Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? You reminisce about that Seinfeld episode where Elaine gets stuck on the subway and starts talking to herself about how the train isn’t moving and starts to get claustrophobic. Can you think of any more etiquette related items while riding the elevator? Whats next?

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Why is it that when it comes to emails, there are no accepted standards? Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. Rule 1 of email privacy : there is no true privacy.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

So how many times have you read or written an email today? million emails are sent or read each day. Some time ago, we asked readers for a list of their pet peeves with emails. The results led to our first “ Email etiquette ” story. Top 10 Email Pet Peeves. Pet peeve: The disorganized email.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Success

AUGUST 8, 2024

Even if you’re simply moving on to another position, here’s how to detail your decision to depart—whether you’re working in-person or remotely —as well as some do’s and don’ts during this time of transition. Why resignation etiquette matters Quitting now doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll never work with that boss or company again.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 29, 2017

Add your LinkedIn profile to your email signature. If someone accepts your request, then adhere to polite etiquette and say hello and thanks. I don’t usually advocate the use of a Premium Account but if you are actively job seeking this will help as you can email people outside your usual network. Be social and engage.

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Success

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From all-out multiday retreats to quaint little coffee get-togethers, here’s how to strategically think through your event as a leader or employee, including what not to do at your office holiday party. How to behave at the company holiday party You aren’t at your bestie’s bachelorette party. Nor are you presenting in the boardroom.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Copy Tables from Word to Powerpoint By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 30, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Excel , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word P eople often ask me, "How do you copy a table from Word into Powerpoint?" This actually is quite easy to do.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2015

<Guest Post by Judi Moreo> How are you accepting feedback? It’s amazing how few people know how to handle positive feedback. And, how you handle it will determine how much more of it you receive. Positive feedback, that is. Actually, it’s as much of an art as handling criticism. Say instead, “Thank you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 21, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Cope With Co-Workers Arguing By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 21, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re on the phone with a client and an argument breaks out between two of your colleagues. You try to plug your other ear to drown out the noise. What do you do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Organize Tasks Effectively By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize A task here, a task there! Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? Anyhow, I could go on but Im sure you get the point.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 21 March, 2009 How to get Office fat fast. How to gain weight in six easy steps: Do not eat breakfast before going to work. How to get Office fat fast. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets the next day!

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Lose a Customer and a Few More! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This has come to light for me because, in the past 2 weeks, Jasmine and I have received personal handwritten notes, little gifts, cards, letters and emails of gratitude from people whose lives we have touched and didn’t even know it. Can you imagine? And write at least one thank-you note on a card in your handwriting. Joan Burge.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Basic social etiquette applies in the workplace. Learn how to speak concisely. Email this to a friend? If you feel others shifting away from you, getting nervous or antsy, or simply not paying attention, tune into yourself and make adjustments as needed. Don’t interrupt others, raise your voice or use confrontational language.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

Ideas on how to build better partnerships with your managers. Fill out the subscribe box (your email address) in the right sidebar of this page and click subscribe. You will be notified instantly by email each time we add a new post. How would you like to see the world celebrating administrative professionals?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. In this case, commercial email services were affected, but the next time it could be your server at work. In this case, commercial email services were affected, but the next time it could be your server at work.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2015

The 5 Pillars that create a full life, how to harmonize (not “balance”!) The foundational competencies that support the 5 Pillars and how to embrace them fully at home and at work. How to turn a “busy life” into a “BIG and bold life” by breaking old patterns of thought and behavior. How to have a fulfilling life.

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Worxbee

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Email messaging. Once you have a preferred set of tools, it’s important to agree to some sort of system for how to use them. Any more detailed messages that require a lot of background context or a lot of different to-dos go via email. It’s not generally good etiquette to try calling in without a booked meeting.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity | Main | 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites » Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day Think about this today!  Go here if you are reading this in your email.) Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? To your success!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Do you need some helpful tips on how to get that dream job that you always wanted? How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 17, 2008

Are you struggling with trying to figure out how to do this in time? How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 22, 2015

We know it as a day to celebrate those who make an impact by assuming managerial-like responsibilities in a work environment that nowadays, require more than just a typing skill and pleasant phone etiquette. For example, how many times have you caught a mistake before anyone else, especially the boss? My boss took me to lunch today.”

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 07, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you have trouble figuring out how to call a client or even a colleague in another country? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

I always find myself sending pretty much the same emails. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Do you know how to create them? I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

But she is very high strung and doesnt know how to relax even when among friends or on vacation. Just a seminar with great information on how to be the BEST Executive Assistant to the President/ CEO. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2007

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 24, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Jane Watson of J. This is a great tip from Jane Watson of J.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

You can also read my article on How to Search Within a Company Website here, if you are diong research in this area. If you have any questions/comment feel free to email me at matt[a]kallout.com. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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