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How to Plan a Working Vacation

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Choose the right working vacation destination If it’s critical that you are available in case of emergencies during business hours in your home city, traveling more than a couple time zones away may not be wise. Photo by oneinchpunch/Shutterstock The post How to Plan a Working Vacation appeared first on SUCCESS.

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

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If people want to set their own hours, determine how to support their requirements while meeting organizational objectives. . The advantages of remote work have encouraged companies to rethink how to support their culture when people no longer want to go back to a long commute to corporate headquarters. Be cognizant of the time zones.

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

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Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Mastering The Art Of Distributed Leadership: Lessons From Atlassian’s “Team Anywhere” Program

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Teams spread across locations and time zones might be working from home, or might meet in the office. Occasional in-person time via team gatherings seems more effective for building connections than sporadic office days. Distributed” refers to work that doesn’t happen shoulder-to-shoulder.

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Calendar "ah ha"

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.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I guess he thought I needed the help. Another one I never use.

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Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? Really?

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Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007?

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What Is ‘Bare Minimum Monday’ and Will It Work for You?

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And then I get to decide how to spend the rest of my Monday, and that usually looks something like self-care or doing something that would set me up to have a really good rest of the week …. Here’s how to determine if Bare Minimum Mondays are right for you or your team. Are Bare Minimum Mondays right for you? She says it’s working.

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