Event planning: Crisis or cakewalk?

  • July 24, 2018

Question: “I’m starting an admin job soon. The words ‘event planning’ were used during the interview a couple of times, but I neglected to ask for hard details....

What do your admin team meetings look like?

  • December 12, 2017

Question: "Where I work, there are six admins, but in the ten months I've been here, we've never met as a group once. Everything gets done and nothing falls through the...

Is there a book that changed your life?

  • November 02, 2017

Question: "I know it sounds simplistic, but I'm looking for a book that will help me find my life's purpose. I've been an admin for 12 years and I'm not really sure...

Tardiness: What’s the big deal, anyway?

  • June 29, 2017

Question: "There's a member of our four-person admin team who does everything well and is very nice, but she is just never at work on time. Five minutes here, ten...

How do you train yourself to say ‘No’?

  • June 15, 2017

Question: "I think I'm in need of some sort of training that will teach me to turn down tasks and projects that gobble up too much time, or that I just don't want to get...

Food’s up! Sly tips for catering meetings

  • May 25, 2017

Question: "I'm surprised at how much of my new job is about ordering food for meetings—I'm responsible for four or five a day sometimes, anything from a basket...

Do you learn better from text or video?

  • May 18, 2017

Question: "We've been asked to train new hires through writing careful processes, but it's also been suggested we mix in some short videos of our own making too. Does...

How are you sharing documents at work?

  • May 04, 2017

Question: "As Assistant Secretary to our not-for-profit board, we have the discussion constantly about the best/easiest way to share materials. We have a SharePoint...

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