Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 21, 2017

Last month I asked everyone on the Practically Perfect PA social media platforms to give me their best tips on working with multiple managers. Enjoy… There are some brilliant tips here! Here are my best tips on working with multiple managers. Also, having full access to each person’s calendar is a must.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 16, 2016

These distractions also cause stress, which makes work even more unbearable. The key to getting work done is to decrease your stress, which can develop from a variety of situations — from issues in your personal life to your workload at the office. No matter where it comes from, though, stress hurts your productivity.

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Karen Vivarelli

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tip: It’s how you can help them, your expertise, your values, it’s less about YOU and more about THEM and what you can do to make their lives easier! How-to tips eg how to use Asana or Trello with a VA 5. Tips on how your client can manage their calendar using time blocking 27. Share a Canva tip 28.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2022

Kogan offers high achievers like herself these tips so you, too, can go from burnt out to thriving. Everything we do at work takes a little bit of water out of the bottle: from answering emails, to jumping on meetings, and even listening to others talk. And I didn’t get the prize of euphoria. Sound relatable? The problem? Kogan says.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Check out this great tool » Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out There are many ways to manage your time and activities.  What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? Of all the calendar tools I know, this one handles tasks the best.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. I have personally experienced stress in the past too! There are ways to decrease the stress levels and frustration though! Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation.

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

Instead of letting your to-do list overwhelm you, use these tips and tricks to become more productive every day. The week already feels stressful. You can take control of your days—make them happier, less stressful and more productive—just by hacking your morning routine. You complete one task, only for five more to pop up.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 7, 2023

From managing their calendars, emails, and travel arrangements to handling administrative tasks with precision, your efficiency, and professionalism will be in high demand. Executives are frequently on the move, and they seek seamless and stress-free travel experiences.

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 28, 2020

As a result, I am receiving large amounts of email requesting information. Until recently, many businesses didn’t really see the point in adopting online technology for things like file storage, calendaring, remote work options and communication. Rising stress levels. More interest in online tech.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Office Organization Success

MAY 7, 2015

It doesn’t even need to be a full-length article; it can simply be a quick tip. Today I’d like to share with you my top 10 tips for publishing a successful e-communication and building that all-important know, like, and trust factor. Follow these 10 tips and you’ll ensure your stay-in-touch strategy is a success!

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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Being asked to learn new technology or software is always stressful. Google Workspace is a collaboration and productivity suite, similar to Microsoft 365, that allows you to create and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, manage your email, and attend virtual meetings. Is yours one of them?

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

While they do work together to save you time, effort, and stress, they are not the same. They save you time and unnecessary stress. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Systems have many benefits.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Holiday Time Management Tip – Share the Workload Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on November 3, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. While you may find a couple of quiet days around the holiday, the rest of December can be quite stressful. Thanks for visiting!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

Tips to help you be more productive in your day. Proven tips on maintaining your competitive edge as an administrative or executive assistant. Be sure to mark your calendar for April 1 – 30 and check out our daily informative and fun blogs. You will be notified instantly by email each time we add a new post.

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Andrea Kalli

JUNE 23, 2010

What is remarkable, especially for business owners accustomed to working ten-plus hours daily, is that it is very possible to minimize your workload, cut down on stress, and enjoy more free time. These four tips will help you make your business empire less tiresome, less stressful, and significantly more per-hour profitable.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Getting clients to self-schedule is such a HUGE time-saver as it eliminates the back and forth of emails. Basically a client, or potential client, has access to your availability (not your calendar). It’s all automated, and both you and your client receive an email notification of the appointment. My answer was a big NO-NO!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Excellent calendaring skills. But do you always “listen” or do you distract yourself with reading emails while someone is talking to you? P.S. If you want to hear the real secrets of star-performing assistants, join our free webinar on June 4 called The Star Performer’s Secret Sauce: 25 Proven Tips to Administrative Excellence!

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 27, 2013

Below are my top 3 tips for effective time management using spreadsheets. Follow these 3 time management tips, and you will soon be using more time more wisely! Having the right systems in place leads to consistent revenues, more clients, and less stress and overwhelm. Create a Work Schedule. ” at [link]. Send to Kindle.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We go from day-to-day fielding emails, doing our best to stay on top of our task list, and hoping we’re piecing everything together correctly. We know there’s a better way to do things and the idea of bringing in some help is more stressful than we could have imagined. Email Marketing, Social Media, Website. But then it happens.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We go from day-to-day fielding emails, doing our best to stay on top of our task list, and hoping we’re piecing everything together correctly. We know there’s a better way to do things and the idea of bringing in some help is more stressful than we could have imagined. Email Marketing, Social Media, Website. But then it happens.

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Worxbee

MAY 24, 2021

Ideal” means different things to different people, but for the sake of this post, we’re defining it as your most productive, least-stressful work week. One piece published by Atlassian found that in order for people to not feel time-starved (and to therefore be less stressed over time pressure), a 7.6 Time management tips.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

What is your 1 favorite tip/technique? Procrastination Tips. If I don't tackle them head on, they will stress me out all day so I try to knock them out as soon as possible. Thanks to Chris Diamond of DoubleTimeToday.com | Time Management Tips For Business Owners. Keep An Editorial Calendar And Stick To It!

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

Executives very often find themselves tethered to smartphones, answering emails and messages, and taking calls long after office hours have ended. The result is a harmonious blend of work and personal life, with a strong executive personal assistant acting as a buffer against stress and the tendency to become overwhelmed.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

» Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You Productivity Fact: You can be busy all day and still have gotten nothing done. kmmarketing   @ StephCalahan I enter important to-dos as calendar items in my iPhone. Break down into bite size pieces, and put the pieces on the calendar.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 5, 2016

You won’t stress out as much about finishing. When you start feeling stressed, overworked, underappreciated and exhausted, steer in another direction. Kayla Matthews is a productivity blogger and calendar-planning enthusiast. Assignments. Phone calls. Some days the demands of the job seem never-ending. How do you spot it?

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Worxbee

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s easy to get distracted or stressed when you’re thinking about the many other tasks waiting for you! #2. So a better approach is to match the task to the time on the calendar when you know you’ll have the right kind of energy for it. The fact is, scheduling can be much more complicated than filling a gap on a calendar.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

E-mail doesn't have to dominate your life, and you can put an end to e-mail being nothing but a huge time suck and stress-inducing activity, they claim. Folders should be labeled "delete," "do it now," "respond today," "schedule a specific time on calendar," "waiting for response," "file it," "someday" and "freedom."

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Tips to Go Almost Paperless | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST » 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life Have you ever had one of those days or weeks where nothing goes as you originally planned? . 

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Here are some tips to prepare home and family for getting into the back-to-school groove. Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 20, 2010

These four tips will help you get your business to feature in local search results. Stop letting leads fall through your fingers, and use these tips to dominate your local search results. Local SEO: Four Tips for Ranking High in Your City Rating 3.00 Aim for a Google Maps/Google Places listing. Feel free to grab the code below.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

A Christmas Planning Checklist for November – One of the best ways to reduce the stress of holiday planning is to spread it over a number of months or even throughout the year. Advent Calendar Resources On-line – November 28 marks the start of the Advent season. Comments No comments yet.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 18, 2016

She wrote that during “a busy work day, my online calendar is tucked away. When most of our days are filled with meetings, emails, errands, and chores, it can be a relief to sit back and make all those mundane tasks look pretty on a piece of paper. Remember, paper planners are there to make your life easier, not more stressful.

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Office Organization Success

OCTOBER 5, 2013

It’s a system whereby you can get your clients to self-schedule their appointments with you, avoiding the back and forth of emails that happens when you’re trying to arrangement appointments and, of course, the time spent doing this. It works with both Outlook and Google calendars. ” at [link].

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

2) Be a stress-buster Your stress level is directly correlated to the boss’s stress level. But you can put a plan in place that will reduce your boss’ stress and, therefore, your own. Your boss will see you are saving her time and see you as a stress-reducer. Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Implementing the simple tips that follow can cut the time and costs of your organization’s meetings in half while multiplying the productive results for you and everyone attending. Just ask each selected, vital participant to email you his or her top three input items and questions on the meeting objective. Wow, you know your stuff!

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Implementing the simple tips that follow can cut the time and costs of your organization’s meetings in half while multiplying the productive results for you and everyone attending. Just ask each selected, vital participant to email you his or her top three input items and questions on the meeting objective.

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