The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 19, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Lets grow together! Turn off the computer when you leave for the day.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. People will be more energized and enthusiastic about the project. Lets grow together! Simply put ‘they get things done.’

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Make a #project w/ do-able sized parts   AllisonDGraham   @ StephCalahan make a list. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 13, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Did you ask a co-worker to help you on a project and got the feeling that they really didn’t want to help you?

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 21, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. I will manage the tasks and projects set before me appropriately so that deadlines are met. Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. You are already on the right track by reading this blog – Thanks! When you complete a project, give yourself a treat.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I turned off my email notification a long time ago (about 15 years) because I did not want to be taken out of the important state of concentration when working on projects.    Share your thoughts in my comments section (If you are reading this in email, click on the title to this post to be taken to my blog to comment.)

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 8, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Ask to work on a new project or volunteer to assist a colleague. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

  Get rid of the activities and projects (and sometimes even people) that don't fit.    Take Care of Your Physical and Mental Health Your physical and mental well being are crutial to your success.    You are important and your health is too.    Add in those things that do fit.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

  I'm calling regarding the X Project.    The project is on hold until I get your input on these items.  " Note that in the second message Sam has much more incentive to call if he wants X Project to continue.  Sally .  Please give me a call."

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 1, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Break the project down in parts and decide how you can complete each part. Lets grow together! Set internal deadlines for yourself.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

» Top 9 Mistaken Organizing Statements There are a number of statements that I have heard people say over the years with regard to their organizing projects.  "   Wanting to do a good job on your projects is admirable.    However, the drive for perfection has ruined the success of many projects. 

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 30, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Does that project have you stressed out? Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

AppleEve   @ StephCalahan a trusty desk diary and pens (colour coded for different types of appointments) roguereporter   @ StephCalahan Microsoft Project. It's simple to keep my schedule, lists and important health notes in one place.  And I do carry a Moleskine notepad in my pocket for running lists and notes.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

  She liked what she heard so she went to my blog to check out more.    She found my blog because I have it linked in my Cinch profile and I mention it in every Cinch I do!  If I had not taken the time to complete my profile, we probably would not be doing the project in January.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. This is frustrating because you have other projects you need to accomplish and you don’t like working last minute.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 10, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Forward your resume, create brief descriptions of recent projects you have completed for the company, or a CV. Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. You will get a lot done and maybe even complete the project or two. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

  Do you find yourself jumping from one project to another?    One day it is one project and then the next day a different “ bright shiny object ” comes into view and we switch off to that.    We are so busy jumping from project to project that we never really complete any of them. . 

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Lets grow together! The blind cannot lead the blind.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

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? Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Power Periods Make For Great Productivity My favorite is: Power Periods Because: Set aside one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon for un-distracted, uninterrupted time to knock out a big project. Pile Tamer My favorite is: the Pendaflex Pile Smart Project Sorter. Thanks to Ellen Limes of Organized By L 5.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Also consider color-coding the index cards by project. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 If something else comes up, reorder the cards,” she says.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. In other words, provide them frequent updates before they have to ask where you are on the project. Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. If it is a project management position, prepare a project status review presentation or the like…you get the idea.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  By grabbing a small project (for example, an article that you want to read) and working on it for a short period of time, you take a few minutes away from the work that was putting you into an afternoon coma-like state.    You also release serotonin/happiness/excitement as you finish a project. 

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 8, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. In the workplace, we must concentrate on tasks and projects for accuracy and completion. Lets grow together! Concentrate.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 22, 2010

"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth - all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

What are the key projects to be completed this year?   Completing projects and tasks is harder than ever for most of my clients.    So, the next time you have a project that is important consider the following: Block the time on your calendar.    Then, work on your project fully focused. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

If you have a big project due, break down the steps necessary and write those on each card. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Work With Stephanie « 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams | Main | Monday Motivation - Michael Jordan on Failure » My first Twitterview with @marciahoeck - Decisive Productive Action Taken A little while back, I wrote to you about my theme for this year: decisive productive action. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

A - True B - False 4 -- You got side tracked in a project and have forgotten lunch with a colleague/business associate.  Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! B - Each of the four, moving your eye contact from one to another? B - Send flowers?

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JULY 14, 2010

And you can become visible by getting involved in your professional community, attending trade association meetings, entering industry contests and award shows, writing articles, giving speeches, publishing an informative blog , generating news about your business, and staying in touch with former clients. So, who are you?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

afreshspace   @ StephCalahan I just use a legal pad for daily to-do's but keep bigger or future projects in my outlook task list declutterlady   @ StephCalahan Hey, Stephanie, it's iPEP for me; 1 workspace/project w/ability to keep all in 1 place! I use toggl.com for everything in my business.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Those who lose track of time might want a system with a programmable alarm, left-brain types generally need lots of space for lists, while creative folks might prefer a less linear "mind-map" way of organizing projects and to-do's.   Fun Meets Function! I like a paper planner/to-do list. Color and fun = Function!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Ask yourself whether or not those documents will be relevant to your work in the coming year – completed projects and last year’s receipts should not be living in your active files! Or did you just have a hard time getting started on those bigger, more important projects? Start with your reference, client, and financial files.

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