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How to Plan a Working Vacation

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Fischer-Rosenthal also recommends booking refundable accommodations and services whenever possible, just in case your travel plans change with short notice. If you’re traveling to a different time zone, always double check your calendar to make sure any meeting times are correctly noted.

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Ep 148: Natasha Huynh – EA to the President at DMG MORI

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In this episode, Natasha talks about the challenges of working in a cross-cultural environment, across global time zones (check out worldtimebuddy.com fyi), and how she learned to not take things personally. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK. LEAVE A REVIEW. Each review helps me stay motivated to keep the show going!

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. They had booked the space for November 8th. One time we had to cancel at the last minute, but we were a few days past the cancellation date. It is always worth asking.

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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

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By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! Do you feel like you are going to lots of websites to find the best deal? Write a comment and let us know.

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

What dates and times does he or she have available (keeping in mind time zones for away meetings)? Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked? Where is the meeting being held?

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

Before I left I went over my checklists a few times to make sure I had everything and it was stress free each day as I reviewed the lists and checked off the items to bring. His job is all about thinking and strategizing so a task that is not related to work, seems like time out because it is not what he normally does week to week.

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you have treated anyone unfairly, take the time to apologize and try to make things right. Review these steps regularly and practice them in your day-to-day work life. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Accept that you cant do everything yourself. Maintain a good work/life balance.