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Chiasmus: When Words Mirror Each Other in a Sentence

Using figures of speech in our business writing makes it fun for us and entertaining for our readers. Truly my favorite figure of speech is the chiasmus (ky-AZ-mus). That’s when words in a sentence mirror each other.

Politicians have made them famous (e.g., Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy). Experts have made them accessible and even popular (e.g., Dr. Mardy Grothe’s book: Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You: Chiasmus and a World of Quotations That Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say). [Read more…]

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Happy Holiday Season from Office Dynamics

As 2018 comes to a close, we think of all the people we have served this year and are blessed to know. It has been an incredible year of meeting new people around the world and working with new organizations. We thank you for your time, energy, support, and friendship.

 

We look forward to being of even greater service in 2019. In case you are not aware, we offer an array of educational and coaching opportunities ranging from our World Class Assistant certification course to online learning, webinars, customized workshops, live e-courses with me, and conference on demand. We will be hosting our 26th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence in October.

 

If you receive our weekly Monday Motivators, we will be taking a break during the Christmas and New Year holiday. We will publish again starting January 7, 2019.

 

Our office will be closed December 24 – 26, December 31 and January 1. If you need anything from us before year end, please contact Melia Amira by December 21.

 

The entire team at Office Dynamics wishes you and your family a safe, happy holiday and Happy New Year!

 

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Founder and CEO
Office Dynamics International

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Joan’s Naughty and Nice List for Assistants

 

During a Facebook Live event Joan Burge, Founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, had discussed her Naughty and Nice List for Assistants. This discussion highlighted many great things that can be practiced in the office as well as actions that should be avoided. In the middle of the live stream, Joan asked the viewers to give her some examples of naughty behavior practiced in the office as well as some nice behaviors.

Be sure to watch the video for some great, funny, and “oh my gosh” kind of answers.  Special guest appearance by Melia!

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Bouncing Back from Failure

 

Has it been another week of adventure? A lot can happen between Monday and Friday, can’t it?

I’d like to focus today on Turning Failure into Success. Failure is a dirty word in the corporate world. And our success-oriented society often makes it difficult for those who fail to adjust. This negative attitude often forces people to take job-related failures personally, even if they had little to do with the actual events. [Read more…]

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Things Assistants Do That Executives Appreciate

 

I am very fortunate in that I get to read fabulous letters from executives touting the behavior changes they see in their executive or administrative assistants after attending our Star Achievement Series® course. I love reading these letters as 1) I see the training we provided truly worked, but more importantly, 2) I learn what executives appreciate—what executives look for in an assistant—and what executives value and observe.

 

Recently I have read more than 40 executive letters. These executive letters are one of the requirements for a Star Achievement Series® participant to receive their CEAP (Certified Executive Administrative Professional) designation. [Read more…]

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Administrative Training Sources – Friends of Office Dynamics

We recently posted a blog that listed free training sources we provide;

6 Free Training Sources for Administrative and Executive Assistants

At Office Dynamics, it is our goal to elevate the level of the administrative profession through knowledge and training but that got us thinking, “What else can we do?”

So, we are going to provide you with links to some of our friends that you can use for your professional and personal life.

Enjoy!

 

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Word Trippers – Barbara McNichol

Barbara and Office Dynamics have been working together to help improve the ability of the administrative and executive assistant with Barbara’s writing expertise.

Barbara provides several different resources for you to enhance your writing ability and take you to the next level. Please visit her site and learn how you can improve your writing skills. [Read more…]

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Decision Making

Why is it that at the time we make a decision we believe it is the best, right answer or choice. Then days, weeks or months later, we regret the decision we made. We say to ourselves, “What was I thinking? However, based on the information I had at the time, I felt I made the best choice.” We will never be perfect at making decisions but we definitely need to take each bad decision or poor choice, learn from it, and commit to making better decisions in the future. [Read more…]

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Sprinkle Similes into Your Writing

Teaching a weekly fitness class—like writing weekly business messages—can get repetitious. A good instructor motivates action while guiding people in their exercises. My instructor likes to interject colorful similes to keep us going. I suspect it’s also her way of staying sharp and engaged, too. [Read more…]

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A Title Does Not Define You

 

As one of my recent Star Achievement students wrote me. . . “Too many administrative assistants at our organization believe that their title defines who they are.” Executives have also brought this to my attention over the past few years. They say, “Just because your title is Executive Assistant, it does not mean you are portraying the qualities and competencies of what is required in that role.” [Read more…]

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High Fives at an Administrative Assistant Conference

 

An administrative assistant conference is best measured by the feeling one has while clapping at the end of the last presentation. You know you have learned and grown from the content when a flood of gratitude flows out of clapping hands.

The Office Dynamics Conference

This year’s Office Dynamics’ Stellar Assistant Conference provided professional topics and presenters such as Judi Moreo, Susan Shultz, Debbie Gross and Joan Burge herself, among others, it also included Lisa Olsen who shared her fun emcee skills and passion for the profession. There were lots of questions and answers during the Star-Studded panel; these women shared their passion for our profession. [Read more…]

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