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

Allwork

Be cognizant of the time zones. Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. Tools such as Slack and Basecamp enable real-time collaboration so that important messages and feedback don’t fall through the cracks. If you need to present the same content to teams globally, set up multiple meetings.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

They schedule both business and personal appointments, maintain the calendar, and are responsible for a full range of administrative and personal duties—from managing correspondence and making appointments to booking speaking engagements and event planning. What Are the Responsibilities of an Executive/Personal Assistants?

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If it is a big project I use a calendar and write down all my required to-dos on the dates I need to get them done to make my deadline. There are different styles of to-do lists and you can use the one that suits your work style and the type of project you are doing, but the main thing is to have one. Dealing in real time.

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 July, 2010 Taking stock Whenever I finish a project I always ask myself, or get together with those who assisted me, and ask the question, "What went well and what could have gone better?" Now I am on holidays and preparing for a big move to a new home. Dealing in real time. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

When the results were in, I met with the person who administered it and one of the things it showed, other than the fact that I ranked very high in administration, was that I work best on short-term projects where I can see the end in sight. I will have all kinds of energy to work on a project if I know it is ending at one point.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My boss likes me to print his weekly calendar on Monday so he can see at a glance what he has for the week so I clip that to the front of the folder. I then print his daily calendar and slip that in the left pocket of the folder and on the right side I put everything he will need for the day. Dealing in real time.

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have become familiar with time zones, airport codes and international holidays to avoid. I helped my husband occasionally with his Event Management Projects and when it came to graphics I always took his help, I still do. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!