Programs for Administrative Professionals
Administrative Professional Day Programs - Staff Training & Development - Admin Conference Speaker
Keynote & Breakout Programs to Educate, Inform and
Support the Supporters of your organization
Very inspirational! Bring her back for all conferences. She was absolutely wonderful.
Best speaker yet!! Phenomenal at getting the message across!
This was the best workshop. Thank you, IAAP!
- IAAP International Conference Attendees
EMCEE APC 2010 - Las Vegas EMCEE APC 2011 - Nashville Admin Professionals Day - NY IAAP Intl Convention - Tampa
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- If you’re looking for ways to reach the next level...
- If you’re at the top of your game and wonder, “What’s next?”...
- If you're looking for effective ways to gain buy-in for new ideas and initiatives...
- If you want to let your hidden talents and abilities shine through and advance your career and the success of your company...
… Sandy’s programs to “Support the Supporters”, containing real-life examples from her experience as an administrative professional, are for you!
If you're looking for a program to kick off new intiatives for Administrative Professionals, provide an inspiring keynote, general session or full-day program for Administrative Professionals Week, or offer exciting breakout programs for your Administrative Professionals conference, Sandy is the ideal speaker for you!
With over 15 years of experience as an Administrative Professional, from entry level through Executive Assistant, Sandy can relate to all professionals at every level. Due to Sandy's success in inspiring Administrative Professionals to achieve their personal and professional dreams and goals, she is:
- An annual conference presenter for the APC hosted by ASAP (American Society for Administrative Profesionals;
- A frequent keynoter and general session presenter for corporations, organizations and universities who host Administrative Professionals Day/Week programs;
- A columnist for the American Society for Administrative Professionals; and
- The author of three motivating and inspiring webinars for Administrative Professionals.
Below is a list of select programs Sandy can present for Administrative Professionals. Choose from the list of programs below, or call Sandy to arrange an inspiring customized program for your organization!
Creating the WOW for Your Company, Your Career and Your Life!
Whether you want to create the WOW in your personal or professional life, several elements are critically important, and we must not simply accept the status quo as inevitable and/or unavoidable. We can begin making huge impacts in our lives and our careers by answering one question:
Will I
Or
Won't I
...do what is necessary at this particular moment to make a difference in my own life or the life of someone else? Will I take the action necessary to satisfy this customer? Will I go out of my way to help this colleague, even though I'm tired or in a bad mood today? Will I act according to my values, each and every time I have the chance to make a difference in the life of someone else? If the answer is yes... the WOW will happen for you - and everyone around you.
In this program, you will:
- Discover what you need to consider in order to create the WOW
- Learn why "the land of comfortable enough" is a dangerous place to live
- Realize that the WOW will never happen without taking reasonable and appropriate risks
- Uncover the value and importance of innovation and creativity in your life and your work
- Get rid of the "glass ceiling" in your job and in your mind
- Realize the value and importance of connecting with your values and passion to create joy and immense possibilities in your life and your work
It's My Dream... And Who Am I To Stop Me?
(Alternatively titled: It’s A Do-It-Yourself World: Who’s Really Responsible for Achieving Our Dreams?)
Are you good at setting goals? Maybe you’re great at it…but do you usually accomplish them, or do they often go by the wayside, like so many New Year’s resolutions? Are you continually setting goals, or “getting ready” to accomplish them…without ever reaching the desired result? Do you feel you’re being held back? We’re all good goal-setters, but how many of us actually achieve the goals we set – especially the big ones? Let’s face it – it’s a Do-It-Yourself World! We must accept personal responsibility for successfully achieving our dreams, or we’ll never reach the desired results. Whatever your dreams, this interactive, hands-on program is designed to help you discover how to effectively make plans to accomplish your dreams. You will learn key principles and tips for doing so by developing the right mindsets, creating a framework and plan to achieve success, and increasing your self-reliance and self-confidence. You will actually begin the path to setting – and achieving - your own personal and professional dreams before you leave this session!
In this program, you will:
- Learn 7 critical mindsets and habits of high achievers, and how they succeed
- Discover the basics of success and motivation: why we fail; how we plan for success; eliminating instant gratification and other unrealistic expectations; personal responsibility
- Learn 10 tips for ensuring goals are attainable – and attained
- Learn 5 additional tools, tips and techniques to keep yourself motivated and accountable
- Develop action items in “baby steps” to accomplish goals, including deadlines, budgets and monitoring tools to track your progress along the way!
Help Yourself to Greater Confidence
Do you have confidence in your knowledge and abilities when you’re alone, only to have all that confidence and courage disappear in the pressure of a real-live situation? The good news is that confidence is not something you’re simply born with – you can acquire greater confidence by focusing on self-improvement, being willing to overcome fear and take action, and changing the way you think, speak and act with regard to your talents and abilities. Sandy will take you on a journey of self-discovery that will allow you to capitalize on your strengths and help yourself to stores of buried confidence you never knew you had!
In this program, you will:
- Identify situations in which you do - or don't - feel confident, and learn how to capitalize on, or deal with, them.
- Discover 4 categories of focus for boosting self-confidence
- Receive a (Baker's) Dozen ideas to boost self-confidence
- Learn an effective method for giving and receiving construction criticism
Take the Initiative: Make Things Happen and Get Noticed at Work
Do you sometimes wonder how certain people receive opportunities that the rest of us just don’t get? How do they position themselves to receive those opportunities – is it just luck, or do they do something special to make things happen for them? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, this program will help you realize how to position yourself to recognize opportunity when it knocks, cause it to “knock” more often, and capitalize on it when it does. Learn the importance of taking action to create positive circumstances and opportunities for yourself at work – and in life in general!
In this program, you will:
- Realize the importance of being creative and learn ways of expressing your creativity in positive ways at work
- Learn how to “stand out from the crowd”
- Understand how you can help yourself by helping others
- Discover why it’s important to sometimes say “yes”, even when you’re tempted to say “no”
- Learn the crucial roles of diplomacy, preparation and persistence
- Learn how to keep your eyes and ears open for opportunity
- Realize the importance of being a leader
The Executive Edge and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities for Seasoned Administrative Professionals
Seasoned administrative professionals face many challenges, including boredom with repetitious duties, burnout and resentment due to limited options for positions at the desired level. In addition, bosses change, co-workers change, technologies change… duties may even shift to other individuals, leaving them disconnected and confused as to what their exact duties are and to whom they will report.
In this highly interactive, situation-based program, seasoned professionals will not only learn guidelines and principles for reducing and eliminating boredom from their daily positions, but will also share with each other best (and worst) practices for building credibility, utilizing skills transferability and coaching and developing others (including their bosses), as well as creating options and opportunities outside the Administrative field into management… and beyond.
In this program, you will:
- Identify and discuss the challenges of seasoned administrative professionals
- Discuss best and worst practices for building and leveraging your network
- Learn the top 6 networking mistakes
- Discover, compare and contrast the top qualities for Administrative Professionals with the top qualities for Managers and Executives
- Examine how to build credibility, increase visibility and create better control over your own career and life situation.
Don't Drop the Ball... Methods to Help With Multi-Tasking
In the old days, support staff had limited responsibilities and could focus on one task at a time. No more! Today’s admin typically has not only routine daily tasks, but also undertakes special projects, managerial responsibilities, and teamwork. That’s not to mention the unexpected and urgent things that come up each day. Help is here. This fast-paced session provides realistic techniques for setting priorities, tips on managing time so that the unexpected doesn’t control you, and ideas for boosting your ability to focus and reduce distractions.
In this program, you will:
- Discover the critical distinction between multi-tasking, background tasking and switch-tasking
- Prioritize and categorize what should be multi-tasked and what should not
- Learn how to manage your time, your actions and your emotions
- Uncover how to optimize your best time
- Obtain strategies for maximizing your strengths and those of your team
- Learn effective methods for allocating your time and breaking up your activities
- Discover tools and techniques to help you get more organized.
The Power of Using a Skills Portfolio
Skills Portfolios have been used for many years in the creative and artistic fields. However, many professionals in other areas are beginning to realize the power of using this invaluable tool to advance their careers, differentiate themselves in job interviews and demonstrate their unique skills. Join Sandy as she shows you how to create an effective physical or electronic Skills Portfolio, how to use it properly in an interview… and how to advance your career – or even create a new position for yourself – within your current company. In this workshop, participants will work with each other to begin thinking about, writing and actually creating their own personal Skills Portfolio before the course ends!
In this program, you will:
- Discover how to use a Skills Portfolio to advance your current position, obtain a new position or demonstrate your ability to take on new responsibilities within your organization
- See how a Skills Portfolio is most effectively organized and used
- Learn the value of standing out in any situation - especially in interview and review situations
- Understand the importance of a personal mission statement and begin to craft your own statement
- See examples of critical elements of a Skills Portfolio
- Learn the value of a leave-behind item, and how it can be effective utilized.
More comments from attendees of Sandy's programs for Administrative Professionals:
Fantastic tools!! Genuine – high energy – positive! I thoroughly enjoyed her stories and how they related to what she was teaching. Bring her back again for more topics!
The speaker was very, very prepared for the session. She was very motivating and because of this was able to get a lot of audience participation. She presented real-life stories that we were able to identify with.
Very useful information and terrific delivery! This was the best presentation I have seen in a very long time. I look forward to seeing Sandy Geroux on Oprah!
Very uplifting and positive – motivational – inspiring. Everyone seemed to love the entire program. Can’t think of anything to improve it.
Best workshop I have attended. Excellent workshop – extremely motivating.
She was so energetic and passionate! What a great speaker to have early in the morning! Kept our attention at all times!
The worksheet that makes you think and work through your responses was most useful. I really liked her enthusiasm and motivation.
Sandy was excellent. Class kept moving. She had me totally awake at 8:00 am.
Extremely good information presented with tremendous energy. Sandy was optimistic and a very enthusiastic speaker.
Most useful? Details – not just a ‘pep rally.’ Great information.
Call us today at 407-856-1188, or e-mail us for more details regarding Sandy's enlightening and interactive programs designed to help you create breakthrough performance by taking reasonable and appropriate risks in your personal and professional life!