Ask an Admin is a concept that brings administrative professionals together for the best peer to peer advice from administrative assistants and executive assistants from around the world!
This week Elizabeth comes to us with a tough question:
Dear Admins:
I find myself in a conundrum. In our division, we have myself (Executive Administrator) and three Team Assistants (two in our building, and one in another state).
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I am happy to say that more executives are investing in their assistants by providing one-on-one coaching for them. Over the past two years, Office Dynamics has done more on-site coaching for executive assistants than we have done in the past seven years! And we continue to get more calls for this type of work.
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Office Dynamics has put together a list of books for administrative assistants and executive assistants that will help you with your professional development and personal life.
Because we had so many great choices we decided to make it a little easier for you to find what you are looking for by breaking the blog into two sections. The first half of the blog contains titles that are dedicated towards the administrative assistant and executive assistant while the second half of the blog contains titles that are general to career and business but very applicable to the administrative profession.
[Read more…]Ask an admin is your place to ask your question and have other administrative professionals, from around the world, give you their advice based on their experiences.
This administrative professional, Seething in the South, asks us:
What do you do? How do you handle…..a Manager who doesn’t acknowledge or respect my contributions? This isn’t the first time I’ve been dissed.
[Read more…]Welcome back to Ask an Admin, the best place to get peer to peer advice for administrative assistants and executive assistants!
This question comes from A Very Frustrated Admin, and the question is:
[Read more…]This week we are going to post two questions from different administrative professionals so we can get those helpful answers to them more quickly!
The first question comes from Velma, and she asks:
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In part one of “Empowering Tips” I mentioned that the word Empower is not only the theme of the 26th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence, it is used in a variety of situations and conversations. I highlighted the many professional and personal development focuses that I have learned from Office Dynamics resources, conference, team, and owner – Ms. Joan Burge.
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A subscriber to my ezine Add Power to Your Pen asked, “Should I put spaces before/after a dash?” Getting on a roll, I answered a different question: when to use a dash vs. commas vs. parentheses to offset phrases in your sentences? The answer will be useful to professional administrators or anyone who writes.
Of these punctuation choices—dashes, commas, or parentheses—how do you select the one to use?
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While administrative and executive assistants have a very good feel for the skills they need to do their job effectively, I like to hear from executives and get their perspective, which is important. I often survey managers and high-level executives on the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. Here are some non-edited, direct quotes from them demonstrating the skills that are important to executives. See how you measure up!
[Read more…]Welcome to Ask an Admin! This is where any administrative assistant or executive assistant can submit any question they have and your peers can weigh in on the conversation with their advice. There is more than one way to approach a situation or problem so we would love to hear your input!
This week Karen asks:
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