Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Delegating is a bit of an art form, one that takes practice and persistence, boundaries and motivation. Here’s how to become an expert delegator in all facets of life, for stress relief and business optimization. You’ve heard you can’t do it all, but you sure do still try. When it goes well, all is right in work-life balance.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Emotional intelligence refers to your capacity to handle internal and external emotions. As a leader, your ability to cultivate relationships by developing rapport and managing long-term interactions will determine whether people feel drawn to you—and ultimately desire to work with you now or in the future.

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Allwork

MARCH 1, 2023

The right support depends on managers actively listening to employees and providing the conditions and resources for conversations around mental health issues to occur. These groups are often formed to promote diversity and inclusion at work and provide support and resources for employees who share these characteristics.

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Success

MAY 19, 2023

Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids By Lara Bazelon Is it possible to achieve true work-life balance as a woman in the workplace when you’re often expected to not only manage your assigned tasks, but the lion’s share of the work at home? And for mothers in the workplace , there’s even more to do.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

LaToya Christian Managing Partner and Executive Director of Inclusive Strategy & Innovation, GroupM Christian is the executive director of inclusive strategy and innovation at GroupM in New York City. She started as a social worker who could barely pay her student loans, then became a coach as a side hustle.

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Success

MARCH 2, 2022

It doesn’t matter if I’m working with a new investor, giving performance reviews or helping resolve internal conflict. Here’s a simple reality check exercise: If something won’t matter a month from now, don’t even bother to stress about it. It not only takes time management skill s but also perseverance and determination.

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Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When the day-to-day grind seems stressful, we can close our eyes and go back to that rocky landscape in Iceland, back to that quaint green pasture in Ireland, back to a moment we had in a restaurant in Barcelona. There’s a bond of trust that forms when your spouse is the only person you know in an entire country. Big Returns.

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The Office Professionals Place

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Form a committee, then within the committee form subcommittees for activities throughout the event. Don’t go it alone.

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Success

MARCH 20, 2022

For example, I hired one virtual assistant who is a master of online publishing to help manage my website and another to be my czar of scheduling and handling administration work. If you have international clients or want to grow your business internationally, learning other languages is a wise investment of your time and money.

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BMT Office Administration

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

After all, disruptive events can happen at any time — and they don’t always take the form of a global pandemic. That means engaging in risk management tactics, identifying your key vulnerabilities, and becoming more cyber resilient. As such, risk and crisis management play prominent roles in business resilience.

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C-Suite Assistants

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As the founder of a Startup, you and your management team are covering all the bases, and are stretched to their limits. In addition to traditional forms of administrative support, such as email and calendar management, they require a special combination of skills, qualities, and characteristics that are essential for success in the role.

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Allwork

JANUARY 15, 2024

Recognized on TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 and Forbes’ 50 Future of Work Ideas, they’ve actively support international pilot studies and have garnered attention in leading publications like The Atlantic, INSIDER, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, BBC, Sky News, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Complete all forms carefully. Points to be aware of: Every PA will know the feeling when a Visa application doesn’t work out – it’s probably one of the most stressful elements of booking travel. One of the top rules with Visas is to leave plenty of time to avoid last minute stress. Full online tracking facility.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Other times, we’re simply drained after being tapped for a major undertaking or high stress project. Approach your manager about taking on increased responsibilities. Ask to join or form a workplace committee. Manage interruptions and learn to say “no” where appropriate. It’s Become Routine; I Could Do this in My Sleep.

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Success

JUNE 20, 2023

Time management is something most of us struggle with. The good news is, you can learn time management strategies. And you’ll gain the most benefits as long as you understand why you’re doing something and then practice the good time management techniques until they become a habit. Begin with the end in mind.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. The solution: Share those productivity gains with workers, in the form of a shorter workweek.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

I sometimes would like to be a project manager or be able to take decisions. It’s quite a stressful job which people do not seem to acknowledge. With a mix of formats, the conference will focus on best practice and learning form other assistants. The role of networking internally and externally to help assistants develop.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This is the time of year that most people stress over because we are waiting for documents like W2’s, mortgage statements, 1099’s, and other information in order to file taxes. Tax season doesn’t have to be a tear jerker. Worklife Line Chat Every Monday at 7 p.m CST Need some motivating, inspiration, or answers?

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On The Job

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Let''s not forget in this competitive environment, sometimes the best thing you can do is be a good listener for a struggling co-worker, or even offer to take a stressed manager out for coffee. Even if you don''t consider yourself a religious person, you need to learn to relax and not fight so many internal battles.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 16, 2010

Anxiety is a natural state that exists any time we are under stress. Giving a presentation normally causes stress. Almost everyone experiences some stress before presentations, even when the speech is as simple as, “tell the group something about yourself.” Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

As founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, I have been on the “other side of the desk” for 25 years. Management and administrative support professionals, as all employees, feel like they don’t have enough hours in the day to complete their work. I have had some good Assistants and one bad Assistant.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Another interesting article is Stress: As Common and Contagious as a Cold which offers some real life examples of different things people do during their off times to help relieve the stress of their busy careers. This magazine is in electronic form and will be delivered to your email address. It doesn't hurt to ask.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

An Intent to Apply form will be sent to the student prior to attending their class. Achieve and maintain positive attitudes about employers, managers, co-workers, customers and themselves. Almost all employees are managing more projects and juggling priorities with increased pressure for high-quality work. Listen, not just hear.

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Success

JUNE 21, 2023

But busy vacations with tight schedules and long lines can easily become as stressful as our daily work lives. Longer-term, silent retreats help us to develop better habits and manage our thoughts. Learning to better reduce stress and anxiety while building higher emotional intelligence can also result.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Much easier than searching in Outlook and less stressful.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Do you need someone to talk to during the day when you are stressed? Believe me, it is the best form of release therapy! Upcoming topic: Dealing with Workplace PMS - Poor Management System - September 6, 2010 Dial-in#: 1-712-432-3030 Passcode: 346621 Become a member of the Elite - Subscribe today! Tap into each others brains.

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Who's the Real Boss?

MARCH 11, 2019

Are you stunting an opportunity for them to develop their project management skills, because as the older assistant you couldn’t be seen to have a younger assistant deliver on something that potentially should be coming from you? Maturity comes in all forms. Maturity is often linked to age, and that’s valid.

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 1, 2010

IT helps make operations more efficient, but change in organizations can be stressful and can create uncertainty. Form a prioritization committee comprised of IT management and business leaders. Her company, OPT Solutions , provides IT Evaluations, Software Assessments and Management Oversight through its Retained CIO program.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

  Even if you are not the most technical person on your block, you probably have some form of technology in your life that you love.  Wordpress is not just a software, but a platform for managing, creating and publishing information on the Internet without having any technical and programming skills. It is FREE to use!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. They write. “Hi

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Success

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Gerard Puccio, department chair and professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College in New York, says creativity is a survival skill. We all have a list of half-formed ideas that we revisit periodically to see if anything sparks our inspiration. Not necessarily. Ditch your idea debt.

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 17, 2010

Without a goal to direct it, without a plan to make it something material, it will remain in its raw form. And every form of raw energy is a dangerous thing to play with. No matter how “right” that thought may look like in my own internal values system, if it triggers feelings of anger, revenge or fear, it’s a negative thought.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 14, 2018

Creating and keeping manuals on specific work tasks and procedures will help alleviate some of the stress when someone is out of the office. With each project you take on you should document each step of the way, add screenshots for more complicated steps, and add copies of forms that are necessary for the completion of the project.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The ICO defines ‘monitoring workers’ as “any form of monitoring of people who carry out work on your behalf” This includes systematic or occasional monitoring on work premises or elsewhere, either during or outside work hours. There must also be a suitable contract in place with the provider.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 10, 2021

This cuts down on errors and builds trust with the internal and external customers you support. Systems are ordered and proven processes that save you time, effort, and stress. You can create systems for everything you do, but I recommend starting with these five key areas: Time and task management. Project management.

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BMT Office Administration

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Meeting minutes are a staple of all Board meetings, and many internal company meetings, as they serve as an official written record of a meeting to aid in future decision-making and fill in employees who couldn’t attend. When taken in that context, the term’s true meaning starts to take form. Formally writing the meeting minutes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Minute taking definitely isnt easy, but it doesnt have to be stressful. In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" Lets enjoy our day together.©

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