Recognition

Business Management Daily announces the winners of its Administrative Professionals Week survey

A big thanks to everyone who participated in our Administrative Professionals Week celebration! We're delighted we could give you a little something here and there as a tribute to everything you do. Here are the winning responses—and just a few of our other favorites—to our Tuesday survey! 

Harnessing the power of respect

Dr. Paul Marciano is author of Car­­rots and Stick Don’t Work: Build a Culture of Employee En­­gage­­ment with the Principles of RESPECT. We spoke to him about how to build a successful career as an admin and the power of respect in the workplace.

Admins: MacGyvers of the modern office

Executive assistant, administrative assistant or secretary—whatever the title, you are the ones who keep America’s offices running, even though you’ve taken on more and more work as budgets shrink.

Recognition vs. recession

In an OfficeTeam and IAAP survey, managers were asked: “What impact, if any, has the economy had on your company’s em­­ployee recognition efforts?”

9 ways to reward team members

In Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s book The Orange Revolution, they offer low-cost ideas for sparking or rewarding employee engagement:

Breathe fresh air into staff birthdays

Is having birthday cake in the break room becoming a bit stale? Break out of the rut when it comes to celebrating staffers' birthdays with these ideas:

Give kudos at staff meetings

Food & Friends has a low turnover rate (more than 70% of employees having been with the nonprofit for at least five years). Among the firm’s retention strategies: “Kudos” are read at weekly staff meetings.

Take stock of your worth to the company

Protect your job—or set yourself up for a promotion—by communicating your quantifiable on-the-job results at a moment’s notice. Warm up with this exercise:

What gives an admin 'wow' factor?

Being a stellar admin requires the skills of a mind-reader. So it was a boon recently when admins heard two executives speak candidly at the 18th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence about the administrative profession.

When the boss steals your idea

Is it a problem when your boss takes credit for your ideas? Peter Handal, CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, says “no.” Making your boss look smart to higher-ups, says Handal, and having your boss depend on you for good suggestions—“is certainly not going to do you any harm.”

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