Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Team player. If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. This might give you an idea of areas that need to be developed. Top Assistants List Qualities Of A Great Assistant. Good communication skills. Organization skills. Interpersonal communication skills. Detail oriented. Accountable.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Read more: A Recruiter's Etiquette Guide to Remote Hiring. Emphasise your workplace values and culture so that candidates understand what it would be like working remotely with your team. Include the typical working hours, especially if weekends or travel are required. Be specific but concise.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

There finding the difference now within London, where actually around Waterloo and Southern’s really come up because of good transport links, whereas Shoreditch is finding it a bit harder because people are traveling into London and then they have got to commute onwards and so they are seeing that additional time.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Our team collectively began to wind down the year and talk about all that’s happened over the years, in the profession, in our own lives, and in the lives of the many we’ve come to know – as we did this, we experienced a wave of emotion. Office Dynamics International has been serving the Administrative Profession for 24 years (since 1990).

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 19, 2010

The blog is The Assistant’s Loft and the blogger shares some really useful information for assistants from tips on ordering flowers, phone etiquette, what not to do as an assistant (i.e. What else might you keep around for your leader or team? I recently came across a blog I grew to love fast. It’s perfect for assistants! Sewing kit.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 19, 2010

The blog is The Assistant’s Loft and the blogger shares some really useful information for assistants from tips on ordering flowers, phone etiquette, what not to do as an assistant (i.e. What else might you keep around for your leader or team? I recently came across a blog I grew to love fast. It’s perfect for assistants! Sewing kit.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

I suggested it to the person organizing the event so I could help out and work it, but also to meet the direct reports of my CEO and the rest of the team at the headquarter office there. 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.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2007

Here are some tips on getting your team members to lower their voices: Ask the group of people to quiet down, move their conversation to a meeting room or even take the conversation outside. I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. Its nice to socialize at times, but we are here to work.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

A stellar Executive Assistant must think of every detail for every function such as calendar management, travel planning, meeting preparation and execution, and e-mail management. These people are naïve, to say the least. A true Executive Assistants must do over 100 things well. Those are just the fundamentals.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Now you can show your boss that you are finding ways to be more productive and a team player. You can then print a summary report to Excel of all of your hours for any time period, for any task, or for any client. To find out more of how Virtual Assistant Manager works, click here.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

It means a lot to the team here. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post matt lorenzen Awesome post! Thanks Richard. If you have any questions/comment feel free to email me at matt[a]kallout.com.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 23, 2012

We are often asked about doing etiquette seminars/programs onsite for administrative professionals across the country. Since we can't be everywhere at once and you can't always travel for the training we thought we would share this awesome resource with you. Emily Post's Guide to Business Etiquette for the 21st Century.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Here are 4 ways you can help yourself and hopefully the rest of your team: Remember the positives. .&# or “I wish I could quit!&# There are ways to help yourself of dealing with these types of personas. Take a look at the positive aspects of your annoying co-worker. You’d be surprised to see that they can be a kind-hearted person.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

Some people dont play well in a team and can be like that link in the chain that keeps skipping. What can you do if you are part of a team that is not playing well together? Are you doing your part and contributing to the goals of the team or are you getting bogged down with situations? Good team play can be contagious.

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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. Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. Make Learning Fun For Your Admin Team (4/8/2015). All Things Admin shared a chart of all the special happenings and more and started #AdminProud. Office Ninjas offered daily flash give aways and they had some really incredible gifts. Recovering From Mistakes At Work (4/3/2015).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity | Main | 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites » Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day Think about this today!  Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   What is your 20?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Try to become an excellent team player. I don’t mean take charge of the office – you might make some serious mistakes. Just try to stand out of the crowd by doing something small every so often. Contribute your thoughts and ideas. Try to show people that you are there to help and want to help. Give credit to those who deserve it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

If you work in a large corporation like me and have quite a few staff members on your team handling different areas, you should include a list of names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers corresponding to the different products/services they handle. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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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. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

I like working with someone who has initiative, wants to do a good job and is keen to contribute to the team, but is there a time when initiative is not a good thing? .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 May, 2009 When taking initiative isnt the best thing.

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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. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

They are a team of office professionals for office professionals. 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. It was an amazing conference. If you have never heard of OfficeArrow I would recommend you check them out.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

It can also improve team work and general office dynamics. If you dont have that in your office, why not suggest it to the other assistants? Having a buddy can take some of the stress off and give you assurance that you have someone you can depend on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

- Business Turnaround of the Year: Ford Motor Company - Best Home Page: CNN.com - Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year: The Timberland Company - Customer Service Team of the Year: Cigna - Most Innovative Company of the Year: Mozilla - Fastest Growing Company of the Year: Yodle - Communications or PR Campaign of the Year: Hilton Hotels (..)

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

If you are part of an administrative team you can use your meetings to share knowledge with each other or give tips on something new you have discovered. Administrative newsletters or bulletin boards where you can post tips or suggestions is a good way to learn.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

If they are a team player then that filters down to the staff, but if they are the King of the Hill, then that also starts to filter down and people start to feel more important than they should and a lot of power struggles start happening and back-biting.

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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. You will notice on the side bar I have put a lot of the reading sites (My blog list etc.) at the bottom and moved the My Favourites up so it would be convenient for your use.

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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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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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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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I mentioned this to our team of admins at one of our meetings so when one of my co-workers found out how to do something they thought to share it with the team. I might be doing something that works really great, but just assume others know about it so dont say anything to anyone.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

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