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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. Words to describe left-brain thinking are: Logic Order Structure Scientific Rules Analytical Methodical.

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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. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Invitations.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Working for the Disorganized.

Laughing all the Way to Work

In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. If that is not happening, schedule yourself in their calendar. If you do arrange to meet with them, be prepared with questions and information so they will see the benefit. Minute taking made easier.

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being. Minute taking made easier.

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Managing your Boss's Inbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

If there are any deadlines or appointments, put them in your boss’s calendar or task list with appropriate reminders. For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. Some emails are obviously junk. Although, I must say I rarely get telephone calls anymore -- everything comes in the e- mail!

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?