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AUGUST 2, 2016

If this is you, here are a few tips on working with an old school Executive. The problem tends to be that your Executive has everything in their paper diary, you work from that, but also put all of the appointments in Outlook or your online calendar. So how do you get your Executive to move to an online calendar only.

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MAY 11, 2014

Here are some of Hemsley Fraser’s top success skills tips! Tip 1: Working Relationships. You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Here are my top ten tips! Or even better, if you have to screens keep one just for your outlook calendars. Ensure you have everything at your finger tips. It can actually be pretty constant throughout the day – it can pretty annoying too! Implement an Executive Voicemail system.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Here are my top twelve tips for assistants who are working with a boss who has never had an assistant before. Get the basics up and running straight away: Tell them you will need access to their inbox and calendar. You do have to work together and you will have to prove to them what you can do. Do be patient with your new Executive.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Here are some of my tips on how to make sure you build a good rapport with your new manager and get off on the right foot. How do they organise their calendar and how do they like to have their meetings set out? I hope you found these tips beneficial. The first meeting.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Below are a few tips on how to make your desk more efficient: Essential stationery. Calendar – For quick reference I have a one sheet per day calendar block on my desk. I think this tale might be familiar to a lot of assistants who seem to spend more time at their desk than at their home!

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The meetings should be scheduled and in their calendars ideally for the entire year and resources required for the meeting such as conference calling details or presentation material should all be arranged in advance of the meeting date. If you do write the minutes at Committee meetings refer back to my previous blog for handy hints and tips.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The meetings should be scheduled and in their calendars ideally for the entire year and resources required for the meeting such as conference calling details or presentation material should all be arranged in advance of the meeting date. If you do write the minutes at Committee meetings refer back to my previous blog for handy hints and tips.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Tipping in restaurants around the world can be very confusing. So this app calculates what to tip and also splits the bill between everyone at the table. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. This app looks similar to an outlook calendar which is useful.

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MARCH 10, 2014

Here are my top ten tips on how to remember those random requests…. Calendars are not just for appointments. The same goes with people they are meeting – I will always make sure names and places are added to their calendar entries so that I can quickly reference any past movements. Good old fashioned pen and paper.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Here are my tips on managing, meeting and exceeding your manager’s expectations! With long term tasks, such as diary or email management do the same thing, define exactly how they want you to manage their correspondence and calendar. I know I certainly have! What exactly is expected of you? Be helpful and easy to work with.

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JUNE 14, 2016

Pretty much the only event on the calendar that rivals the Cannes Lions is the Cannes Film Festival. Or if you’re booking for a colleague, download it here to pass on the tips. In the past speakers have included some of the world’s most famous celebs, from Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Smith and Simon Pegg to Oliver Stone and Iggy Pop.

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MAY 11, 2016

A few weeks ago I asked you to send in your best travel tips – and well loads of you did! Here are your business travel tips… Travel Apps . Outlook Calendar . Enter all travel details at appropriate times in his/her Outlook calendar, if used. I want more tips. Thank you, thank you! contact-form-7].

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

one-way, plus tips. Boston has an astonishing cultural calendar. Year-round scheduled and on-call vessels serve the Logan dock , providing direct connections to downtown Boston and other popular waterfront destinations in Boston’s Inner Harbor and Hingham and Hull on the South Shore. A taxi will cost you about $30.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

one-way, plus tips. Boston has an astonishing cultural calendar. Year-round scheduled and on-call vessels serve the Logan dock , providing direct connections to downtown Boston and other popular waterfront destinations in Boston’s Inner Harbor and Hingham and Hull on the South Shore. A taxi will cost you about $30.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Here are a few of my hints and tips. You have to decipher all of this by looking at the date on the receipt and in their calendar and try to work out what they were doing… Sounds familiar? So how do we organise ourselves so that it is a quick and efficient process? Do you have an expense policy in place?

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MAY 2, 2017

I literally wouldn’t know what I was doing without my inbox and calendar organised just so. One little tip though – I do put ‘Associate’ in front of each of my director’s names so that they are at the beginning of my file structure, it just saves time really. If you are anything like me, you will live your life by Outlook.

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MAY 2, 2017

I literally wouldn’t know what I was doing without my inbox and calendar organised just so. One little tip though – I do put ‘Associate’ in front of each of my director’s names so that they are at the beginning of my file structure, it just saves time really. If you are anything like me, you will live your life by Outlook.

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