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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

And it helps build confidence and trust with everyone you work with. If you’re going to implement this across calendars and digital tools that overlap with others, it’s important to discuss it and create something that makes sense to everyone on your team. In Microsoft Office, categories carry across email, tasks, and calendar.

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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Training budgets were ample; opportunity for advancement sparkled like diamonds for the taking. Administrators handled many tasks, and had backups, cross training, and team-shared projects. Training budgets dissipated, opportunities dried up, and assistants had larger workloads without staffing backups.

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Networking – it doesn’t have to be a chore!

Practically Perfect PA

You may want some advice on training you are considering or perhaps be looking for a mentor. And the ironic thing is by going along and talking to people I have more confidence than ever before and the more people I meet, the more I am able to introduce other people to one another. The benefits of networking are limitless.

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OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART III: The Final Day

Office Dynamics

As Joan explained, neither her career, nor this signature annual gathering, is about “training” — it’s about making work lives substantially BETTER for administrative professionals in every stage of their careers, and carving out the administrative path as a career of choice for high-performing and high-potential individuals.

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A business case outline for an internal PA network

Practically Perfect PA

This would also help with their induction process and ideally a ‘buddy cover’ or mentor could be assigned. Put every PA on a shared distribution list and ideally a closed SharePoint site for sharing information such as training & seminars.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

Sara had a vision for what Spanx could become that very few people shared,” says Gillian Zoe Segal, who interviewed Blakely for her book Getting There: A Book of Mentors , in which she profiles luminaries such as Warren Buffett, Ian Schrager and Anderson Cooper.

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The Power of the Strategic Partnership Whitepaper

Admin Awards

Doing your day job well builds trust and confidence, which is key to any Strategic Partnership. She’s worked in various industries, from banking to real estate to venture capital, but the common thread has been finding a mentor who promotes professional growth. CONFIDENCE AND HUMILITY. BE CONFIDENT.