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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

INTERVIEW WELL Make it a conversation. You are interviewing them too so ask questions. Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. How true that is!

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. We joke about it, but it is distracting.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

Only I used the US guest code and host code while inadvertently providing the international dial-in numbers which aren’t compatible! I think along with this question I would also like to know if you have etiquette tips about emailing with the other EA’s on the client side of things. She couldn't tell they were cheapos.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

Now I am on holidays and preparing for a big move to a new home. Have a great summer everyone and enjoy your holidays when they come. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

Time Zones IAAP Etiquette 2009

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

Internal meetings can usually be changed more easily so start there. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Your boss is not trying to sabotage you.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

We list country codes, city codes, international and national dialing codes, and other relevant country information. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S.

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Why I love my job?

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

When I interview for a job I interview the person interviewing me and try to get a feel for whether we will work well together. Good boss, bad boss On one interview I went on, when I met the two men who would be interviewing me, I met the first one and thought, "OK, so he seems like a nice man and I could work with him."

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

For instance, waiting for a meeting participant to choose a date, waiting for someone to order something that I need to do my job, waiting for someone to call me back, waiting for someone to get back from holidays and then to top it off they don’t put their out-of-office assistant on so you have no idea why they havent gotten back to you.

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

Now I am off for a weeks holiday at the cottage with my daughter and grandson. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

If you get an opportunity for an interview you may as well go and try it. Be prepared in the interview with your own questions too. I always like the interview to be a conversation, with both sides talking. HA HA, not funny Be very careful about using humour in an interview. They are interested, now what?

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Interview with Rob Siefker of Zappos – Part 4 of 4

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This is the fourth and final part of my interview with Rob Siefker, the Director of the Customer Loyatly Team at Zappos. You can read part one of the interview here , part two here , and part three here. But yeah, everyone else is in an hourly position so they get you know, holiday pay and overtime pay and things like that.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked? I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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It's all in how you feel

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 8, 2009

The same applies if you have a job interview or a new challenge at work. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Self Esteem Time Zones IAAP International

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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How to get Office fat fast.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Excellent material! Oh where or where is my password?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Make the interview count and ask the right questions. Ask yourself what things really matter to you and ask questions to bring those things up in the interview. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Hire smart! Excellent material!

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