings, follow-up, and email. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

Mentoring 189

Mentoring Skills Learning IAAP 189

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Job satisfaction is important. They are interested, now what?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Resume IAAP Interviewing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Resume International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. 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. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

I used to work with someone who was an assistant in the Human Resources Department of a major law firm and has now become the Director of Human Resources in that same firm. She said it wouldnt look good on my resume if I was seen as a job hopper. I have seen admin assistants climb up the corporate ladder just that way.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

They are a valuable resource and I appreciate them. Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Hello Patricia, You have some great resources at [link] Given your interest in country codes, I wanted to make you aware of my site, [link] for possible inclusion as well. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Gifts Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. ► February (5) We did it Canada!

2010 100

2010 Interviewing Time Zones IAAP 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

This is a must-have resource. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Administrative Professionals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

It works better if you have a whole pool of resources with different strengths to call upon. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. We are not an island. Makes your work life much easier.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Interviewing Holidays 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ▼ April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

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. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ▼ March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 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. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

The Human Resources Director pointed me to a small office and I was left alone to read what must have been 200 pages. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

PowerPoint 100

PowerPoint Time Zones IAAP 2010 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes 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.

Calendars 100

Calendars IAAP Time Zones 2010 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP AT&T 2010 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Google 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. ► February (5) We did it Canada!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

Having the opportunity to hash it out with another assistant is a great resource. I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

IAAP 100

IAAP Time Zones Administrative Professionals International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

How can you survive in this kind of a working environment? Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Another time I wanted to try a career in the travel business. I make travel arrangements, do desktop publishing (well, I usually get my sister to help me), organize events and now I am even going to be speaking at an Admin event in April (which I will pretend is sort of like teaching).Yes, ► February (5) We did it Canada!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International 100

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. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. The incentive was you saved.002 002 cents a litre. That was never enough to get me out of the car!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

It is great training for the office environment, no matter what field you end up in. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. link] We dont typically call ourselves secretaries anymore, but they do still exist.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100