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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. In addition, consider having purely social gatherings where people join in and are given gift cards in advance to purchase special foods during the events to celebrate achievements. . If you need to present the same content to teams globally, set up multiple meetings.

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How the Holiday Season Can Help Your Career

On The Job

That's right -- it's time to give yourself the gift of new connections, better communications and making nice with teammates. But if you do a few things now for your career as you are wrapping gifts and plotting leftover casseroles, you will find that it is a gift that gives for a long time.

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Make the Most of Networking Events with a Post-Event Plan

Jen Lawrence

If you’ve ever had a conference hangover, you know how hard it can be to reenter the real world and not be exhausted and overwhelmed. Traveling, getting up early/staying up late, walking around, engaging in conversations, and generally exerting energy can drain you. Do a Debrief. Also, how did you do on the goals?

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 28 December, 2009 Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her boss My assistant sent me a link to a story about an Executive Assistant in British Columbia, Canada, who gave the gift of life by donating a kidney to her boss. That is pretty dedicated. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Call For Help: The First Two Weeks With A Virtual Assistant

Productivityist

Elise has access to all of my calendars, with varying permissions. She can make changes to my Productivityist calendar but can''t to my personal calendar (the one that isn''t work-related). I learned that having less calendars is the way to go. The 3 Things I Learned.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc. I block out time on my calendar when I know I will have to work overtime because it's budget season.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The cards are all made with recycled paper and you can even include a gift if you like and this company will send it off for you. I recently sent an admin assistant friend a card to acknowledge all the hard work she does every day and included a gift of brownies. What a convenient way to send cards. She loved it! 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.