All Things Admin® Blog
Note From Julie: Plan Now for Your 2019 Professional Development
Each year, dozens of amazing admin-centric conferences take place around the world! Few of us have the luxury of attending them all. So it’s important to choose wisely, especially if you can get funding for a professional development conference. With just a couple...
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Julie’s Picks: My Favorite Midsize and Large Administrative Conferences
As administrative professionals, it’s crucial to continue to hone our skills if we want to remain relevant. Attending conferences and training events is a fantastic way to keep up with the innovations, changes, and trends of the profession. But when training dollars...
Note From Julie: No Money for Training? No Problem!
There have been times throughout my career when my employer was willing to reimburse me for professional development training. But more often than not, I personally funded my training investments. This experience alone was a driving factor in launching All Things...
Hard Worker or Workaholic – Which One Are You?
As administrative professionals, we’re hardwired to give our all on every task – and sometimes it seems those tasks just keep coming, one after another. No sooner do we finish one than another pops up – and we don’t want to leave the office with an important job...
One of the Best and Most Affordable Ways to Improve Your Career
November is a month of gratitude and showing appreciation for the people and things in our life that we’re most grateful for. And one of the things we’re most grateful for is you! It’s always been our mission to help you – our admin community – enrich and advance your...
Note From Julie: Is the pursuit of perfection harming your career?
When it comes to getting organized, there are two big reasons most people struggle: perfectionism and procrastination. In my experience, perfectionism hinders a lot of assistants in one way or another. We think our file folder labels have to be perfectly typed, so we...
How to Build a Sustainable, Engaging Office Culture (Sponsored)
Guest post by Eleanor Whitney, Managing Editor of All Hands As an office professional, you know first-hand that company culture plays a critical role in business operations. While sometimes regarded as a “warm and fuzzy extra,” workplace culture plays key factor in...
The Anchor of Procrastination: How Dragging Your Heels Weighs You Down
By Laura Stack This article was originally published on TheProductivityPro.com and is reprinted here with permission. There may be a few perfect employees out there who have never once dragged their heels on a task…but I doubt it. While procrastination is nothing to...
Track Your Daily Tasks to Save Time, Reduce Inefficiencies, and Boost Your Productivity
How long does it take you to get your coffee each morning when you arrive at the office? How long does it take for your computer to boot up? How much time do you spend filtering through yesterday’s email before you get started on today’s work? The average worker...
