Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? The work environment is great and I have an amazing boss. Many studies have shown this.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 29, 2019

You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel. Pay attention to non-verbal cues when working with others to schedule meetings, if you are talking face-to-face or on the telephone or even in an email. Informal, yet professional environment which encouraged participants by all attendees.”. – Jennie Forcum, CWCA.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 4, 2016

For any of us that have heard Lucy speak, we will know that Matthew is the person that keeps the wheels rolling at Executive Secretary Magazine while Lucy travels around the world promoting the industry. Organising and maintaining multiple email inboxes. Involved in the day to day organisation of the magazine and conferences.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 20, 2018

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Motivation: Create a Work Environment that Enhances Your Goals (@GinaParris Video) I'm out on Twitter  meeting new and interesting people all of the time.  Your environment and how it is set up will always have a big impact on what you can get done in a day.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Eco-Office Gals

MAY 29, 2018

As a way to combat or prolong the issue, many organizations have opted to go green by creating more eco-friendly working environments. Not only does reducing their carbon footprint helps the environment, but it also helps business. Buy Plants for the Office – What better way to help the environment than to purify the air?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2019

On-site coaching is probably the most effective way to create change specific to an assistant’s situation because we are right here in your space seeing exactly what you deal with and how your day flows.

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Success

MARCH 10, 2022

On top of this, a lot of checking accounts charge a fee when you send an email money transfer, have less money than their minimum limit and use your debit card more than X number of times per month. To get around this, buy items you can use more than a handful of times—it’s more economical and friendlier to the environment.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

How an Executive Personal Assistant Can Aid in Work-Life Balance An executive personal assistant is a seasoned professional tasked with enhancing an executive’s efficiency by taking on personal and professional scheduling, correspondence, and a whole host of other routine tasks—booking travel, managing appointments, planning events, and more.

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Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

People who are high in openness might enjoy traveling to new places, eating foods they’ve never eaten before and discussing ideas they’re unfamiliar with,” says Marie Forgeard, Ph.D., They are sensitive to the environment they’re in as well as their internal, emotional environment. They don’t disregard things as irrelevant.

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Success

MAY 10, 2023

Lim also points to Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk: “He believes people are just pretending to work and abruptly ended Twitter’s work-from-anywhere policy via a late-night email and then did an about-face and closed Twitter’s Seattle and Singapore offices opting for a remote workforce.”

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Productivityist

JANUARY 7, 2016

As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Seattle preparing to head off for a week of travel. It doesn’t matter when travel takes place, it is disruptive. This disruption can wreak havoc on your productivity and can even carry over beyond your travel period if you don’t deal with it accordingly.

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Go Burrows

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

She has an extensive background in strategic calendar management, planning international and domestic travel, event planning, onboarding of high-level executives among many other skills. The secret to her success is how she has created a work environment that is professional, approachable, friendly, and inclusive. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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Productivityist

JULY 3, 2023

Slow travel, whether walking or biking, offers a unique perspective. Mix up your work environment if you work from home. Set up an email vacation message before you go on holiday. Use tools that separate your work and personal email. Decouple your personal and work emails. Guilty pleasure apps are okay.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 12, 2016

You wouldn't believe how much I learn each time I give a minute-taking or travel webinar. Some things the more experienced admins could teach would be minute-taking, travel arrangements, meeting scheduling, event planning and organizing your boss. Do you want to get better at what you do? The audience will certainly know it if I don't.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

When drafting your job description, be sure to specify the nature of the working environment right in the very beginning. Include the typical working hours, especially if weekends or travel are required. This can include their email, a walkthrough of communication protocols, etc. Be specific but concise.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2019

On-site coaching is probably the most effective way to create change specific to an assistant’s situation because we are right here in your space seeing exactly what you deal with and how your day flows.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The pandemic created a work environment that was unprecedented. Suddenly no longer forced to travel into an office, many staff had the chance to have dinner with their families for the first time in a long time. How did this happen? Children were able to have regular access to their parents.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire? There are practical financial considerations.

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Worxbee

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There are several advantages for companies running virtual events, including that they get more reach and can include people who might otherwise not have been able to travel. Encourage participation, as this is a great way to keep the audience engaged, but you need to keep the environment a safe one for all attendees.

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Success

JULY 6, 2022

After I interviewed Britney Spears over email—a story that made the cover—I was done. Having outgrown pop culture and travel listicles, this had been my most challenging assignment. Here I was, all the major environment reporting awards in India under my belt, and possibly on the most coveted journalism fellowship worldwide.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Read on to learn about how else an executive assistant can help you navigate through a changing, fast-paced startup environment. However, because a start up is such a rapidly changing and growing environment, it is important to hire someone with a growth mindset when it comes to acquiring new skills and being flexible.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 11, 2012

As an assistant I often felt that keeping the office green was mainly my responsibility, so much so that during my time in one company I did email my colleagues a list of things that would help them to do their bit for the environment. Think before you print – do you need to print out your emails?

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Worxbee

MAY 3, 2021

Calendar management, email taming, and process design and management are our top three tasks, but executive assistants can do more. An EA might be kept very busy with calendars and emails for two executives, leaving little time for other tasks. EAs manage calendars, travel and “gate keeping” for executives.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Office managers may also draft documents, help with payroll, keep an organised office environment and communicate via phone, email and fax (yes, some companies are still using fax machines). Read more: Building your travel administration skills as an EA What does it take to be a successful HR assistant?

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 14, 2014

Determine how socially responsible your current recruiting program is, including travel, paper use, printing use, interview tactics and so on. Reduce recruitment travel by using all means of online collaboration such as the ever-wonderful Skype, Google + hangouts, audio/video interviews of other types, online tests, emails and so on.

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 25, 2015

I actually prefer them to any other sort of travel. If you'd like to read it, email me and I'll send it out to you.) In that environment, sooner or later, you stop being able to look for those cool, new things. I love road trips--long or short. And I prefer taking road trips with Dominic over anyone else.

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C-Suite Assistants

DECEMBER 20, 2020

COVID-19 changed the business environment as much as any other aspect of everyday life. Honing Your Executive Assistant Skills In a Changing Business Environment. With more employees working from home, and less facetime with your executives, improving your executive assistant skills presents more challenges than ever.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 20, 2013

If you are a professional who travels to customer locations, this is a great way to accept payments. No Paper Receipts - When a customer signs his or her signature to the mobile device, most processing companies offer a digital receipt to be emailed to them. All you need is an account and Internet access in order to process a payment.

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Before we discuss how to incorporate AI in your business environment, let's tackle the why. Here are four ways that AI can benefit EAs in almost every work environment: Eliminates Repetitive Tasks Rescue yourself from performing the same low-level tasks again and again. You can use Crystal to compose more persuasive emails to people.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A hybrid environment in which businesses can rent furnished office space, coworking space and meeting rooms, usually under short-term flexible agreements. A workplace environment in which people, who are usually from different companies, share office space and work collaboratively. Business Center . Coworking Space . Entrepreneur .

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We sat down with an extraordinary group of Admin panelists who spoke on: – Pros and cons of in office, remote and hybrid work environments. – How to build a strong case for a remote work structure as an Administrator. – How to make remote workers feel included and connected . – How to navigate COVID-19 in the workplace. .

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some industries and positions require a great deal of travel, as well, while others may be more situated within their own city. All this is to say, responsibilities and the environment of the job may differ from employer to employer.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In our current environment, the issue has gotten more complicated because of the invisibility factor of working from home. Until March, 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, I had worked in 14 countries and 38 states. Be present in your manager’s email signature. Out of sight, out of mind? Not so fast. Titles matter.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 16, 2022

Another two advantages to consider are the reduced environmental impact from less travel and the reduced cost for companies in terms of rent and running costs. This can include regular email updates, video meetings, phone calls, and the occasional in-person meetup.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 11, 2010

Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, the automobile is still the most common means of getting to your destination. To avoid traveling in a perpetual mess, do a little pre-planning. Now that you’re car is empty, it’s time to stock it and organize it for stress-free travel. It’s a place to store traveling essentials.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 30, 2013

Asking these questions will enable you to quickly pick up on prioritising their emails, travel plans and meetings. Is it by email, regular meetings or popping into the office as and when things crop up? What are they focussing on and what are their objectives? What are their frustrations and how can you help to relieve them?

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