Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 April, 2009 April 22nd - Administrative Professionals Day It often amazes me that a day is set aside for our profession. Administrative professionals usually go about doing their work with little or no recognition. Is your office doing anything for Administrative Professionals Day?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 April, 2009 Happy Administrative Professionals Day! I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. ► June (3) ► May (7) ▼ April (4) New Hire Overload Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

As a proud, former Administrative Professional and Executive Assistant, I pride myself on providing real-world career training and advice for the admin community. A question I hear frequently is this: “How do I move from being an Administrative Assistant to becoming an Executive Assistant?” Get the Downloadable FREE Guide.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

For Administrative Professionals, Efficiency Is the Name of the Game: Utilizing Automated Services. After more than a decade of work with administrative professionals, it’s clear that their role has evolved and expanded significantly in recent years. By Annabella Caballero, Account Consultant at Seamless.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

What is most interesting is that administrative professionals are the ones who are very involved in their executive’s travels yet are not road warriors. While these were written for our administrative professional conference attendees, they can apply to any trip you may whether it be a business trip or vacation.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2013

What NOT to get your assistant this year for administrative professionals day. I say capable because I feel that administrative professional’s day is a day about acknowledging someone who does a great job for your organization and deserves a little extra recognition. Congratulations you have an assistant!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

What is most interesting is that administrative professionals are the ones who are very involved in their executive’s travels yet are not road warriors. While these were written for our administrative professional conference attendees, they can apply to any trip you may whether it be a business trip or vacation.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2008

For a direct link to the Department of Labor report click here. Tags: department of labor statistics good news for the assistant professional assistant Administrative Assistant. Here is an article from the Wausau Daily Herald where they quote Department of Labor statistics on the future growth of our profession.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 13, 2020

As many of my regular readers already know, I am a proud former administrative professional. I have a deep admiration and appreciation for those who dedicate themselves to support roles, which is one of the reasons I now focus a large part of my corporate training business on working with administrative teams.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Whenever you write something—a report, proposal, or sensitive email—you naturally don a writer’s hat. For example, Let’s add some examples to the report. Let’s add 12 examples to the report. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. But don’t stop there.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2017

She’ll be at the annual Conference for Administrative Excellence this year and she is an absolute wealth of knowledge and insight. But back to the point: Being an administrative professional, the world is your oyster. Here at Office Dynamics, we focus a lot on those who have chosen administration as their career path.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 16, 2019

You want to be successful in your job as an administrative professional, but you feel your writing may not be as good as it should. In reports and email messages, are bullet points or paragraphs more common? Celebrate Administrative Professionals Month with a fresh resolve to boost your writing skills in the next 52 weeks.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 2, 2018

Me and Jack” finished the report. It should be “Jack and I” finished the report. I finished the report. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. Rule: When the subject is more than one, you need a subjective pronoun (I, she, he, we, they, who).

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 4, 2019

As a proud former administrative professional—and a current admin trainer and coach—I believe that support professionals can play an invaluable role in the workplace. There is a wide array of roles that qualify as “administrative” in nature, and a wide variety of people who occupy them. Improve Processes.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 18, 2020

Incorrect: “ Farther to the point Jan was making, I’d like to send you this report regarding our costs.”. Correct: “ Further to the point Jan was making, I’d like to send you this report regarding our costs.”. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 20, 2024

CONNECT WITH LEAH, MALLORY, and JESS Leah on LinkedIn Mallory on LinkedIn Jess on LinkedIn ABOUT LEAH Leah Miltchin Carson is a career administrative professional and recent graduate of the Nova Chief of Staff certification course.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 2, 2019

asks us: I am a Certified Executive Administrative Professional and have been an Executive Assistant (EA) for the last 15 years to a VP of my former employer where we had a very good Business Partner relationship. How do you tactfully voice your concern as an administrative professional without causing trouble?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Since administrative professionals are usually the ones planning events, managing catering, speakers, binders, and AV/tech, it was wonderful to celebrate their learning achievements through a great event celebrating each of them as a stellar assistant! Your Reporter in the Field.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2017

This article is part one in a two-part series on productivity apps for administrative professionals by Julie Perrine. What date is the budget report due? She is the founder and CEO of All Things Admin , a company dedicated to developing innovative products, training, and resources for administrative professionals worldwide.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The c suite leader who hired me and I report to, I don’t do ANY work for. Ask an Admin was created by Office Dynamics to help administrative professionals with their problems through the help of their peers. They hired a new VP to take the current CEO’s job in about 2 yrs. Thanks, Heather. Please comment below.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 16, 2018

It’s awesome to be an administrative professional because you sometimes get to travel without the tab. . In one of my roles, my executive belonged to a very nice country club where we often held meetings with his direct reports. I also use to do food tastings to select special meals for top executives.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 12, 2019

Our report, which we finished, is on your desk” becomes “We put our finished report on your desk.” Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. Look for “who” and “which” phrases. Bonus: we’ve changed it to an active verb!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 11, 2019

Ask an Admin was created by Office Dynamics to help administrative professionals with their problems through the help of their peers. Her departure is going to be shocking to her peers and direct reports. We don’t always have an answer to each individuals problem but we know some of you might. What things should I focus on?

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Instead of writing, “the examination of the report was done by the director,” change the noun phrase to a verb and rewrite the whole sentence. The director examined the report.” Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administration professionals add power to their pen. Reply here.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Whether you’re writing an email, an article, a report, or a proposal, never leave your readers wondering what you actually want. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. What are they are supposed to do with it?

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Our office reported to a Board of Trustees and was responsible for planning and executing quarterly board meetings and eventually group informational meetings with corporate CEOs to educate them on a major development campaign the university was embarking on. Did I think of this as meeting planning?

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Office Dynamics

MAY 9, 2019

Examples: The boss asked if I was (not “were”) finished with the report. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. So when would you use “was” (not “were”) in an “if” clause? When it introduces an indirect question or statement of fact. Start today by clicking here.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Tuesday, Feedback on report by 4 p.m. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. Write an effective subject line that concisely describes what the email is about. Include specifics telling recipients what to do (e.g., Attend meeting 3 p.m. Friday, etc.).

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

You’ll find it works for all kinds of writing—emails, reports, manuscripts, and more. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. We need to appreciate and understand the factors affecting the time and place. The “Pick One” Principle. Give them a break.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This is an excerpt from a special report available in the Career Resource Library , a convenient and affordable training program featuring 100+ on-demand professional development resources for career advancers and administrative professionals.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Office Dynamics Conference for Administrative Excellence. The doors to the ballroom finally opened, revealing a sea of round tables as Administrative Professionals and Executive Assistants from around the country (and across the world!) streamed into the room.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Office Dynamics Conference for Administrative Excellence. The doors to the ballroom finally opened, revealing a sea of round tables as Administrative Professionals and Executive Assistants from around the country (and across the world!) streamed into the room.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What is most interesting is that administrative professionals are the ones who are very involved in their executive’s travels yet are not road warriors. While these were written for our administrative professional conference attendees, they can apply to any trip you may whether it be a business trip or vacation.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 22, 2021

In case you missed the big news: My newest book, ELEVATE Admins: How to Raise the Bar and Achieve Excellence in Your Administrative Career , was released earlier this month. I’m thrilled to report that it quickly hit the #1 spot for its category on Amazon! This is all because of YOU, the amazing Eat Your Career community.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Thursday, September 22: My excitement over what the second day of the Conference for Administrative Excellence might bring had me awake at dawn; I saw the bright golden sun dazzle over the mountain horizon. Peggy Vasquez & Darlene Mahon present in a general session on day #2.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Thursday, September 22: My excitement over what the second day of the Conference for Administrative Excellence might bring had me awake at dawn; I saw the bright golden sun dazzle over the mountain horizon. Peggy Vasquez & Darlene Mahon present in a general session on day #2.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 18, 2009

I spoke for the first time to a group of about 40 administrative professionals at a local hospital on Administrative Professionals Day. I was the keynote speaker at a professional event and had to speak for 45 minutes. I am happy to report it went very well. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be.

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