By Julie Perrine You can’t make others work the way you work. This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized, is chances are the person you’re trying to help doesn’t have the same style preferences as you…
5 Reasons Why Office Admins are the New Power Job
Author: OfficeNinjas Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of an original post from the OfficeNinjas blog. You connect the dots between departments, have mastered the art of juggling competing work priorities, all while keeping the lights on and often acting as director of first impressions. We know being an Office Ninja is no easy…
How to Impact Your Work by Rephrasing What You Say
8 Little Words Make a BIG Difference “What can I do to get this started?” I will never forget how my life changed as an executive when Jasmine Freeman, Chief Executive Assistant, asked me that question. I was standing outside Jasmine’s office on my way out the front door. I was going to be gone…
Tactfully Voicing Your Opinion
Happy Monday. I hope you had a great weekend. I’ve had a wonderful 6 days of vacation. I actually had a staycation. My daughter was visiting me and I had a great time playing tour guide and tourist in my own town, Las Vegas! Las Vegas truly is an exciting place to live and visit…
I feel like I’m Wonder Woman! [Appreciation Letter]
Jasmine – With April being Administrative Professionals Appreciation Month, I thought I would write a short note thanking you, Joan and the Office Dynamics team for all you do in promoting and supporting administrative professionals around the world! I can’t recall when exactly I started with Office Dynamics but it’s been quite a while. One…
Executive Assistants Celebrate Your Peers’ Success! [Admin Recognition]
Something interesting happened a few years back whereby a group of assistants won a special award from an external vendor. Instead of their co-worker assistants being happy for them, the assistants were wondering “Why didn’t they win the award?” “Why didn’t they get recognition?” (It’s a long story as to why.) My point is that…