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Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 12, 2008
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Whose meeting is it anyway?
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 16, 2010
Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? When booking meetings ownership of the meeting has to be established. Is the boardroom booked? Whose responsibility is it anyway?
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 20, 2010
It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. She had to set up an away voicemail message and fortunately had kept a script of what her away message usually said, She worked for a doctor so it was important that the proper referral numbers were given.
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Contest!
Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 9, 2008
Just before my book was published I promised I would have a contest on my blog and someone could win a copy of my book. Here is how you can win: The tenth person to e-mail me at pattyannrobb@rogers.com will receive a free copy of my book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I am remiss.
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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.
Laughing all the Way to Work
APRIL 5, 2010
He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. laughs* I had one boss who was absolutely forbidden to schedule his own appointments because he would foul up his calendar so badly. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.
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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!
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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 31, 2009
He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. Come up with a plan on how you are going to improve in the areas you identified as needing improvement. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.
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We have a winner!
Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 10, 2008
The 10th person was someone by the first name of Tammy and once I get her address I will be sending her a copy of the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Are you prepared?
Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 13, 2010
I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. no tickets.
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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?
Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 10, 2010
Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. He loved it and I believe ended up doing his job better because of it. I remember when self-serve gas stations first started.
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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog
Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 10, 2010
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 28, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Calendar "ah ha"
Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 15, 2010
The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. How many times I have booked a meeting thinking the day was free, only to notice later that an all-day event was put in unnoticed at the top. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.
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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary
Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 31, 2009
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. I have the software at home, but havent gotten the gumption up to load it yet. 411 Look Up 411.ca Lets enjoy our day together.©
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That's not my job!
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 21, 2009
If a conference comes up and they are looking for someone to do the registration, we can step in and do that or we can organize it from start to finish. Who better than the admins to come up with something that works. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. February 22, 2009 Patricia Robb said.
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Dealing in real time.
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 13, 2010
If I am told that I should have it in the next few weeks, or can expect to receive it in a couple of months, that doesn’t really help me with my follow up as it is not a definite date. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca I can only guess when I might get it.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 9, 2010
By using the template I was able to accomplish everything with enough time to change, touch up my make up and hair and then off to the next event. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"
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Go with your gut feeling!
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 31, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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We did it Canada!
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
What a blast the last two weeks have been, but I dont think I could have taken any more late nights staying up to watch the Olympics in Eastern Standard Time. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"
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When your voicemail goes awry.
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
A good tip if you flub up your voicemail is to press # and it should give you prompts to get out of it. About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book.
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Can you afford not to take a vacation?
Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 27, 2008
I am busy, busy this week preparing to leave because I dont want to leave any loose ends and I want to cover off on anything that might come up in my absence. I also know that when I come back I will have to work twice as hard to make up for the time that I am away. Just give me a lounge chair and a book and I will be all set.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
APRIL 22, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home
Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 8, 2009
Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked? Do you need to book it or were you provided with location. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Brown and Ms. " Warning!
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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
This time I came up with a site called Karens Linguistics Issues. About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 23, 2010
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 22, 2009
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 August, 2009 Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" So how do you word your follow-up e-mail so as not to come across as impatient? It is OK to follow up, but be nice.people have a lot on their plate and your request is probably not the only thing they have to do, so be understanding, but be persistent.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 5, 2009
I was at the cottage with a friend and she was cranky and started to get wound up about something to do with her husband. By the end of the call her husband had caught her crankiness and it ended up with them both being angry. She ended up calling her husband back and apologizing for her bad mood. Lets enjoy our day together.©
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Confessions of a Micro-Manager
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 4, 2009
And always checking up on you. Ask yourself what things really matter to you and ask questions to bring those things up in the interview. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Playing nice in the sandbox
Laughing all the Way to Work
JUNE 4, 2010
They know that once the issue is resolved, they will then have to scramble to make up for lost time with the person causing the slow down seemingly unaware that what they are doing is hindering everyone else. She could have cleaned the whole house in the time it took her to get her room tidied up. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
They had booked the space for November 8th. I called them and thankfully they had space available on the date I needed and we were able to amend the contract, but imagine if I hadnt noticed and we showed up on the 7th? If you are not sure of the number of people who will be booking, then give them a rough estimate.
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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 9, 2010
If I hear from the assistant I know I am going to get answers and the process of setting up a meeting will go smoothly, but should I try to develop a working relationship with them? I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"
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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 12, 2010
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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We don't know what we don't know
Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 1, 2010
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JUNE 27, 2009
My friend said it didnt seem to faze her and she quickly pulled up her skirt and kept talking like nothing happened. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 29, 2009
When an opportunity came up, I went for it. Working is something we all have to do, but when it loses our interest, it makes it pretty hard to get up in the morning and make the commute in. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 31, 2010
No, its not e-cards (I am not a fan of e-cards as one more e-mail cluttering up my Inbox is not a welcome thing), but these are actual hard copy cards that you can customize and send out with your own special message. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca Excellent material!
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Colour Coding Works.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JUNE 23, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
The next time a new challenge or opportunity comes up at work, pay attention to what you tell yourself -- are you being positive or negative? Once you start doubting yourself, it is hard to bring yourself back up. He has the village all set up with the tracks running in and around it. Don’t let self doubt take over.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 1, 2009
A colleague and I were discussing this very thing as we have seen it time and time again with new hires trying to succeed and who end up making some avoidable mistakes by jumping in too quickly and making decisions before having enough information. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 8, 2009
I was eager to open my brand new book bag and get my pencil and write the first words in my new scribbler. Why not take the time to tidy up a bit. Make it a comfortable work area to free you up to do your job well. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 1, 2009
at the bottom and moved the My Favourites up so it would be convenient for your use. I have removed the Google Ads as I thought it took up a lot of space and wasnt very useful and included the index of my articles instead so you could easily scroll through and see a list of the articles that have been posted by date. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 6, 2009
One day she just up and quit. One of the biggest issues surrounding substance abuse in the workplace are the lies required to keep up the front that everything is ok. My purpose in posting this article is to bring this topic up for anyone who is strugging with this problem or knows of someone who is. Excellent material!
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 21, 2009
About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca
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