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3 “Needs” of Time Management

Ian's Messy Desk

Just because the weekly sales report has been produced for the past 10 years doesn’t mean that you need to keep generating the data. If a regular sales report is needed, perhaps an assistant can prepare the information. Put your delegating skills to work. Does it need to be done ? Are all your tasks necessary?

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3 Needs of Time Management

Ian's Messy Desk

Just because the weekly sales report has been produced for the past 10 years doesn’t mean that you need to keep generating the data. If a regular sales report is needed, perhaps an assistant can prepare the information. Put your delegating skills to work. Does it need to be done ? Are all your tasks necessary?

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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

It is the bag of skills, competencies, qualifications and hard earned knowledge that you carry with you every day. Within your tool kit are the skills you need to successfully carry out your duties as an assistant. Let’s take a minute and look at what is inside an assistant tool kit. Minute Taking. Managing staff.

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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

As we all know writing minutes is a basic skill for assistants and we have probably written more over the years than Stephen King has writing novels. I had a job a few years back that provided support for twelve Committees who had four meetings a year, which meant I was writing a set of minutes practically every week.

Agenda 100
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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

As we all know writing minutes is a basic skill for assistants and we have probably written more over the years than Stephen King has writing novels. I had a job a few years back that provided support for twelve Committees who had four meetings a year, which meant I was writing a set of minutes practically every week.

Agenda 100
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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 June, 2009 Meeting preparation. I have an upcoming Board meeting and want to be prepared for everything that is needed to make it run smoothly. To-do lists I have to-do lists for the Board and Committee meetings and a to-do list for the Board Reception and Dinner. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

Agenda 100