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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

Whether it’s handling emails, documents, or projects, having a well-organized system can significantly improve productivity and streamline decision-making processes. By assigning different colors to various categories or types of documents, you can quickly identify and retrieve them when needed.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

In a study published in Psychological Science , Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov reveal that it takes only a tenth of a second to form an impression of someone when you first meet. The window to make a strong first impression with a customer continues to shrink.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

The history of employee monitoring’s various forms. Well, that’s a classic form of employee monitoring right there. Without a form of monitoring in place, the employee may embark down the wrong path, which can derail progress on the project and cost valuable resources to fix. Time tracking and file tracking.

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Practically Perfect PA readers review of the Brother P-touch PT-D600VP

Practically Perfect PA

I have a lot of documents and folders I need to sort which ones are pending things, which ones are to sign, which ones are to file… and I always get lazy to create a new label using the computer. I would not make labels for my documents, the ones that I use every day, just because I did not want to spend time on it. contact-form].

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

Practically Perfect PA

A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary. This could include: Risk Assessment documents, available for all staff. So how does this affect Business? Proportional procedures in place.

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How to ensure your admin improvement projects stick!

Practically Perfect PA

gathering any data to help form an opinion on the process. To reduce the costs of our hotel expenditure I asked everyone to book accommodation through one supplier. The supplier I chose gave us a preferred rate based on the number of rooms we used each week. The measurement phase includes: observing what already happens .

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Personal And Professional Development With PRINCE2 Training

Small Business CEO

In addition to being used as a widely-used standard for effective project management internationally, it also takes the form of an official certification for accredited project managers across a wide range of sectors. You’ll be confident that the documentation you’re creating is clearly worded, easy to follow and yet professional.