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Say Goodbye To Calendar Tetris And Say Hello To Strategic Calendar Planning

Melissa Peoples

Let's face it: As an Executive Assistant, sometimes calendar management can feel like a nightmare. But the truth is that there are keys to unlocking the power of a strategic calendar. Calendar management can be tough. There are endless variables that go into successful calendar management. Oh yes, we have all been there!

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

- How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area?

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Are You Stealing from Your Profitability (and don’t even know it)?

Stephanie LH Calahan

  When I state them in a workshop or keynote I see heads nodding around the room. Don’t be fooled by the calendar. I find that every time I share the quotes to the right on Facebook or Twitter they get shared and re-shared.  Why it that people relate to those statements so much that they share them consistently?

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Do Bad Bosses Breed Bad Bosses?

The Office Professionals Place

How to deal with it: If you keep your bosses calendar, you can ask him ahead of time if he needs anything in particular for the meeting or if you know the agenda you can suggest information your boss can take to the meeting and have it prepared.

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. If you need to write/send your holiday cards then look at your calendar and schedule it in.

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Master the Art of Re-purposing Your Work and You'll Save Multiple Hours - 50 Ideas To Get You Started

Stephanie LH Calahan

I take my best content and turn it into workshops and allow people to play with and I hope learn from the ideas. Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. I like to take it live! Not everyone is a blog reader. Thanks to Derrick Hayes of WOE Enterprises. Reuse, Recycle Content.