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Ep 216: Claudette Clayton on Calendar and Email Management, Delegating, and Evolving as the Assistant Role Evolves

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In this episode, Claudette talks about her journey as an assistant, tips for calendar management, delegating, evolving as the job evolves, email management, and dealing with difficult executives. LEADER ASSISTANT LIVE EVENTS Check out our constantly updated schedule of events for admins and assistants at LeaderAssistantLive.com.

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Ep 185: Calendar Management for Executive Assistants

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If you look at your role through this lens, then you’ll stop viewing “calendar management” as an uninteresting part of your job. LEADER ASSISTANT LIVE EVENTS. Check out our constantly updated schedule of events for admins and assistants at LeaderAssistantLive.com. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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

Jen Lawrence

Then stack all of this on top of your everyday life obligations, and it’s hard to truly reap the benefits of the event. To ensure you get the most out of networking and professional development events, create a post-event plan. Know your limits and set aside time following the event to recover physically. Do a Debrief.

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. Of course, I’d love to hear your email tips and tricks as I’m always down to get more efficient and productive, so please reach out! LEADERSHIP QUOTE Email is the gateway drug of work; Slack is the crack.

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“Fast And Chaotic” — Shopify Cancels All Meetings With Two Or More Staffers

Allwork

This week, the company announced that it is nixing all meetings with two or more workers in an attempt to right-size its workforce’s calendar and marking its next step in embracing a fully remote workforce. These recurring meetings will now be a relic of the past to give staff more time to work on other projects, effective immediately.

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How to Color Code Your Calendar

Jen Lawrence

Color coding your calendar is one of those organizational tricks that most people shrug off. I’m here to tell you – if you aren’t color coding your calendar, you’re missing out. Color coding your calendar allows you to see how your time will be used at a glance. How to color code?

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Why You’re Always Distracted from the Task at Hand

Success

Somehow his mind tricked him into checking emails and scrolling a bunch of Slack channels. Spoiler: Responding to 20 emails probably won’t make the cut. Most people blame outside events for their daily cycle of distraction, Eyal says. It was an email with the subject line: URGENT. Eyal recommends a timebox calendar.

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