As I prepare for my upcoming free webinar for administrative and executive assistants on Actualizing Your Professional Goals, I came across an image from an exercise I did with my team a few years ago. The exercise was to create our own personal manifesto. It’s like a vision, motto or credo for your life. I…
Solutions for Online Learning In a Collaborative Space
Assistants, Don’t Let Collaborative Work Space Stop Your Education Last week I was conducting a full-day workshop with 25 assistants. I had been telling them about our monthly free webinars as a way to continue their education after our live workshop. One administrative assistant told me that with the new collaborative, open-space work environment, she…
Love Your Admin Career 14 Day Challenge
Do you LOVE your admin career?
Administrative Competency Assessment
Am I A Good Assistant? How I used an administrative competency assessment to measure my skill level in the administrative field. Use this assessment for executive and administrative assistants as a tool to measure your skill level. Several years ago I was preparing for my first annual review with my new executive, Joan Burge, Founder…
How to Stop Being Overworked but Underutilized
Overworked but Underutilized: Go From Order Taker to Cognitive Being One of the most common complaints we hear from modern administrative professionals is that they feel busy—overwhelmed even—but they still aren’t really being utilized. The problem? Today’s tech-savvy executives are independent and self-sufficient, and many don’t even know how to leverage an assistant. As a…
Inspiring Business Leaders: 5 of the Most Influential Women
These 5 influential women are inspiring business leaders. According to a report published by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the gender gap in business is still very real and not likely to go away by itself. One of the recommended drivers in truncating this gap is to acknowledge the success that women have…