Office Dynamics

APRIL 24, 2017

Search for Loyalty Programs: Most admins know their traveler’s date of birth, phone number, address, and loyalty programs by heart but couldn’t even guess a digit in their own loyalty programs. Post on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to see if people have tips for sights and restaurants in your destination. Packing Your Bags.

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Success

MARCH 9, 2022

This holds true for a piece of manufacturing equipment, life insurance, clothing or dessert at a restaurant, he says. One simple process Ziglar’s team uses in its corporate sales training programs is T-R-U-S-T, which stands for think, relate, uncover needs, sell solutions and take action. Then, they defend those decisions with logic.

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Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Call one of your children on the phone. Attend training. Ask restaurant servers for low-sodium options—you’d be surprised how eager they are to help. Plan your next day’s schedule and prioritized to-do list before you leave work. Do five things every day that forward your No. Spend an hour with your spouse. Take a nap.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check details on the go. I use the website all the time, not just for planning travel but also for expenses, so it is helpful having the app on my phone. Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing. Weatherbug: Free.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 12, 2011

Laptops and phones are powerful enough that we can complete most types of tasks while travelling; any location can be a workstation. Don’t leave your laptop or other sensitive information in your hotel room and resist the urge to ask the person next to you to keep an eye on your belongings when in a café or restaurant. But should you?

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Both times I’ve replaced my phone as quickly as is humanly possible because I am just lost without it (sometimes I am literally lost without it thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me about London!). Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check your details on the go.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Both times I’ve replaced my phone as quickly as is humanly possible because I am just lost without it (sometimes I am literally lost without it thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me about London!). Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check your details on the go.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

It seems there is a huge appetite for training however we still have issues with our organisation’s paying for us to attend events. The good news is that more assistants are taking training into their own hands and setting up internal and external networking groups for their peers.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 3, 2013

There are many more considerations and I will be offering online training on this topic later this year with other pertinent topics to make your life great and make you a more effective assistant. Main contact''s cell phone number (for emergencies or in-transit arrival delays or changes). o Restaurant, club or other facility?

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Success

MARCH 8, 2023

According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. You cannot tell a 2-year-old you’re going to fire him if he doesn’t get potty trained.” of women-owned businesses. “It

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Find restaurants, dentists, bar, salons even doctors wherever you are! Easily make reservations with a selection of over 20,000 restaurants in the US, Canada and Mexico. You can find great restaurants, open tables and even earn reward points for each reservation. Mobile travel planning made easy. Seat Guru by Trip Advisor.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 29, 2015

Gett has a business platform to track and manage spending and this system can be hooked up to the app on your Executive’s phone so that they don’t have to to pay the fare up front. Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing. Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 4, 2014

In a spacious executive car your manager can work from their laptops in comfort, they can take private phone calls and they catch up on their reading. I’ve had many managers that have used their private car for meetings, either picking clients up on the way to restaurants or the meeting venue. Space to work. Local knowledge.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 8, 2014

Joining a local networking group is a fantastic opportunity for assistants to meet other assistants in their area, receive training and support from the local community. We must be fussy when it comes to our training and pick events that not just tackle the same old issues but instead really cater for our needs. Technology.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For the employee who comes in every Monday morning talking about the new restaurant she tried or her latest culinary concoction, try a fabulous Charted Cheese Wheel print from Pop Chart Lab or a gift card to her favorite local restaurant. For the Foodie. For the Beer Drinker. Look for tickets to a beer tasting event or brewery tour.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 3, 2014

before checking my emails and heading for the train station at 7:50am. I usually arrive at 9.00am (trains dependent!) I finalised show flow and liaised with the restaurant and AV company in Cannes on the final details. I then spent a frustrating 30mins on the phone trying to get Ben’s Sky satellite dish fixed – still no joy!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Except in the case of “foodie” travelers, most people will pick restaurants based on convenience and location rather than the hottest artisanal eats. Using resources like Open Table will allow you to see all the top-rated restaurants around your traveler’s meetings and hotel. However, they don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I always synch all of my files from my main Mac computer in my home office to Dropbox so that I am sure to have all of them handy while on the road by using the app on my phone and tablet. I have a data package on my phone and tablet so I can work from anywhere regardless of Wifi.   An iPad (or any Tablet) is a Must.

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Allwork

AUGUST 5, 2024

It’s not a comment about this particular company, who I won’t name, but in talking with them on their HR side of things and talking about training and this and that, and say, oh, we’re deploying this and that he said, well, you’re training your old people. They’re always using their phone.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

The cure: always answer the phone professionally - this way youre never caught off-guard. I agree that we should always answer the phone professionally, but if it is a co-worker calling, it seems silly to say "Patricia Robb speaking, Executive Assistant to the CEO, may I help you?" January 19, 2009 Patricia Robb said. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Or they choose to pay attention to their kids while dining at a restaurant rather than being on their phones. Admin Assistant Training Attitude Career Management Motivators Self Development Workplace Tools big life principles career courage family financial Live a BIG Life resilience self leadership spiritual wellness'

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Of course before I recommend anything I try it out so I picked up the phone and it asked me what I was looking for and what city and province. I chose details and was given the street address and phone number and I still had the option of having my call put through to the store number. You can use google to get similar information.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A lot of planning has gone into this trip – from the airline you chose to fly to the hotel you selected to the restaurants you’ll eat at. Ask yourself these questions to help jog your memory about other achievements from the past year: • Did you attend any professional development training? (in You worked with a budget.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 17, 2010

If you have to answer the phone, deal with an email or attend to something for your boss, do so, as that is the nature of the admin job -- multi-tasking, but once you have done it, go right back to your to-do list, re-focus and continue what you were doing. Having a to-do list can be a life saver. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Many times the administrative assistant position is a good way into an organization and what a great training ground to know an organizations inner workings than in this profession. I think many university students are seeing the value in having this kind of training. So much is expected of executives these days. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap. In my current role I cant take someones blood pressure and in my previous role, often times they wanted to be a Lotus Notes developer. Good point Sabrina.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 19, 2014

During my time in Geneva it certainly hadn’t escaped my notice that Geneva is an expensive city: you can’t really escape it (unless you spend all of your time hanging around the central train station). After a few hours of sightseeing I got the phone call and headed back to the hotel to check out my room.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

Location: Candy and Doreen will be joining us from remote locations and the session will be accessible by either long distance phone and/or computer, headset and wifi connection. Participants will either use a conference call or other online meeting room to attend, so computer and/or phone access will be necessary.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

They said it works with most phone services. I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

CountryCode.org is a comprehensive guide to make phone calls from anywhere to any country in the world. I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

I can interact where I am now, but I have to get up and go if I want to speak with someone and then when I get there I may find they are busy or on the phone so I have wasted my time. Of course there is a down side to being able to do that. (for If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. Knowing assistants and having a working relationship with them is very important and can make the difference when you need to set up a meeting or if your boss needs to have a quick phone call with their boss. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Check: Are phone calls planned? For each one, write down what you hope to accomplish with the phone call to help you stay focused. It automatically updates when I use an office product, and I can manually enter stop/start times for phone calls, meetings, face to faces, etc. Doing too many things can actually waste time.

Time Zones 100

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