All Things Admin® Blog
3 Strategic Things You Must Do to Effectively Organize Your Desk
Take a look around your workspace. Is it organized or a disaster area? Can you quickly and easily find things? Are there any items that are just taking up space? Today is National Clean Off Your Desk Day, so it’s a great time to take a critical look at your workspace,...
How Protected Are Your Passwords?
If I asked you to estimate how many passwords you have, what would your guess be? 20? Maybe 30? Chances are you’re lowballing yourself. According to research by NordPass, the average person has 100 passwords. If you’re supporting multiple executives, chances are that...
How to Improve Online Security In Your Remote Office Space
By Spence Witten, a senior advisor at 38North Security. Those lucky enough to work remotely at the start of the COVID era were able to keep themselves and their companies going, despite the intense pressures of that challenging time. This shift to remote work...
Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems
Many believe that the terms “procedures” and “systems” are interchangeable, but that’s not exactly true. While they do work together to save you time, effort, and stress, they are not the same. Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for...
An Admin’s Guide to Documenting Systems
Organization is a pain point for many administrative professionals. With tasks coming at you from every direction, it’s crucial to be able to handle them quickly, consistently, and efficiently. To do this, you need documented systems. Whether you realize it or not,...
Systems and Procedures Training Series
This 3-Part Training Series Available On Demand! Sysems and procedures are your ultimate power tools! Join us for this 3-part series to help you get your office systems and procedures created! Part 1: Getting Started With Systems Development (90 minutes)...
Travel Planning in a Pandemic? Here’s What You Need to Know
When I worked corporately, travel planning was one of my favorite parts of my job, and I still love it today. Whether it’s for business or personal reasons, I enjoy the research and preparation that goes into a trip. COVID-19 brought the travel industry to its...
How to Implement Your Strategic Administrative Career Plan
If you’ve followed me for long, you probably already know how crucial it is to have a strategic administrative career plan. It details where you are, where you want to go, and outlines the steps you need to take to get there. It’s a combination of your personal...
OneNote 2016 Training Series
For admins, keeping track of all of the details is essential! Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to...
No Opportunities for Career Advancement? Do These 5 Things
You worked for years to attain the top title in your job classification, and it felt great to finally achieve it. So when review time rolled around, you didn’t think much about it. After all, you’d only held the title for a year. But as you prepared for your annual...
