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Why The Administrative Profession Is A Career Of Choice

In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, I want to share my thoughts on being an executive or administrative assistant. When people tell me, “Anyone can do that job,” it bothers me. It tells me that person doesn’t really know what it takes to be a great assistant. Being in the administrative profession is a career […]

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The Top Skills Executives Want From Assistants Today

Office Dynamics often surveys managers and high-level executives as to the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. Here are some non-edited, direct quotes from them. See how you measure up. If you are doing these already, then ask yourself . . . “How often do I do this?

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5 Powerhouse Strategies for Creating Administrative Peer Power

Coming together is better than fighting for your own agenda. When you are trying to create change, whether in a process or for the administrative community in your organization, it is much easier to be persuasive when there is a group. There is strength in unity. Whether there are two administrative professionals in your office

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Have You Reached A Career Plateau? How to Regain Control

Author: Shelagh Donnelly Have you paused lately to assess where your career is going? Are you making progress, or have you plateaued? Think about it. Plateaus are generally flat expanses of terrain, and you’ve made either a descent or a climb to reach one. There’s little variation in the landscape unless you want to go

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Today’s Admin Needs to Become a Mobile Office Pro

Mobile has become the way in the daily operations of both our personal and business lives. It is increasingly important to know how to work productively from anywhere, anytime. It’s all in the apps. Mobility is changing how we work and live; blending personal and professional lives, apps and tools needed to work well across different devices, and

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Email Expectations: Getting Executives and Assistants to See Eye-to-Eye

In the modern business world, email is a constant force pressing upon us. For many Executives, it’s a primary mode of communication. You send and receive it all day and night, weekends included. Email isn’t restricted to typical working hours. While this is completely normal at the Executive level, it’s less standard in the Administrative

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