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How Using a Time Management Matrix Can Increase Your Productivity

Success

A time management matrix is essentially a to-do list that lets you see your tasks in one place and helps you distinguish between important and urgent projects. Stephen Covey popularized the idea in his 1989 book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Important tasks, on the other hand, are vital to meeting long-term goals.

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Project Manage like a pro

Practically Perfect PA

Project management is a key skill for PAs these days. So many organisations are recognising that PAs are natural project managers – we are organised, we structure our work in a way that lends itself well to project work and actually we’ve been managing projects for most of our working life! Better Projects.

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4 Steps to Achieving Career Goals During a Pandemic

On The Job

During the pandemic, your career goals may have withered a bit. But it's not a good idea to just forget about your career goals, and in fact, you can take this time to think more deeply about what you really want and how to go about getting it. What needs to happen for you to be in charge of the next project? Consider: 1.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). THE BROCHURE PROMOTING AN administrative training pro­gram said, We will never make you do anything you don’t want to do. Don’t you dare settle for mediocre goals. What is a stretch goal? Oh heavens, I thought! And do you know what?

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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. Consider recording your training sessions, whether they’re in person or via platforms like Teams or Zoom. email, instant messaging, project management tools). showcasing how each tool facilitates team collaboration.

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Podcast 134: Set achievable goals

Clutter Coach

This is podcast 134 and it’s about setting achievable goals. We live in a culture where we’re encouraged to set daring goals for ourselves. There’s even an acronym, BHAG, that stands for big, hairy, audacious goal. Goals don’t have to be big to be effective. I suggest picking a smaller organizing project.

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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

Success

Job-seekers acquire these through education, training and experience. You can even quantify these job-specific competencies by means of test scores, certifications and project outcomes. But to advance over time and lead the IT department, you will want to develop the soft skills required for project management and team leadership.

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