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To-Do or Not To-Do? Taking Your To-Do List to the Next Level!

Professional Assistant Blog

Then, you need to assign tasks to each goal, where you break the goal down into manageable chunks. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. This will help you battle procrastination in a big way.

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Is Your Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

Professional Assistant Blog

Thats how I get things done around my office, since I work for about 30 staff, which includes 5 managers. Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. to the president, 3 VPs, and the HR manager. You should see my follow-up list. Its quite large.

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Three Tips - Preparing for Economic Recovery

Small Business CEO

Inefficient process examples: Your employees record their time on paper or in Excel. A lab order is faxed in. Example projects: Create interfaces between systems. Increase productivity so initial growth can be absorbed by existing employees. Then a coordinator searches for the patient.

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

For example, files related to finances can be green (for obvious reasons, right?), Another suggestion is to color code the labels, same example, use green labels for finances. In an effort to eliminate paper, you may want to scan the document, save it as a PDF, and file it in an electronic file. It’s simple and effective.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

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. Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets.

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Outlook Rules That Rule

Professional Assistant Blog

What I discovered is a time saver and e-mail management tool that is a best-kept secret. I have written previously that to manage my work e-mail better I asked friends and family to send e-mails to my home rather than work. You will notice your Inbox will be less crowded and easier to manage.

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