Eat Your Career

JULY 20, 2021

While some of them are also related to communication, organization, or other professional skills, they all impact your ability to use your time productively. I maintain a work environment that supports my productivity and doesn’t detract from it. I have systems in place to remind me of my commitments.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 1, 2013

Use the two-minute rule to process your e-mail. Use follow-up flags or dated calendar alarms to bring forward e-mail when it needs attention. Place in rest in a follow-up system, so that it comes to your attention, when you need it and not before. You just finished reading How to Process Incoming Comunication !

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Jen Lawrence

AUGUST 8, 2022

Whether looking to boost your productivity or find a new way to rescue yourself from overwhelm, there’s one piece of advice I give everyone – bookend your days. Simply put, bookending means you check in with your task management systems at the beginning and end of your day. What does bookending your days entail? Try ClickUp!

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Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Understanding why you should reward yourself for your accomplishments can be different from actually giving yourself healthy rewards during a long process. Break down your current goal and process it into tiny steps. Bake failure into your rewards system. For some, learning how to reward yourself can take a little practice.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 14, 2016

articles) as a way to market your business has been around for many years (I released my first info product in 2007 called, “The Complete Article Tracking Toolkit” ). Access your 15-point List Building SYSTEMS CHECKLIST . So there is your Content Marketing System in a nutshell. Click here for immediate access.

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Allwork

MARCH 9, 2023

This innovative coworking space management software provides an intuitive and unified platform across both web and mobile apps, making it the only system on the market that enables managing a coworking space through a smartphone. This feature alone can elevate admins’ productivity to new heights.

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Office Organization Success

MAY 28, 2013

Fortunately, though, I have all my systems and processes in place so that things still run smoothly. And when I do get back to my desk I’m able to be productive rather than be putting out fires. One of the jobs I did get to do this week was organize my summer calendar.

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Worxbee

APRIL 5, 2021

Most of us look for ways we can be even more productive at work. In fact, there are whole industries built around productivity and finding ways to help people improve their time management and results. Eat the frog” is a common piece of productivity advice originating from productivity master, Brian Tracy.

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Jen Lawrence

JULY 27, 2020

I have to tell you – there aren’t any secret tricks or hacks that will make you more productive. These 5 steps will help you strip your productivity habits down to the basics and rebuild so that no matter what comes your way, you can manage all the things without losing your mind. Get started here. Watch it here !

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 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? Of all the calendar tools I know, this one handles tasks the best.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 3, 2017

When I took over the managing of the meeting rooms the booking process was a joke. The diary would go missing, people were writing over other meetings, and of course the whole process was just generally ignored. Each meeting room had its own electronic calendar. This created chaos. Crazy right? Crazy right?

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Allwork

JUNE 5, 2023

Recognize the need for proficient mediators and facilitators to navigate the complexities of intersecting systems in order to comprehend societal impacts. I think a lot of our paradigms and structures and processes are based in, quite Frankly, just old and outdated paradigms that were created during the Industrial Revolution, for example.

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 27, 2010

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | 2 Comments to Read I am working on writing a series of articles for a customer on the importance of developing and documenting business systems. But what about the customer service process? You know what they are, right? A few months ago a prospect called.

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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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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Formerly known as G Suite, the cloud-based productivity and collaboration solution is used by more than six million businesses, with more hopping on board every day. By learning how to use and leverage the various apps in the productivity and collaboration suite now, you can set yourself up for future success! Is yours one of them?

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It pains me to announce that my grand experiment with using electronic time management systems has officially come to an end (sort of). In fact, I’m going to give you a complete overview of my brand new time management system. I moved to electronic systems after I lost my paper planner on an airplane in 2010.

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Allwork

MARCH 7, 2023

With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Ryan’s work focuses on how places can be better designed and managed to support positive and productive experiences. Anderson suggested designing with employees instead of for them, and cultivating a conversation about how the team can be more productive and impactful.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2017

One of the greatest advantages organizations achieves from automating various processes is saving time, among other resources. Thus, by automating some tasks in the cause of the day, you make easier the processes that exhaust you mentally, physically and even psychologically. If This Then That (IFTTT).

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Success

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

You missed your virtual team meeting for your side hustle, so you reschedule—that product launch will have to wait. Most achievers have no trouble codifying clear goals but then let time-sucking “opportunities” creep into calendars. The most neglected piece of any productivity plan is your most important asset: YOU.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 28, 2016

These are some of the classic signs of a LACK of systems – you’re not effectively managing you business so how can you effectively market your business? You don’t have your core systems in place and your business is running you when it should be you running your business! Review your current systems. Systemize repetitive tasks.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author's Note: This is the Fourth Part of the Series " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Part II – Systems. They can also bring chaos to your productivity system if you don’t address them when they need to be addressed. File System. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r.

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Worxbee

MARCH 1, 2021

These are our top three suggestions for tasks to give your virtual executive assistant: Calendar management. Calendar management falls under “must be done, but you’re not adding any value by doing it.” You’re likely spending a lot of time on managing your calendar that could otherwise be spent on other things. Email taming.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 9, 2022

While every employee brings their own special talents and perspectives to their job roles, things can get disorganized when everyone is taking a different approach to completing your company’s core business processes. SOPs are an excellent tool for small business owners looking to take their business process management to the next level.

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Virtual Moxie

APRIL 15, 2013

I don''t know what''s been up this last week, but people have come out of the woodwork to ask me how I get so much done without working crazy hours, and so I thought this would be a great time to revisit my productivity post from about this time two years ago (you can read it here ), and share any updates to it. What does this give me?

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Allwork

JANUARY 15, 2024

About this episode In today’s tech-driven era, redesigning work processes is key to achieving optimal efficiency. With AI promoting faster, more precise operations and the push for flexible work hours – as advocated by Dale Whelehan – productivity can be boosted while ensuring employees avoid burnout. Is that correct?

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 13, 2012

It’s a two-part system, a message board and a calendar (see images below). The dry-erase calendar is magnetic on the back and is stuck to our refrigerator. The calendar serves to track what is going on in the month. Both my wife and I use separate PDA-based calendars. Setting up your system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   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. There are some that think that one system should work for everyone.  "  That means you don't have good systems.

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Worxbee

MAY 18, 2023

While the fundamentals of effective management remain unchanged, virtual managers must possess a distinct set of skills to ensure productivity, motivation, and engagement within their teams. Implement a robust system to manage tasks, deadlines, and priorities effectively.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Develop your system. The best way to do that is to develop a system that works for you. This means that you process documents as soon as they are received. Read it, process it, and file it away – never allow documents to pile up on your desk or in your inbox. Adopt the principle of “touching everything only once”.

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

I can’t tell you how many people are shocked to hear that, as a systems expert, I still do quite a bit of work manually. Sure, your system can send out emails precisely at the right time, but does it send a super cheery message in the middle of a national crisis? Sound like a contradiction? Not if you zoom out a little.

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

I can’t tell you how many people are shocked to hear that, as a systems expert, I still do quite a bit of work manually. Sure, your system can send out emails precisely at the right time, but does it send a super cheery message in the middle of a national crisis? Sound like a contradiction? Not if you zoom out a little.

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Worxbee

MAY 31, 2021

Do they have very particular processes or not? In addition to usernames, passwords, email, and calendars, you’ll also need to know who to talk to or where to go if you have any system issues. Look for any gaps where you might be able to initiate a smoother process. Do they like to communicate a lot or a little?

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C-Suite Assistants

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Maybe revenue growth has doubled or you’ve added additional product lines, locations, and people. When this kind of rapid growth occurs, we often see the administrative support system to the C-Suite stretched to its limits and two possible scenarios emerge. But, in order to do this, they must have the right skills and experience.

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BMT Office Administration

JUNE 26, 2023

within their first year of operation) due to cash flow problems and a lack of demand for their products and services. The catch is that a business’s fiscal year does not have to line up with the traditional calendar year. However, to avoid confusion, most companies ensure that their fiscal year aligns with the current calendar year.

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Office Organization Success

OCTOBER 5, 2013

It’s great to set up systems and processes and have them work for you, but in order to fully automate your business you also need to know which technologies are going to work best to support you in that. 1ShoppingCart – this is my shopping cart, autoresponder, broadcast, and database management systems all rolled into ONE system.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Discuss and implement consistent processes. In last week’s Monday Motivators™, I said the magic formula for a stellar executive and assistant team is People + Processes = Success. An executive and assistant will be much more productive when they have proven processes in place and consistently use them.

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