Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2019

We provide executive assistant coaching on everything from being more assertive to professional image, communications, leadership, time management and building a partnership with the executive.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2014

You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. Tip 2: Personal Effectiveness and Assertiveness. One top tip is to not be afraid to say “no”.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Excellent calendaring skills. Positive, can-do attitude. Ability to prioritize. Accountable. Trustworthy. Ability to remain calm under pressure. Customer-service focused. Excellent time management skills. Good listener. Professional presence. Keeps delicate information private. Political knowledge.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 11, 2017

The minute I arrive at work I have a quick look at my calendar, then make up my to do list. Before I leave the office, I check over my calendar for the next 10 days to ensure I am familiar with not just what is happening tomorrow, but I am also prepared and reminded of what is happening in the near future. Flexi is ideal!

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Loosely Speaking

APRIL 28, 2009

If you’re a female executive, add that other balancing act, appropriate assertiveness versus perceived bitchiness, and you may find your carefully honed professionalism isn’t cutting it. And even athletes can succeed with a little temperance in the swagger and a liberal dose of humility and sweetness.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. You may want to have weekly or monthly one-on-one time with some of the key executives you support.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

The up and coming assistant will need to be knowledgeable and skilled in what they do and assertive in doing it. It is becoming increasingly important to read e-mails thoroughly to look for action items or dates that need to be put in the bosses' calendar and handling requests for information. But how can we help?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Or even better, if you have to screens keep one just for your outlook calendars. Can they get the information themselves or is that you struggle to be assertive with lazy colleagues – can you say ‘no’ more often? If you commute to work do take time on the train to prepare yourself for the day ahead.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. To complete a training course on assertiveness so that I can learn to push back on administrative work from my departmental colleagues and focus on project work for the department Director coming up in Q3. To be completed by Q3.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. To complete a training course on assertiveness so that I can learn to push back on administrative work from my departmental colleagues and focus on project work for the department Director coming up in Q3. To be completed by Q3.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. To complete a training course on assertiveness so that I can learn to push back on administrative work from my departmental colleagues and focus on project work for the department Director coming up in Q3. To be completed by Q3.

2014 100

2014 Assertiveness Travel Suppliers 100

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I have my brekkie and coffee while I respond to anything urgent, check in on the calendars and update my to-do list. Don’t be afraid to be assertive!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Discuss the importance of a calendar time block for your manager to focus on emails, presentations, budget, etc. Track all supply orders, communicate with the department to determine necessary items and compare monthly costs of previous year then report progress to manager. without interruption then create the blocks by a certain deadline.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Talking about calendar and upcoming meetings. 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. . #2 3 Struggle: Executive’s calendar. Doesn’t let assistant control his/her calendar. Finding the time to “corner” him for input on issues that pop up throughout the day.

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Calendars Travel Email Management 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” She learned how to troubleshoot, to schedule, to manage and juggle a hectic calendar, to change a trip eight times before traveling and then nine times while traveling, to organize, and the list goes on and on. “We

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The general public boldly asserts: “ anyone can be an assistant.” She learned how to troubleshoot, to schedule, to manage and juggle a hectic calendar, to change a trip eight times before traveling and then nine times while traveling, to organize, and the list goes on and on. “We

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Training Retirement Assertiveness 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

A stellar Executive Assistant must think of every detail for every function such as calendar management, travel planning, meeting preparation and execution, and e-mail management. These people are naïve, to say the least. A true Executive Assistants must do over 100 things well. Those are just the fundamentals.

Administrative Professionals 100

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

A must-have skill when managing your executive’s calendar is to understand your executive must have down time.”. You are a little fish in a big pond that can really make a difference!”. Assistants need to do a better job of understanding their executive’s needs; anticipate and go in well prepared.”. “A

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

There are days when I have 15 calendars open on my computer in an effort to schedule meetings with elected officials, developers, executive team members, staff, and members of the general public. Since supporting multiple managers, I have enjoyed strengthening my working relationships with other managers.

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Worxbee

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, Forbes contributor Frances Bridges offers a few options for how to not take things personally , including “let things go” and “fill your calendar.” (To In his book, he asserts that “all the rules and values of our family and society are imposed on us through a system of punishment and reward.”

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Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

and you can even use color coding in your calendar to indicate task types. It took me weeks to find a healthy harmony in my schedule, months to protect it consistently, and years to assert my right to dictate what my life looks and feels like. Shoot for progress – not perfection. You will not change overnight.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Process your emails OUT of your inbox and into a TASK or CALENDAR appointment so you get them into your system for follow up, tracking, and completion. You don’t go to your physical mailbox and write checks and reply to letters standing at your mailbox. Don’t do that with your inbox either.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Something to think about. Minute taking made easier.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. We frequently have a break down in communications because each of them assumes the other tells me what’s happening and what’s needed. I’ve suggested daily, even weekly “huddles” as you suggest. 99% of the time these are dismissed as not important.

Time Zones 100

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Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

and you can even use color coding in your calendar to indicate task types. It took me weeks to find a healthy harmony in my schedule, months to protect it consistently, and years to assert my right to dictate what my life looks and feels like. Shoot for progress – not perfection. You will not change overnight.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 40

Success

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

How often—and how well—we track our time can be vital in creating more space on our calendar to do the things we enjoy the most. She asserts that weekends should hold just as much weight as weekdays. She asserts that we don’t need to do the same thing every day in order for it to count in our lives. Time can be a tricky thing.

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