All Things Admin® Blog
Strategies to Succeed as a Team of One (Sponsored)
Guest post by Eleanor Whitney, Managing Editor of All Hands As an administrative or office operations professional, keeping your team productive, efficient, and on-task is your main focus. Unfortunately, this responsibility can leave you feeling stretched, thin, and...
Grab Your Freshly Sharpened Pencils…The Training is Now in Session!
September means back to school for a lot of kids. But you don’t have to be a student to get into the learning spirit. If this month has left you with a desire to learn something new, and an urge to buy freshly sharpened pencils and shiny three-ring binders, then we...
Note From Julie: Are Your Food Choices Helping or Hurting You?
Food is the fuel that keeps our bodies going. But when we’re short on time, or chaos erupts, it’s one of the first things that gets skipped or pushed down on the priority list. Consistently skipping meals or settling for unhealthy food because it’s fast can put you on...
Developing Healthy Habits for Innovation Success
Taking care of others is at the heart of the administrative profession. Our primary objective is to support our executives and teams so that they can be as productive and successful as possible. Yet all too often, admins set aside their own personal needs to achieve...
Office Design Tips for a Productive Workplace (Sponsored)
Guest post by Eleanor Whitney, Managing Editor of All Hands These days, design inspiration is everywhere. As we scroll through Instagram, admiring like-worthy workspaces and decor details, it’s easy to look around our own spaces and think about how to adjust the...
Note From Julie: What Are You Doing During National Self-Care Month?
It’s National Self-Care Month, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect for me! When we started house-hunting early this spring, I knew it was probably going to be a busy summer of packing up and moving. It had only been three years since we moved to Indianapolis, and...
4 Stress-Reducing Tips for Admins
You’re short staffed at work. The boss just asked you to work late on Friday. That looming deadline is fast approaching. You’re late to the office … again. All these scenarios feed the vicious beast that is workplace stress. Job-related stress is a growing epidemic in...
Learn Focused Self-Care During the September Training Series
Admins are really good at taking care of other people – their executives, colleagues, and fellow admins. But many don’t give themselves the same level of attention. Yet self-care is crucial for admins, and it’s not just necessary when a personal crisis arises....
Note From Julie: Dealing with Personal Crises in the Workplace
It doesn't matter what your job title is. Life happens to all of us. Whether it's a personal illness or a sick family member, a death, someone having relationship issues, or an unexpected job change – these personal crises happen to people every day. When you spend...
An Admin’s Guide to Dealing with Personal Crises in the Office
Although most of us do our best to separate our personal and professional lives, there are some events that make that division impossible. A colleague needs to leave work early every week to see their child or spouse through chemotherapy treatments. An executive is...
