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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

In my case, I am lucky, since I only have to track calls for myself and use my daily journal or agenda (call it what you will) to make notes. You can purge the files as needed, depending on your companys situation and/or policy. Do you wish that you could be able to track calls and make sure that you have all of the details in place?

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?   

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

And better yet, its for a dream job in an exciting company! Though youll be prepared to answer questions, youll have plenty of your own questions to ask, based on the research youve already done about that particular company, their competitors, and industry trends. This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview!

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Do Bad Bosses Breed Bad Bosses?

The Office Professionals Place

Show them the benefits to changing or revising a procedure and explain how the company and your department will be more productive. Include how the company and your department will benefit by investing in you – their most valuable asset. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Unorganized.

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

Anchoring the system in the tickler file: You will find your "Next action" sheets, your project sheets, agendas, documents you need to work with, etc. Through her company, Emphasis on Excellence, Inc., Personal Productivity Time & Priority Management Company/Group/Department Connect Today! "The Ph.D.

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Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers

Stephanie LH Calahan

If you are an evening person and you plan last thing, make sure you are looking at the next day's agenda! Personal Productivity Time & Priority Management Company/Group/Department Connect Today! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 What Did I Miss?

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Find a CRM (Client Relationship Management) System that Fits Your Needs

Stephanie LH Calahan

All of the contact information that you want is in one place - emails, faxes, appts, tasks, file attachments.    In addition, some CRM systems will let you save company websites, maps, social media connection information and relations to other contacts.   5 - Notes. .    6 - Task Management.