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5 SOP examples for your business

BMT Office Administration

Implementing and documenting standard operating procedures (SOPs) is a great way to make sure that all staff members are completing their tasks in the correct manner. To help you visualize what an SOP should look like and include, we’ve created five simple SOP examples. SOP Example 1 – Employee onboarding. What is an SOP?

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Calendar Management

Laughing all the Way to Work

I share the CEO''s Outlook calendar with my assistant. Since we both book meetings for him, it is important if we have proposed dates for a meeting that we secure them in his calendar so one of us doesn''t use it for another meeting. And if you share the calendar like we do, it is very important that you are both on the same page.

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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

Whether it’s handling emails, documents, or projects, having a well-organized system can significantly improve productivity and streamline decision-making processes. By assigning different colors to various categories or types of documents, you can quickly identify and retrieve them when needed. Here are two examples of this.

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Calendar Clarity

Laughing all the Way to Work

My current boss travels a lot so I put his travel schedule in the calendar as well. For example if he is travelling to Vienna I will start a meeting request for each part of the journey and categorize it as Red. If a meeting is from 9 to 5 for instance, I block that whole time in their calendar.

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I document everything and that is how I keep track. I put items in my calendar as a reminder, but the problem with calendar reminders is unless you know which day you put it on or what you named it, you can't easily find it. So I document that as well. If I am waiting to hear back from someone, that is documented as well.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. A good system is documentable, sharable, and repeatable. The best way to explain how to document your systems on paper is to show you. Review calendars and compile date and time options.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

She shares an onboarding document with every new freelancer. “It Offer relevant marketing examples. But it also helps to include some project-relevant examples of what you do and don’t like, Rao observed. Set up a calendar for regular check-ins and deadlines. Her secret?