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How to Plan a Working Vacation

Success

Choose the right working vacation destination If it’s critical that you are available in case of emergencies during business hours in your home city, traveling more than a couple time zones away may not be wise. A location that’s too remote may not work if Wi-Fi and phone service are not up to par.

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Guidelines for Effective Email Writing

Jen Lawrence

One of the biggest complaints in today’s modern communications is there are too many emails. Thirty more emails. You’ve read an email and thrown your hands up asking, “What the hell do you want? You may be sending emails that cause this anguish and frustration. Not Every Email is Urgent.

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Ep 148: Natasha Huynh – EA to the President at DMG MORI

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this episode, Natasha talks about the challenges of working in a cross-cultural environment, across global time zones (check out worldtimebuddy.com fyi), and how she learned to not take things personally. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

“As we communicate a consistent message over time, we can also provide specific examples of how the vision was brought to life,” said Sabina Nawaz, global CEO coach, leadership keynote speaker, and writer, in the Harvard Business Review. Be cognizant of the time zones.

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Tech Choices for the On-the-Road Office

Office Dynamics

Many are checking emails, making calls and accessing documents, explains Cint CEO Bo Mattson. Many businesses work with colleagues and clients in different time zones, so they may need to work non-traditional hours to communicate with people across the world. Is this obsessive? Not in today’s world.

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Your business travel tips

Practically Perfect PA

Creating an itinerary for even the short trips allows me to stay on top of flight times, hotel locations and meeting details. Reading it, writing it and reviewing it gives me three touch points and helps me remember so I can provide info instantly. Enter all travel details at appropriate times in his/her Outlook calendar, if used.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. When I reviewed the invoice I noticed there was a guest on our bill who wasnt in our party so that amount got taken off. Once the invoice arrives you should check to make sure everything is accurate.