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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

Interpersonal & Communications skills Communication is essential to being successful with office manager responsibilities. Time management skills A person who doesn't manage their time properly will be overwhelmed by the amount of work that piles up. They may also be required to offer secretarial support to senior stakeholders.

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3 Steps Toward a Paperless Office

Productivity Bits

Always back up your files electronically. Normally, folks in an office would back up their essential files by photocopying it and filing it away in an aptly named folder, then placing it into a filing cabinet for archival purposes. However, you cannot just create these files – you need to back them up.

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9 Steps to Quickly Increase Team Productivity

Office Dynamics

Have your assistant place your hard copy mail in assorted color files to speed your reading and determine priority items. An example is a red file for urgent mail and faxes, yellow for interoffice reports, green for general mail, blue for junk mail, etc. Tags: Communication Skills Executive Blog Teamwork.

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How to Organize Your Desk

Office Dynamics

Organizational Skills - Clean Up Your Stuff! There is more stuff on office desks: computers, printers, faxes and other new technologies. Love the “round file!” · What can be stored in file boxes? Messy desks are no longer just an office eyesore. Why do you need these tips on how to organize your desk ?

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Self Defense for Admins

The Office Professionals Place

Here are 6 skills you need to acquire to protect yourself against the office warfare. Soft Skills Soft skills include being able to handle customer service issues and basic, appropriate, and effective interaction with co-workers, clients and customers, and management. Good Communication Skills This goes without saying.

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Miscommunication, Misfiled, and Misplaced = Misrepresentation

The Office Professionals Place

Sunday, August 22, 2010 Miscommunication, Misfiled, and Misplaced = Misrepresentation A work day consists of filing, answering phones, greeting visitors, and a host of communication efforts with coworkers, supervisors, and customers, plus other duties and responsibilities that can get overwhelming. Lets grow together!

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

Their duties include (but are not limited to) answering and screening calls, meeting and greeting clients and customers, maintaining executives calendars, writing correspondence, generating reports, meeting planning, filing, travel arrangements, maintain client/customer data records, supervising others, and the list goes on.

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