Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Unfortunately, these essential business tools can be challenging to organize, especially as your company grows and you balance work and home life. Fortunately, there are numerous excellent and intuitive apps available for almost all phones using iOS and Android. Calendar – Integration with Others. Systems: Web Browsers.

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Success

MARCH 28, 2024

If you don’t have specific people in mind, then check local professional networking groups or organizations that help match people with mentors. If you’re wondering how to ask someone to be your mentor, ask them in person if they live locally, or ask via email or phone if they live a significant distance away from you. Define success.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Try This Instead | Main | Be Smart About Using the Telephone » The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In We are in the home stretch of 2009 -- bring on 2010!!    Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. Very well laid out.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 19, 2013

It is no secret that you work more efficiently, are more motivated and less stressed out when your workplace is well organized. Evernote is software designed for note taking and archiving, which is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, as well as for OS X and Microsoft. You can also include file attachments. Thoughtback.

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On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2017

A study by VitalSmarts of 1,594 managers and employees shows that top-notch employees are seen as three times more valuable to the organization that the average employee. They are more likely to finish projects they start; less likely to let things fall through the cracks; don't miss deadlines; and less likely to have overflowing inboxes.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

Traditionally, executive assistants were seen as secretarial staff, making copies and answering phone calls. Today’s EAs are strategic partners who manage projects, make travel arrangements, and participate in high-level decision-making processes. What is the Role of an Executive Assistant?

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Clutter Coach

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Just as the perfect diet can’t make you thinner without help from you, the perfect system can’t keep you organized or on time unless you participate. If the perfect system that will keep us organized and on time all the time doesn’t exist, what’s a human to do? My answer is, it’s organized enough.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 5, 2011

4 -- Pick up your SMEAD Stadium File Organizer (you can find them at most office supply stores) and take it out of the packaging.   You can choose to label directly on the organizer, or label file folders that will slip into the slots of the organizer. 5 -- Label the slots using the Actions (verbs) you identified above.

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

Get organized. The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. I often find myself pulled in too many directions, reacting to phone calls, email and other stuff that pops up. What will I focus on first thing Monday? Don’t lose hope.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 1, 2011

This phone is definitely an upgrade from my Nokia E71. Mobile – It’s in my BlackBerry phone, so obviously it’s mobile. Integration with Blackberry Calendar – One of the best features of myTasks is it’s integration with the BlackBerry’s built-in Calendar app. Open myTask app.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

Here are some tips and key questions to ask managers and executives as requests for your time are made throughout the week: When possible ask that projects and tasks be given to you verbally so you can ask clarifying questions and better understand the work that is being given to you. Find out who else has information related to the project.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life. An executive/personal assistant is experienced at running an executive’s entire life—both business and personal.

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Ideas.Ted

OCTOBER 5, 2021

That’s what Rob Cross has realized after studying high (and low) performers at effective organizations for more than 20 years. And collaboration overload isn’t just about the meetings that fill up our calendars — it’s also the endless emails, Slacks, reports and work that every new project generates.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   If your business is not effectively organized, it’s costing you money.  What are the key projects to be completed this year?   Yet, we try to do it all of the time by putting systems in place that don’t match our personal or our organizations’ styles.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

High-quality assistants can be a distinct competitive advantage for executives and the organizations they serve. As a center of influence, everything should flow through you—calendar appointments, meeting information, phone calls, projects and more. So, what does that mean for you?

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Clutter Coach

JUNE 29, 2013

Republished by Blog Post Promoter So, you want to get organized but you’re not quite ready to hire an organizer. This ecourse, Seven Steps to Successful Organizing, may be just the thing. You’ll learn important, basic concepts that you can use for any organizing project. Why get organized?

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Admins are essential to providing leaders organize strategies for long-term success by taking on the tedious tasks that cause bottlenecks, allowing leaders to “keep the main thing, the main thing.” You can delegate all the work that keeps you “busy” - like filling out paperwork, filing, scheduling, budgeting, and making “quick” phone calls.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. In theory, electronic tools are always in your pocket or just a click away—whether on your phone, tablet, or laptop. I like pretty organizers and stickers and notepads.

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Jen Lawrence

JULY 27, 2020

Within each of us, lies natural instincts related to our work styles, including how we organize information, visualize outcomes, and build solutions. There’s a natural cycle to tasks and your system should solve for each phase of the cycle: capture, organize, and prioritize. For phone calls/meetings? Get started here.

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

Good automation can look like filters/rules in your inbox to organize messages, templated text that provides a solid starting point for responding to messages, and checklists for workflows. Does your calendar scheduler effortlessly distinguish between travel arrangements and regular phone calls when deciding when you’re available?

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

Good automation can look like filters/rules in your inbox to organize messages, templated text that provides a solid starting point for responding to messages, and checklists for workflows. Does your calendar scheduler effortlessly distinguish between travel arrangements and regular phone calls when deciding when you’re available?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 31, 2023

Now in 2023, it’s projected that 25% of the workforce will engage in remote work in one form or another. There are many ways to go about this, including time-tracking apps, project management software, timesheets, screenshots, spreadsheets, and asking team members to track their own progress. It makes task management a possibility.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? You can find it here: [link] Thanks to Natalie Conrad of Organized Habits 4. Then get in on this giveaway.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 30, 2017

I just finished a powerful 3-day executive and assistant coaching project with a large financial firm in Minneapolis. I mean talking in person whether at the office, on the phone, or via Skype or Facetime. As you approach this week, I’d like to challenge you to get more face-to-face or phone time with your executive or assistant.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

.  She tells me, "Between face-to-face networking, social networking, clients, prospects and people downloading stuff from my website it is tough for me to keep all of my out reach organized!"   Back when I had to keep track of phone conversations, email and face-to-face it was simply much easier to do!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

It's measurable and immediately gratifying to be rewarded with a snack at the end of a project. Thanks to Darla DeMorrow of HeartWork Organizing. It could be a big project broken down into parts or a bunch of small projects that you've been telling yourself you were "going to do" -- but haven't.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Please welcome today’s guest poster, James Adams, and his collection of apps to organize thoughts. (We Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 23, 2012

List these three on a large colorful post it note where you will see it, perhaps on your planner, on your phone or in your car. Over the years I've tried just about everything to get organized but I always ended up with more on my list of things to do then time. I use a calendar for appointments/activities, not for my to-dos.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In | Main | Want a Paper Planner for 2010? Check out these Great Reviews by @JanetBarclay » Be Smart About Using the Telephone How much time do you lose playing "phone tag?

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 28, 2015

You have two main tools that help you do this: your to-do list and your calendar. Your to-do list is the place where you define and organize what you’re going to do. Your calendar is used to identify when you’re going to do those things and how much time is needed to complete them. Using Your Calendar.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Maybe You Should | Main | The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In » Do You Hate Your To-Do List?   I've tried my phone and outlook, but I find that I don't even look at those lists.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Whether you’re a freelancer or supervise small teams for enterprise-level companies, project management tools are a must if you want to stay efficient and organized. Today, two apps that dominate the project management workspace are Trello and Asana. As such, which app you choose will depend heavily on the scope of your project.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Clearly, an Executive Assistant needs to not only be organized and detail oriented, but also feel comfortable leading others, following their boss’s lead, and working independently. How the Role Differs by Employer. So, how does a C-level Executive Assistant role vary from employer to employer? There are also differences across industries.

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Worxbee

APRIL 5, 2021

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 two minute rule states that if a task comes up that will take you two minutes or less (a phone call, responding to an email, quick data input etc), then you should drop what you’re doing and take care of it.

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