Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I particularly like senior executive meetings. In 2007, I started this blog and wrote articles on various subjects that would be of interest to an administrative assistant. So I bugged and bugged a friend of mine who was a Senior Executive Assistant and experienced minute taker to explain it all to me.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

No matter what age or life stage, these women are true heroes and deserve a place to be honored. With that in mind, female entrepreneurs and business owners often face unique challenges and societal biases, yet they persist, shattering barriers that limit opportunities and challenging preconceived notions about what women can achieve.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

JANUARY 10, 2024

What leaders and HR recruiters have discovered is that many of their current staff possess not-so-obvious talents and skills that can be leveraged for current projects. What leaders and HR recruiters have discovered is that many of their current staff possess not-so-obvious talents and skills that can be leveraged for current projects.

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Tips From T. Marie

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Back in June of 2010 I penned a blog post asking if virtual service providers needed something more than the name virtual assistant. 9 years later I’m here to say, if you provide virtual services, stop using the term virtual assistant to describe what you do. But what about our industry as a whole?

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Your assistant is your greatest asset, or will be after you read this. In reality, however, these so-called independent managers have lost sight of the one asset that can truly impact the company’s bottom line: an empowered administrative assistant. Following are the top 4 ways to foster growth in your partnership with your assistant.

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Worxbee

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One thing we do often as part of running an agency for virtual executive assistants is hiring remotely. We’ve found many amazing candidates through virtual hiring, but it definitely requires a slightly different process to find those people than in-person hiring. Here are some tips for hiring in a virtual world: #1.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

I’ve had the honor and privilege of helping thousands of assistants all over the world lead well, resist burnout, cultivate confidence, and automate before they’re automated. I still can’t believe it, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve the community I love – Leader Assistants of the world.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Submitted by Ethan on November 16, 2009 at 06:38 PM Came across an article from the site Careerealism recently that was a great story about the difference between being professional and “not so&# professional in your communications at work and how that can affect your reputation, responsibilities and yeah, even your promotion.

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Worxbee

APRIL 26, 2021

We get a lot of questions about working with Worxbee, and there’s one we’d like to highlight here in this article: why wouldn’t someone become a Worxbee client? There is no “magic bullet” when it comes to hiring a virtual executive assistant and helping your workflow to become more efficient. They also want feedback!

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Executives juggle many things when running a business. All these – in themselves – may not be stressful, but collectively, they can be hard on executives – and tough on their teams. Choosing to be positive boosts gratitude Focusing on what you have – rather than on what you lack – can decrease stress. Give gifts.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2018

The professional world of administrative and executive assistants and support staff is an exceptional melting pot of backgrounds, experience, knowledge, gender, age, education and personalities. A multigenerational team offers executives and managers more than just support assistance. By Dana Buchanan.

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Worxbee

MARCH 22, 2021

In this world, corporations need to level up in order to make their executives more successful in the new economy. In this world, corporations need to level up in order to make their executives more successful in the new economy. One area to look at is the job roles in your organization and how you get assistance.

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Worxbee

MAY 3, 2021

Do you need executive assistant help in your business? Perhaps you’re not sure whether you need an EA for an individual, or for supporting a team of executives. One EA can support a small group of executives, as long as goals and priorities are in alignment. In fact, many people don’t realize that’s possible!

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Executive Support Magazine | November 2023 If the pandemic showed us anything, it is that time is our most precious commodity. What is emerging is a variety of work schedules that are being decided upon by managers and their teams in a collaborative way. People have their No-Fly Zones. How did this happen?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

[This article was originally posted at Executive Secretary Magazine.]. There is no greater relationship in the workplace than that of an executive and an Assistant. During my administrative career, I was fortunate to work with three outstanding executives who truly saw me as their strategic partner.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 31, 2014

We have had some fantastic feedback over the year and I hope you have all found the varies blog posts and articles helpful. What should be in our job specs? Which tasks should assistants manage? What to do when you’ve taken on too much work. What to do when you’ve taken on too much work. See you next year!

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All Things Admin

JUNE 22, 2023

Do you want to prove that you can do what you say you can, stand out in a job search, take advantage of career opportunities that come your way, and easily demonstrate why you deserve a raise or promotion? Then you need a professional portfolio! But when you combine all three, you create your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy ®.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

OCTOBER 10, 2022

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Executive Support Magazine | October 2022. Here’s yet another story of an Assistant who was so eager to leave a bullying executive behind that she accepted a new job too fast after only one “date.” The Assistant never met their new executives in person before saying “yes to the stress.”.

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Worxbee

MARCH 15, 2021

I could do with an assistant, but I’m not sure that they’d be able to do X that I really need done.” Or “I think I might really need specialist help, but I’m not too sure how to find what I need.”. First, what do we mean by hyper-specific and transferable skills? What about hyper-specific skills? On-the-job training.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

APRIL 5, 2022

March, 2022 for Executive Support Magazine. I was reading my Rutgers Alumni magazine and spotted a small article about a business professor doing work on issues of racism and discrimination. That email turned into a Zoom call, which led to an invitation to give two virtual presentations at Rutgers Camden in March 2021.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

The article below summarizes the video content. Let’s start with the most basic question: What is Artificial Intelligence? The trick is, you have to know what you want it to do…and you have to be able to communicate that with the technology. But that’s not the purpose of what you’re doing. If it does, great.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 28, 2014

I was going to write about setting boundaries and saying ‘no’ nicely but then I found this article – and it is better than anything I could have written so I thought I would share it with you. There are some really useful tips and I particularly like the examples of what to say in different situations.

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Success

JULY 13, 2022

You may already know this woman. Or you may already aspire to be this woman. She is someone who’s made an indelible impact, inspired her peers or otherwise influenced countless people around her. She is a Woman of Influence. This year, SUCCESS cast an important initiative: to do more than just notice these women and their achievements.

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 16, 2023

So, let’s take a look at what change is, how change occurs, and what you can do to become a champion of change. On a professional level, change can be simple, like finding a more efficient way to complete a task, or complicated, like learning to support a new executive or changing jobs entirely. Change is inevitable.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I posted a blog about diversification with the assistant role. As always, I was interested in what other assistants had experienced in their roles. If so, to what extent and is the diversification a good thing? Here are your responses… “Very interesting article but not surprising.

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Office Organization Success

JULY 13, 2013

Many business owners are a little confused between an Online Business Manager and a Virtual Assistant – they think they’re one and the same. To some extent they are, but there is a role for both types of virtual support professional in your business. And it very much depends on where you’re at in your business.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. Technology.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I’ve written four blog posts on interview questions specific to PAs, EAs and Administrative Assistants and they are all extremely popular so I thought I’d add another ten questions that I have been asked at various interviews over the years and my answers. What are you looking for in your career development?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I didn’t just end up in this position though, after reading a really thought provoking article a few years ago, I kind of planned it. The article was on personal branding and that is what I want to talk about today. The article was on personal branding and that is what I want to talk about today.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

What a great theme. I want to challenge you to stretch your thinking and broaden your view by reading, listening to, viewing a variety of books, magazines, articles, periodicals, videos and mp3s. Be selective in what you view and who you follow. You also speak and act on behalf of your manager or executive.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the reasons I became a Virtual Assistant was the flexibility to allow me to travel for longer periods of time, I now have the freedom of being able take my laptop and work from any location around the world. Have a contingency plan, what happens if you drop your laptop in the hotel pool?! Is your work backed up?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

We had an incredible webinar event with over 1,300 assistants registered to learn more about why, as an administrative professional, they should consider a career certification. So, if you are looking for more info on continued development and assistant certifications – you’re in the right place!

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2015

For all of you that could not attend the Assist Conference this year I wanted to share my presentation with you – Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry. We conducted a survey last year and one of the questions asked what session would the readers like to see at a conference.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 25, 2014

There are a lot of different resources available to assistants. Well I thought I would offer one of the great resources a chance to introduce themselves to the Practically Perfect PA readers and tell us a little more about what they do and how they can support assistants in, what I think is, one of the world’s toughest jobs!

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Bonnie Low Kramen

JANUARY 11, 2023

A former personal assistant to an Oscar-winning actress says the job comes with plenty of perks — but you have to set boundaries Bonnie Low-Kramen was the personal assistant to the actor Olympia Dukakis for 25 years. “My title was ‘personal assistant,’ but she just called me Bons.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I am constantly trying to figure out the best way to organise my social media so that I don’t miss out on that interesting article, great picture or funny update. I am constantly trying to figure out the best way to organise my social media so that I don’t miss out on that interesting article, great picture or funny update.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 11, 2013

I’ve just been reading this fantastic article by Richard Branson on LinkedIn where he discusses how much he values his assistant. I’ve always admired him but to see him praise the assistants he has employed over his career has really raised my estimations!

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