Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

  Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do?    In fact, it may seem like you should be in a circus, with all of the things you are trying to juggle.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

And of course, there’s the opposite side of the spectrum, where you have way too many people coming to you with requests (read my post on how to handle this here) and just want to run away. For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

Ill be checking email _(once a week, every day, etc) __, but will have limited ability to respond. For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

Unfortunately, our firm still only has Microsoft Office XP and was curious as to how this would work. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Ive tried to exhaust all the possible things I could do that he doesnt ask me to do - organize emails, files, clutter, contacts, create procedures. Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. His reply is usually, "Im working on some things that Ill get to you soon." and he never does.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Steph in the Media | Main | 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To » Dont Strangle Your Reminders! Be Realistic About What You Can Accomplish There are a slew of different strategies around how to identify the priorities for your day.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

If you are a manager who struggles in this area, or if you just want more options for talking about good versus bad performance, try looking at performance through the lens of how employee behaviors contribute to the achievement of team, office, and organization goals. Below are seven examples to help you do that.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  If you are among the growing crowd of people that avoid Facebook because you just don't have timeor don't care to scroll through the myriad of games your friends are participating in, today I'll share how to get rid of the clutter.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  For example, I have days in my week that are dedicated to client work and days that are dedicated to marketing, writing, etc.  Your Electronic Information (Email, documents, social networking, etc.)   Email has inundated us with extra information.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 1, 2010

Break the project down in parts and decide how you can complete each part. For example, I need to clean my closet (Spring cleaning long overdue!) Here is a tip on how to manage yourself: Schedule time for YOU! Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Map a strategy for what you need to accomplish.

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Success

APRIL 25, 2024

Why bother when we have email, social media, text and so forth? Gen Z might even think making a phone call is like someone asking them to use a fax machine. Your email inbox will thank you. Kate Winick, former editor and former senior director of social media at Peloton, shares more examples of how to try it on LinkedIn.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 11, 2010

Here are some suggestions on how to halt the emotional train before it leaves the depot: Take a breath and pause for an unlimited amount of time. The best way to deal with this is to ask for specific examples and then seek solutions on how to improve. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 10, 2009

How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. As an example, Bookkeeping will start at £9.85 Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. You ask a question, I answer!

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

Give attendees "conference call house rules" for example, if they need to mute themselves, inform them of how to do so. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. The larger the conference call, the more difficult it will be to manage. Give Conference Call Rules prior to calling the meeting to order.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 11, 2010

Leadership involves being able to tell others what is right as well as what is wrong and knowing that there may be some resistance, but this is how you feel and your opinions need to be expressed. Here are a few tips on how to acknowledge the elephant in the room and feel better that you did: 1. Abandon fear. Voice the facts.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

  For example, if you have a container that holds all of your scissors, you will likely never find them in that container!    Now, I just need to figure out how to use it."   Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?   Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

  My process is to go out to each person and find out how to connect with them so that I can thank them for the follow.    Unfortunately, about 50% of the people that follow me do not identify how I can reach them outside of the Cinch platform and cinch does not have a way for me to communicate with one person specifically.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed | Main | Office Organization - 5 Steps to Setting Up Your Core Systems » Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success (Guest Post: Natalie Dee) Nothing succeeds like success. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Work With Stephanie « You Can Steal Time Back From Email | Main | Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful » Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention "I just can't focus Stephanie.    Check out the article to get detailed instructions for how to try it yourself!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Here is an example of some sub-folders and rules that I have set up that would work for a work e-mail or home account: I now send my subscribed feeds to a sub-folder that I can look at when I have the time. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc.   Read, sort and process your email and snail mail daily.  Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Link Lineup!

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 20, 2008

How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. There are unlimited examples om the internet. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Making your small business carbon neutral.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Below are examples of five tests you will encounter in your professional career, how will you score? For example, my supervisor is great at prioritizing, so I asked her about prioritizing skills. Then ask for suggestions or recommendations about how to avoid this situation in the future. Be open to suggestions.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

  For example, if you wait until you have a perfect plan for working out and eating right, you will never lose the weight you want to lose.  Whether it is writing a chapter in a ‘how to’ book, cleaning your kitchen, or doing a blog post, you should try to do something each day. This is action. To your success!

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 2, 2012

Whenever you receive an email from me you will ALWAYS see my contact information at the bottom and know exactly how you can get in touch with me. You will see: My name. My telephone and fax number. My email address (with an active hyperlink). And why is it so important that you have an email signature?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

Once you gain experience you can think about how to plan your career. Work is work, it's not a so ap opera. :) On the first day you should follow their example. How they dress, carry themselves, the words they use, tone, values, principles, how they communicate, etc. Paying dues is not a bad thing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

For example, I write all sorts of things for my clients, but I’m a direct marketing specialist. You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. Can you do the work?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity » Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing (Guest Post: Paul Burton) Discussions on "productivity" often focus on leverage or other financial management measurements. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Learn how to use publishing software and create eye-catching promotional material. Starting a Small Business? Build your own network!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tweet How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below. I talked about this recently in my post  10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It. See  How to Pare Your To-do List Down to the Essentials. .  One of them is ZenHabits.net. 

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