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Administrative Blog-a-thon Begins April 2!

Jasmine M Freeman posted on March 30, 2012
Jasmine M Freeman
Administrative Blog-a-thon Begins April 2!
We are blogging for the administrative profession! Join our Administrative Professional Blog-a-thon April 2-30, 2012 Hello! April is a time we cherish here at Office Dynamics. The first quarter of the has passed and soon we will be celebrating administrative professionals around the world during Administrative Professionals Week! Well, here at Of...

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Posted in: Just for Fun, Attitude, Career Management, Communication Skills, Difficult People, Etiquette, Interpersonal Skills, Mgr/Asst Team, Motivators, Multiple Managers, Networking, Organizational Skills, Professional Image, Self Development, Stress Management, Teamwork, Technology, Time Management, Video Blog, Workplace Tools, Administrative Assistant Training, Cost Effective
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World Class Assistants Experience Real Results

Joan Burge posted on March 29, 2012
Joan Burge
World Class Assistants Experience Real Results
Hello!  While training another wonderful group of World Class Assistants last week I learned so much as I opened my ears to what these assistants were saying. Each of them had attended my World Class Assistant Part 1 program and they were now back for Part 2. Before we get started on the material I ask them each to share a succes story on how...

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Posted in: Attitude, Career Management, Communication Skills, Difficult People, Etiquette, Executive Blog, Interpersonal Skills, Mgr/Asst Team, Networking, Organizational Skills, Professional Image, Self Development, Stress Management, Teamwork, Technology, Time Management, Workplace Tools, Administrative Assistant Training, Cost Effective
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Dealing with Difficult People

Joan Burge posted on March 27, 2012
Joan Burge
Dealing with Difficult People
Executive Assistants, Administrative Assistants, Secretaries and any person who is in administrative support role interacts with hundreds of people over time. There is a lot of training and information telling us how to deal with difficult people. One thing I talk about in my programs on difficult people is that sometimes because we have different...

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Posted in: Attitude, Difficult People, Administrative Assistant Training
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Administrative Assistant Conference Speaker Jennifer Joseph Lier

Joan Burge posted on March 06, 2012
Joan Burge
Administrative Assistant Conference Speaker Jennifer Joseph Lier
Welcome to our Adminsitrative Assistant Conference Speaker Series! We have dedicated several blogs to informing you about our administrative assistant conference speaker line-up. With each message we'll introduce a speaker and share with you a little bit about them as well as why we chose them to be a presenter at the 19th Annual Conference for Adm...

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Posted in: Attitude, Difficult People, Interpersonal Skills, Mgr/Asst Team, Stress Management, Workplace Tools, Administrative Assistant Training
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How important do you think a college degree is?

Guest Blogger posted on January 06, 2012
Guest Blogger
How important do you think a college degree is?
 by ALICE BUMGARNER, MODERATOR on DECEMBER 8, 2011 12:43PM in ADMIN PRO FORUM Question: “I have a college degree, and $20,000 in student loan debt to show for it. I’ve now been in the workforce seven years and I’ve noticed that the degree (I’m still paying for it) gives me a level of respect that others—even th...

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Posted in: Career Management, Difficult People, Professional Image, Self Development
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What is the best way to handle and minimize office gossip?

Guest Blogger posted on December 02, 2011
Guest Blogger
What is the best way to handle and minimize office gossip?
 by ALICE BUMGARNER, MODERATOR on NOVEMBER 11, 2011 11:48AM in ADMIN PRO FORUM Question: “I work in a small organization and often say that I find out things about myself from co-workers before I even know them! I have stopped socializing after work hours, especially when alcohol is involved, because of the ram...

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Posted in: Difficult People, Etiquette
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Think Before You Retaliate

Joan Burge posted on October 24, 2011
Joan Burge
Think Before You Retaliate
Welcome to another great week of October! With all that is going on in our world and our challenging economy, you may find people’s patience faltering. Several organizations I personally work with are cutting back on personnel. That means the individuals who are left at the company have more on their plate. Or you just may find people to be a lit...

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Posted in: Attitude, Communication Skills, Difficult People, Interpersonal Skills, Motivators, Professional Image, Self Development, Stress Management, Administrative Assistant Training
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Professional. Administrative Professional.

Nancy Fraze posted on October 14, 2011
Nancy Fraze
Professional. Administrative Professional.
By Nancy Fraze Recently, I experienced an old-school, “you’ve-got-to-be-out-of-your-mind” moment. I’m sharing it with you in hopes our culture can begin a meaningful dialog about respect and perception. Here’s what happened:   Following a 2-day business conference I had planned and organized, I was seated at dinner along with three attorney...

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Posted in: Career Management, Difficult People, Interpersonal Skills, Mgr/Asst Team, Professional Image, Stress Management
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Session 2 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

Nancy Fraze posted on September 29, 2011
Nancy Fraze
Session 2 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011
 ENGAGED: Pursuing and Doing Work with Passion (Nedra Bailey)   Nedra had the house pumped up and rocking as she took the stage with a few moments of rap music that shifted into Aretha’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” which was such a wonderful way to demonstrate working with passion and being engaged.   Nedra asked the audience: “Are you an en...

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Posted in: Attitude, Career Management, Communication Skills, Difficult People, Interpersonal Skills, Motivators, Organizational Skills, Professional Image, Self Development, Stress Management, Administrative Assistant Training
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Starve the Dragon

Joan Burge posted on August 15, 2011
Joan Burge
Starve the Dragon
There is a huge fiery dragon roaming the earth. Some days, the dragon is a little more tame and other days the dragon is on a rampage breathing fire. Do you know this dragon? You may not be directly affected by this dragon - the dragon can be creating pain for your industry, your employer, managers, executives and customers. It is the financial an...

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Posted in: Attitude, Difficult People, Stress Management
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