All Things Admin® Blog
An Admin’s Guide to Managing Up
In many industries, the lines between manager and worker tend to be fairly clear. Managers manage; workers work. An employee in a retail setting, for instance, generally isn’t responsible for handling their manager’s schedule, making calls and sending emails on the...
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This is an Essential Skill for The Innovative Admin
When you look at the top 10 skills needed for jobs in 2020, complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, judgement and decision making, and cognitive flexibility make up half of the list. To sum it up, you need strategic thinking skills! Strategic thinking...
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Be the Admin Your Executive Can’t Live Without!
As a former administrative professional turned entrepreneur, I’ve spent plenty of time on both sides of the desk. When I worked corporately, I supported a variety of executives in companies both big and small. Now I’m the executive with a team supporting me. Because I...
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Unlock Your Travel Planning Success with a Better System
Coordinating travel for yourself, your executive, or your team members can be complicated – regardless of how long you’ve been doing it! From organizing the countless travel details to handling flight delays and cancellations, your job is never done! But there are a...
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Implementing Your Ideas and Taking Initiative as The Innovative Admin™
Innovation is a required skill for any administrative professional. You have a unique perspective that allows you to easily see where gaps exist, where mistakes are being made, and – more importantly – how to fix areas that need fixing. You’ve probably come up with...
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Get More Comfortable with Taking the Initiative
Are you comfortable implementing your ideas at the office? If not, why? If so, what’s the most recent idea or improvement you implemented? The Innovative Admin™ is an administrative professional who introduces, creates, and applies new or refreshed methods for doing...
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What Are Your Mistakes Teaching You?
There’s nothing quite as humbling as making a mistake. I know because I’ve made plenty. While some can be overcome easily with a few simple adjustments, others take more thought, effort, and help from others to fix. I’ve discovered that one of the most important...
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Give Perfectionism Its Walking Papers: Five Reasons You Should Be Willing to Make Mistakes
One of the first productivity concepts we all learn is to avoid perfectionism, and most of us do make the attempt. Even so, it’s an insidious habit, one reinforced rather than overridden by many leaders. Often, your managers want you to get things right the first...
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Unleash the Power of Innovation in Your Career
Look at your smartphone. It probably has all of the latest bells and whistles. It can text or call anyone with a simple voice command. It has apps for fun, productivity, connectivity, and more! And it can now search for information based on a single image. It’s a...
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How To Stop Impostor Syndrome In Its Tracks
One of my go-to experts on impostor syndrome is Dr. Valerie Young. Through her research on this topic, she identified five different competence types and how they specifically struggle with impostor syndrome. The five types are: The Perfectionist The Expert The...
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