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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Here’s a glimpse into our comprehensive onboarding agenda: Introduction to Team Dynamics Schedule regular daily huddles in the initial weeks, adjusting to fewer meetings as the new hire becomes more integrated.

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Breaking down Minutes: The Art of Minute Taking

Who's the Real Boss?

When you sit in a meeting for hours on end, ears pricked up, needing to listen and capture every word, the last thing you want to be doing is jumping around the page, creating headings and subheadings against the agenda items on the fly, or jumping from one agenda item to the next.

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Manage Your Time. Schedule Your Workflow. Save Your Sanity.

Step It Up VA Coaching

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Schedule phone conversations.

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How to Handle Work Guilt

Jen Lawrence

For example, if you have reports due at the end of every quarter, let your family know! Let them know what the reports require you to do (tons of meetings, putting together spreadsheets and charts, working a few extra hours) and explain to them why it’s essential to your job. Nothing on the agenda for the day?

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

single entry from my mobile phone, online or via my email  integration with social media (e.g. Date and Time based task lists with daily agenda and tasks viewable in the office or on the road. Ability to access AND update data via your smart phone in an app. vs accessing the web version on the smart phone.

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The ultimate guide to diary management

Practically Perfect PA

Once you have this information you will know when is the best time to schedule meetings for them, when to leave time free for them to get stuck into their emails or write reports. Are the meetings still worthwhile – would it be best to schedule them less frequently, should they take place over the phone rather than face to face.

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Manage Your Time. Schedule Your Workflow. Save Your Sanity.

Step It Up VA Coaching

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Schedule phone conversations.