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Interview with Kate Smith of Juno VA

Karen Vivarelli

Despite a world pandemic sweeping the world at the time the course started, Kate and the other women in the VA Course all banded together to support each other in learning something new. Here’s Kate’s success story of how she got started as a VA and the reason why she loves it so much. I have learned the hard way.

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To Be CEO – Let Go!

Step It Up VA Coaching

” Delegating a task requires a bit of preparation and effort up front to explain to your team member, in detail, the task and how to carry it out. Consider using a project management tool like Basecamp to communicate and keep tabs on things while giving your team member the authority and autonomy she needs to get the job done.

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It is Easy to Answer "Where Does My Time Go" with Chrometa - Interview CEO @BrettOwens

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Yet, I quickly learned that it was critical for client billing.    I had no idea how I was going to do it. My first step was to talk to my manager and my in-house coach to see how they tracked their time.    Any big lessons learned?    How can our readers get in touch with you?

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My Time Management Reboot: The Pros and Cons of Electronic Systems and Why I Created a Hybrid

Eat Your Career

But before I get into all that, I want to share what I learned about the pros and cons of electronic time management systems since this is one of the most common questions I receive regarding organization. Learning a new system. Any electronic system is going to have a learning curve. Talk about wasting time to manage time!!

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Shush! You Can’t Talk About [CENSORED] At Work.

Allwork

Basecamp had similar issues and there is actually great research on what happened there and why a policy on restricting conversation about difficult topics backfired. . This allows employees to learn how to discuss difficult subjects without getting into an argument. Celeste Headlee: I’m not sure.

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Leveraging Automation and Technology for Procedures

All Things Admin

Some think the learning curve is too steep; others believe that the emerging technology will eventually replace them, and they don’t want to speed up what they see as an inevitable “rise of the robots.” Other popular project management tools include Asana, Basecamp, Trello, ClickUp, and Monday.com.

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The Genre of Productivity: The Next Big Thing On The Web

Productivityist

You can learn more about Dan at his website or follow Dan on Twitter here. And I starting learning. Then I thought how not too long ago everyone seemed to be talking about (and using) 37Signals’s Basecamp for collaborative project management. this week) Michael Schechter on Twitter just a couple of weeks ago.