Working with people has its pros and cons. When you work with others you are able to bounce around ideas, collaborate, get feedback, and share knowledge. However, when you work with difficult people, you may experience resistance. In the past, we’ve touched on how to deal with difficult people but let’s face it, dealing with…
Set Healthy Boundaries at Work
An important component to self-management versus stress-management is to set healthy boundaries in the workplace. In this article what kind of boundaries and with whom. As administrative assistants and executive assistants, you can often feel like setting boundaries might get you fired or your leader will think you are not a team player. Some people…
Administrative Assistants Working in a Team – Ask an Admin
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…
All the Free Training for Administrative Assistants We Offer in One Place!
At Office Dynamics International we love what we do. Part of that is providing tools and services to administrative professionals that enhance the quality of their work-life, promotes career growth, and strengthens administrative skills and excellence. We offer high-level coaching, onsite workshops, an annual conference for administrative excellence, certification and designation courses (World Class Assistant™…
How Do Administrative Assistants Handle a Micromanager? – Ask an Admin
Welcome to the part of our blog known as Ask an Admin, where any administrative assistant or executive assistant can submit any question they have and their peers (your peers) can weigh in on the conversation. We know that there is always multiple ways you can approach a situation and we would love to hear…
Should You Let Your Boss Shift the Blame to You?
Question: “My boss recently shifted blame in my direction for some mistakes in a print campaign, when the problem was actually some simple miscommunication between us. She didn’t blame me directly or maliciously; she just conveniently left out some facts when describing the problem to her superiors, and that made her look a little better at…