Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

Many times in my live workshops and seminars for executive and administrative assistants, I ask the participant to create a list of qualities, attributes, and attitudes of star-performing assistants. If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Excellent calendaring skills.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

I wrote an entire 80+ Page Guide incorporating the main processes executives and assistants need to have down pat, such as: regularly scheduled meetings, calendar management, meeting preparation, e-mail management, project management, travel, follow-up systems and prioritization. Wishing you a great week.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

- How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area? Sound interesting?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 28, 2010

Every day was packed full with activity, decisions, working with clients, manipulating calendars; for me, traveling and speaking from the East Coast up to northern Utah! While traveling gets old after awhile and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. I meet executives and have great discussions.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Put birthdays on your calendar and send cards to your clients – your kindness will be remembered, and so will you when the opportunity comes up for a client to refer somebody to your company. Get to know the managers or owners of these businesses. Including a personal sentiment shows care and attention to detail.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 28, 2010

Every day was packed full with activity, decisions, working with clients, manipulating calendars; for me, traveling and speaking from the East Coast up to northern Utah! While traveling gets old after awhile and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. I meet executives and have great discussions.

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Administrative Professionals Salary Travel Calendars 100

Productivityist

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

One of the simplest ways I manage to keep a minimal setup for my productivity is by aligning my tasks to time slots. For example, I will conduct workshops and speaking engagements beyond the month of February. Maybe I’m tired or traveling (like I am now). I’m currently traveling, so my usual routine is going to be disrupted.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

I had a chance to test drive the original Freewrite and decided to purchase the Freewrite Traveler because of its small footprint, portability, and e-ink display so that I can write without eye strain on my back deck. The NOW Year Calendar. Freewrite. It sports a lengthy list of features, and it won’t empty your wallet, either.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 22, 2011

I stick it on my calendar, in my car on the dash or on my mirror in the bathroom. Workshop I introduce my custom-designed post-it pad to help people layer their decisions and easily activate their incoming and inactive paper piles. My favorite tool is to use mini post-its to help create my marketing calendar for the year.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 16, 2014

That goes for Productivityist Coaching, products, and workshops. I was exploring but hadn’t traveled down the path very far and was discovering a ton of new territory along the way. I’ve created a calendar based on one such strategic approach. And that goes beyond the blog as well. The post Productivityist 2.0:

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. As I write this, there are 37 hours left in 2015.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. As I write this, there are 37 hours left in 2015.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

I was in a workshop today on presentation skills and one of the things they had us do was present something to the group while they filmed us. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Lets enjoy our day together.© or p.m.?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

I went to a writing workshop and the woman who was presenting said that comedians are only as funny as their writers. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? How do you plan to be funny in December? How do comedians do it?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

  I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  Use it to manage overwhelm when your world is freakin'! Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. In the calendar. Slay the dragon.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

I take my best content and turn it into workshops and allow people to play with and I hope learn from the ideas. Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. Bios from one-sheets are cut into manageable chunks and find a home in media pitches. I like to take it live!

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