Eat Your Career

JANUARY 8, 2024

By the way, if you need help learning how to professionally pushback, I have an entire webinar on the topic of “Setting Limits and Managing Expectations” in the Career Success Library.) Engage Leadership for Negotiation Sometimes, the key to managing these situations lies in the hands of your leaders. Learn more here.

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Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This app combines mind mapping and task management. Suited for busy individuals and small teams, Ayoa also comes with all the features you’d expect in a project management platform: sharing, deadlines, task prioritization, chat and more. Basecamp is an oldie but a goodie in the project management sphere.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Procedures are more than just documents; they are a roadmap for new hires, guiding them through the complexities of their new role and the company culture without constant supervision. You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Think back to the last time you started a new job.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Your goal is not to save hours of work in the first few minutes of using a new tool. Your goal is to just test it out, see how it works, and start thinking about how it could be useful. For example, you might enter something like this: I am a senior executive assistant at a small wealth management firm in Northern California.

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Success

APRIL 12, 2023

study conducted by researchers at Boston College, University of Cambridge and other educational institutions, was released in February 2023, documenting nearly 3,000 participants’ results in a collaboration to determine the potential impacts of a four-day workweek. A high-profile U.K. 4 day workweeks—the future of work scheduling?

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Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Depending on the team dynamic, this may look like a survey form, contributing to a shared document, or simply sending an email to a point of contact. Below is a sample agenda for a Project Debrief: Review Objectives and Goals Review Responses “What went well and contributed to the success of the project?”

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 22, 2019

Planners utilize their project management. They add value to an organization by drawing upon their knowledge of the hospitality industry to manage expenses and minimize risk by negotiating the best all-around rates and paying attention to contract terms. There is a template for this document in my book by the way.).

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Worxbee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

You’ll find them engaging in project management, process management, strategic research, reporting and a range of dynamic, managerial functions. First, learn the key skills they need for their job, tied in with any goals for those skills. In fact, goal setting is one of our recommendations for all EAs.

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Are you tired of trying to keep track of projects via Excel spreadsheets and Gmail? If so, it’s time to introduce yourself to the ever-growing world of cloud-based project management software. With the right app, you can keep track of everything related to your project in one convenient location. Task management.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2023

The project aimed to introduce more efficient lighting to match the existing look and type of luminaires, providing lighting control with minimal impact on carbon emissions. One of the main goals of the the move was to create a smart, sustainable, and inspiring workplace that served as an agile hub for collaboration and digital work.

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Not only that, but keeping up with dozens of email threads is a remarkably inefficient way to handle task management, not to mention that it’s a huge hassle. That’s why cloud-based project management software programs have become so widespread over the past few years. Yet, how do you know which one is right for your needs?

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In the fall of 2022, Harvard Business Review published the results of a case study done with the task-management company Asana. The goal: to reduce the amount of time spent in meetings. My goal was to simplify the way I work. Those were moved to a parking lot/brainstorming document to be thought through more thoroughly later.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 13, 2010

This article will give you action steps to help you move your goals from thoughts to concrete experiences. Keep reading to discover step by step instructions to help you formulate your goals and develop a plan which will help you achieve them. You don’t have to turn all your dreams into firm goals, but write them down anyway.

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Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A Project Kick-Off Meeting is essential to set expectations, address concerns, and engage all parties in the goals and objectives. Without this meeting, your project may veer off the intended course, take more effort than necessary, or may not even achieve its goal. Context – what is the project history?

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 29, 2016

As I was looking for some ideas on how to prepare, I came across a document that labeled and provided measurement of the core administrative competencies. I remembered this document from some one-on-one coaching that Joan did with her high-level executive assistant clients. Manager Support. Managing Office Technology.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 14, 2021

They make telephone calls, type and review documents, conduct research, update blogs and social media, make travel arrangements for managers, prepare presentations and assemble reports. They’ll also manage and distribute information to co-workers and customers. How Can You Communicate Effectively with Upper Management?

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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). 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. and then click back over to my Word document.

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Worxbee

JUNE 14, 2021

There’s your HR department and individual managers, of course, but current EAs can also help. EAs to senior executives often take a leadership/project management role and could leave a huge hole if they left. Think about company goals and where you aim to be in one, two, or five years – how will succession planning help?

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 14, 2015

Basecamp, Central Desktop, or some other project management software is a great place to load information, documents, policies, etc, so the team can discover answers on their own rather than have to ask. This may include company goals, values, schedules, mission statement and more. Prepare a company manual.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 6, 2010

While ten years ago, managing email could have been a secondary consideration, today it is absolutely vital to keep customers and clients in the loop through rapid, prompt email support. Despite these differences, there are some important email management tips that can apply to any online business. Limit your daily email quota.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 12, 2011

Your goal may not be to open multiple VA businesses. However, systemizing your VA business – having standard operating procedures, a company manual, and a way to easily manage your projects, team and clients – not only gives you the option to expand when and if you decide to do so, it frees you up in a number of ways.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

The lady to the left of me had inherited a 12 page job spec which had not been updated in 10 years whereas the lady to the right had a 6 page document. However – if we are not willing to speak up and actively list our duties how can we expect colleagues and managers to be aware of this change in office dynamics? Risk Management.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 22, 2013

Most managers will hire professional consultants for business improvement projects but will ask their assistants to make changes to the fundamental administrative structures without instruction or training. This includes: a short description about the project. what is included in the scope of the project and what is not.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Basecamp, Central Desktop, or some other project management software is a great place to load information, documents, policies, etc, so the team can discover answers on their own rather than have to ask. This may include company goals, values, schedules, mission statement and more. Prepare a company manual.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Here are three core pointers of a good job description: Explains the reality of the role Showcases the organisation's culture, and A bit of marketing for the company In short, a job description is used for a variety of reasons— starting from the most obvious, which is recruiting, determining salary ranges, creating job goals, job titles and more.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 20, 2010

Now that the goal is no longer the universal number one spot, businesses have near unlimited choice, and a much greater range of opportunity. The goal today is not to rank high for the entire world, but to rank high for your city. Your goal should be the map — Google’s ultimate local business tool.

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Worxbee

AUGUST 23, 2021

Or, when it comes to messages about tasks or task assignments, project management tools tend to be the best way to keep all information regarding a project in one place. Celebrate successes Celebrating successes is a great way to unite the team around shared goals and excellent performance. How does this enhance teamwork?

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 19, 2010

My goal is to do as much audio and video blogging from my iPhone as possible. I’m heading to Phoenix tomorrow for the IVAA Live Summit ( #IVAA10 ). I want to capture the experience as it happens and broadcast it as I go. At least that’s the plan.

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Andrea Kalli

JUNE 23, 2010

Simplicity has invaded our goals, and it is unlikely to leave any time soon. In fact, SEO is one of the best ways to achieve such a goal. Your goal as a business owner should not be to merely rise to the top of the search rankings, but to rise to the top of the search rankings while remaining in control and secure.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 22, 2010

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APRIL 23, 2010

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 21, 2010

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 21, 2010

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 21, 2010

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APRIL 21, 2010

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 20, 2010

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 22, 2010

Not sure why I prefer to be a worker bee instead of managing multiple people. I like to get in on a new project during the concept/implementation part and move onto the next project. Some folks are cut out for this format and some are not ( that’s me! ) Could be the way my brain is wired?

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