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Thanks for popping in for this month’s Resource Corner post! I’m VERY excited to have sat down with Monique Helstrom of MoniqueHestrom.com and OnPoint.Expert. Monique is a fairly recent transplant to Denver and it was an extra treat to sit down with her live. 

In this interview, we get into the ...

In a few weeks, I will be launching Whole Assistant’s first-ever course, Ultimate Time Management for Assistants (or UTMA). Let me just say… eeeek!

I’m so excited about this because I know the impact a good time management system can have on our productivity as assistants… especially a time managem...

Early on in my career, I worked as a receptionist. I might be biased but I’m a firm believer in anyone starting out in the administrative profession cutting their teeth as a receptionist.

Personally, I learned so much in this role. I learned how to stay calm and courteous under the pressure of visi...

It takes a special type of person to be a successful assistant. It takes excellent people skills, an eye for detail and thinking 6 steps ahead.

It takes empathy, grit, tenacity, and the belief that everything is figureoutable. It takes the social and emotional intelligence so you can know when to p...

Back when I first moved to Colorado I landed a position at a local nonprofit. It was a fantastic fit at the time and the lessons I learned at this organization, I still carry with me.

It was here where I learned how to manage a very heavy workload and multiple competing priorities. I had 4 extremel...

For most of us, the path to being an administrative professional or executive assistant has been a winding one.

For me, I thought I was headed down a different path when I stumbled upon administrative work as a way to pay the bills. In the beginning, this work for me was just a way to pay the bills...