Put a smile on someone’s face, become a Volunteer! The value of volunteering should not be underestimated. Volunteers come from many different backgrounds and bring with them a myriad of life experiences. They are found in hospitals, supporting key community services such as Meals on Wheels, or working with charities such as the RSPCA and …
“It’s your job to uphold the dignity of this profession and you have to start by honoring and respecting yourself and the contribution you make, at whatever level you make it. Languishing in self-pity and helplessness are a waste of your time and talent”, Says Jan Jones, author of ‘The CEO’s Secret Weapon’. In support …
I recently wrote an article and placed on Linkedin. If you would like to discover a few ‘secrets’ of staying organised in an exceptionally busy Executive environment, then view here. The Power of Being Organised | LinkedIn
I was speaking with a Colleague today about ‘File Management’, and the difficulties of actually FINDING that file you know you ‘filed away’ SOMEWHERE. The frustrations of spending inordinate amounts of time looking for it is sometimes overwhelming. The trick is of course to have implemented a straight forward system that will always allow you …
The role of the Front Desk Receptionist has changed considerably over the past few decades due to the incredible changes in Telecommunications. Operators were once required to manipulate a network of multiple plugs and cords on sometimes very large switchboards. There were tricks to this, and dare I say that I have actually worked with …
Here we are, it’s already mid-April, and you may still be unwilling to acknowledge that life is not all that you had anticipated it to be, yet there is a strange sensation that perhaps this year things will be different. That a wonderful job will just leap out and ‘grab’ you. You will ask for …
If you have ever been asked to take Minutes at a meeting, you know how it feels, you go weak at the knees, your breathing becomes more rapid, and the sweat begins to trickle from your brow. “Why me?” you say, “Can’t someone else do it?” These feelings are understandable if you are unprepared for …
WHAT IS IT AND WHERE DO YOU GET IT? I don’t think we are born with Self Esteem, I feel it is something that develops as we experience that which Life has to offer. You can’t BUY ‘IT’ off the shelf, ‘IT’ does not appear miraculously when we reach puberty, maybe we inherit ‘IT’, or do …
In celebration of the launch of OFFICE Dynamics Adelaide’s new website, complimentary copies of Job Hunting? Plan for Success will be offered to the first 20 people to register online for the website’s Newsletter ‘Career Management with Confidence. Just by providing a mailing address a copy will be mailed to you as a thank you …
This article was written in May 2013, when I was National President of the Australian Institute of Office Professionals. In revisiting some of my ‘articles’, I felt that this message is still as relevant today as it was all those years ago. How unfortunate, that this is the case. I am reposting today to send …
