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**The Effective Admin is a leading authority since 2004 specializing in professional development, educational resources and training for administrative assistants, executive assistants, secretaries, and administrative professionals of any job title.** At this site, you can get downloadable, self-study, informational products exclusively for administrative assistants and executive assistants that provide you with tips and guidance you can use now at work and in your career. Materials are produced by Karen Porter, The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach™ and Founder and President of The Effective Admin: "My specialty is serving administrative professionals like you with job performance and career management advice. I have 24 years experience interacting with the 'real' workplace and working administrative professionals."

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The Effective Admin

In-Depth Special Report Series

 

Special Reports -- With Research and Hundreds of Tips -- for Administrative Assistants and Executive Assistants


THE EFFECTIVE ADMIN IN-DEPTH SPECIAL REPORTS SERIES is for and about administrative professionals. These reports were developed through original research conducted by The Effective Admin, including from survey results, opinions, and views collected from working administrative professionals. Many administrative professionals are indirectly and directly quoted in some of the reports. All reports contain research conclusions, recommendations and/or tips from Karen Porter, The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach and Founder and President of The Effective Admin.

 

Report Format: All reports in this series are printable, downloadable files (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

#1 SPECIAL REPORT: Administrative Professionals' Biggest Interruptions and Distractions at Work -- And Solutions to Manage or Eliminate Them (56 pages)

Fifty-three of your administrative professional colleagues disclose their biggest interruptions and distractions at work along with any solutions they have to manage or eliminate them. Read 112 short, practical solutions and tips you can utilize to minimize interruptions and distractions as an administrative professional at work.

$19.00 USD Per Person Pay with Visa, MasterCard, or American Express

 


#2 SPECIAL REPORT: Empty Your Inbox Today -- Administrative Professionals' E-Mail Load Reality and E-Mail Management Strategies (61 pages)

Thirty-seven of your administrative professional colleagues report how many e-mail messages they deal with daily – and how they manage them all (or not). You will learn how to eliminate e-mail overload, chaotic inbox management, and ineffective e-mail usage. Imagine seeing an organized inbox that doesn't overwhelm you. It's possible!

 

$19.00 USD Per Person Pay with Visa, MasterCard, or American Express

 

 


#3 SPECIAL REPORT: Stress at the Desk for Administrative Professionals and Their Stress-Busting Strategies (63 pages)

Fifty-three of your administrative professional colleagues report what they find stressful about their current work and administrative positions; how they manage stress levels, stressors and stressful situations at work; and if their methods for managing stress are successful or not. They also offer their best advice for other administrative professionals experiencing work-related stress. You will learn multiple ideas for managing stress at the office and in your administrative support position.


$19.00 USD Per Person
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#4 SPECIAL REPORT: Administrative Professionals Investing in Professional Development and Training (54 pages)

Forty-two of your administrative professional colleagues report their participation in and views about professional development and training for administrative professionals. Plus get practical advice about how to choose and pursue your own professional development and training opportunities (and how to do so with the support of your employer).

 

$19.00 USD Per Person Pay with Visa, MasterCard, or American Express

 

 


#5 SPECIAL REPORT: Meetings of Administrative Professionals Within Companies (49 pages)

Twenty-six of your administrative professional colleagues report on their participation in and views about meetings of administrative professionals within their companies. Plus you get additional advice from the Admin Pro Coach for initiating and executing (or improving) meetings of administrative professionals within your company.


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Publication Product Descriptions

SPECIAL REPORT #1: Administrative Professionals' Biggest Interruptions and Distractions at Work -- And Solutions to Manage or Eliminate Them

BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH

WITH WORKING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

 

►Do you know what are the five biggest interruptions and distractions, and catalysts for such, that administrative professionals face at work?

 

This report will tell you those and more and offer advice about how to manage those situations.

 

"I purchased [The Effective Admin VIP product] because I was looking for an online, in-depth training seminar for seasoned administrative professionals where I could really enhance my skills and performance. The package looked like it was jammed packed with a lot of very useful information. I love this kit and definitely got my money's worth!

 

I really didn't know what to start with because there is so much in it that I want to dive into. After an ugly day at the office, I chose Special Report: Administrative Professionals Biggest Interruptions and Distractions at Work - And Solutions to Manage or Eliminate Them. As I started reading the materials, I felt a sigh of relief and thought, 'Finally, someone who understands!'"

Gloria von Gesslein

Executive Administrator
Weehawken, NJ

 

In this report, 53 of your administrative professional colleagues disclose their biggest interruptions and distractions at work along with any solutions they have to manage or eliminate them. Can you relate to them?

 

PLUS The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach for The Effective Admin weighs in with even more practical organizational and time management strategies for preventing or minimizing these interruptions and distractions -- personally addressing 18 of your 53 colleagues' scenarios and solutions.

 

Then in section three of the report, you'll find a bullet point summary of highlights and solutions from the report plus a few new extra tips from The Effective Admin. Altogether this final section of the report includes a descriptive list of 112 short, practical solutions and tips you can utilize to minimize interruptions and distractions as an administrative professional at work. How much time and productivity could you regain and how much work-related stress could you alleviate from implementing just one of these tips at work?

 

This printable file is 56 pages (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) and is in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

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SPECIAL REPORT #2: Empty Your Inbox Today -- Administrative Professionals' E-Mail Load Reality and E-Mail Management Strategies

BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH

WITH WORKING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

 

►Are you overwhelmed by your e-mail inbox?

 

►Do you think you're missing some of the "tricks" for organizing your e-mail and those of staff you support?

 

If so, this report offers advice that can help you with this situation.

 

In this report, 37 of your administrative professional colleagues report how many e-mail messages they deal with daily – and how they manage them all (or not). See if your e-mail situation is similar.

 

PLUS The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach for The Effective Admin offers lots of advice for getting your existing e-mail inbox under control and for being in control of your e-mail inbox from this point forward. This includes tips for managing other e-mail inboxes you're in charge of such as those of managers and executives you support.

 

You will learn how to eliminate e-mail overload, chaotic inbox management, and ineffective e-mail usage. Imagine seeing an organized inbox that doesn't overwhelm you. It's possible!

 

This printable file is 61 pages (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) and is in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

 

 

I bought the Special Report Empty Your Inbox: Administrative Professionals' E-mail Load Reality and E-mail Management Strategies because I wanted to learn to manage my e-mail and my managers e-mail more efficiently. The report was very easy to understand and jam packed with loads of information on handling e-mail. I feel that I received a great value because the information that I received was so much greater than the price I paid for the report. Plus I enjoy reading topics that I know will help me at work. Thank you for providing such helpful learning materials for admins on topics that we struggle with everyday.

Alice Oerther
Medical Administrative Assistant
McAllen, Texas

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SPECIAL REPORT #3: Stress at the Desk for Administrative Professionals and Their Stress-Busting Strategies

BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH

WITH WORKING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

 

►Do you face any of the 67 causes of stress or stressful situations at work in your role as an administrative professional that your admin colleagues do?

 

►Do you need more ideas for managing your stressors at work and stressful situations as an administrative professional?

 

If so, this report offers advice and information you need.

 

In this report, 53 of your administrative professional colleagues report what they find stressful about their current work and administrative positions; how they manage stress levels, stressors and stressful situations at work; and if their methods for managing stress are successful or not. They also offer their best advice for other administrative professionals experiencing work-related stress.


Plus The Effective Admin offers conclusions about your administrative professional colleagues' comments and more information about stress in the administrative professional role and in the workplace and advice for handling it.


You will learn multiple ideas for managing stress at the office and in your administrative support position.


More than 80% of administrative professionals included in the research of this report said they face stress on the job in the administrative support role. Reading these administrative professionals' comments about their stress factors will give you a chance to see if you can relate. Additionally, 80% of the admin professionals in this research said their stress-busting techniques for managing or eliminating this stress were successful -- and they reported those strategies. You can apply the same stress-busting advice in your work days and administrative professional career.

 

This printable file is 63 pages (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) and is in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

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SPECIAL REPORT #4: Administrative Professionals Investing in Professional Development and Training

BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH

WITH WORKING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

 

►42 of your administrative professional colleagues report their participation in and views about professional development and training for administrative professionals.

►Plus The Effective Admin offers conclusions about your administrative professional colleagues' responses. Also read the in-depth coverage in the "recommendations" section of this report. It's filled with practical advice about how to choose and pursue your own professional development and training opportunities (and how to do so with the support of your employer).

►There are at least five ways you can use the information in this report
Use it to...


1. ...understand what is professional development and training.


2. ...gain insight into what other administrative professionals think and do in regard to professional development and training.


3. ...understand what drives employers to support professional development and training.


4. ...help you plan and choose your professional development and training endeavors.


5. ...assist you with proposals to your employer for requests to fund your professional development and training resources.

This printable file is 54 pages (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) and is in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

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SPECIAL REPORT #5: Meetings of Administrative Professionals Within Companies

BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH

WITH WORKING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

Who's meeting? What are they talking about? How often? 

►This report includes 26 of your administrative professional colleagues reporting on their participation in and views about meetings of administrative professionals within their companies. 

►Plus The Effective Admin neatly summarizes and offers conclusions about your administrative professional colleagues' responses. You get dozens of bullet point tips here.  

►That "conclusions" section is followed by the "recommendations" section of this report. There you'll get additional advice from the Admin Pro Coach for initiating and executing meetings of administrative professionals within your company.

►In the recommendations section, you'll also read some troubleshooting advice for commonly asked questions: What to do if admin meeting participants get off topic, seem too quiet, don't want to be there, and more.

►Take the information from this report and use it to either initiate or improve your own meetings of administrative professionals within your company. You'll read ideas for doing either of those things. 

►Read onward to find out details such as potential frequency of meetings and what content you could include in these meetings of administrative professionals.  

►Possibly most important, learn how to recognize true outcomes (results) from these meetings that matter to your administrative professionals and their managers and executives. What you need to know is in this report. Also, you'll get ideas for visibly promoting the achievements produced from these meetings to your senior level staff members.

This printable file is 49 pages (8 1/2" x 11" paper size) and is in PDF file format (read with free Adobe Reader software).

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