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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings. Determine the agenda and who is presenting.

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Under a Bushel

Office Dynamics

Additionally, start keeping a log of the quantity of work you produce in major areas such as telephone, meeting planning, travel planning, email management, etc. For example, “I manage an average of 300 emails per day, mine and my executive’s.” Quantity is important. Then at the end of 3 weeks, you would have an average.

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Under a Bushel

Office Dynamics

Additionally, start keeping a log of the quantity of work you produce in major areas such as telephone, meeting planning, travel planning, email management, etc. For example, “I manage an average of 300 emails per day, mine and my executive’s.” Quantity is important. Then at the end of 3 weeks, you would have an average.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. It is an American based company and I am in Canada, but the cards I sent were all received within a week.

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. Their supervisor should be noting if they are late often or have too many sick days. If I felt really compelled to talk to them.