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For example, under the original SECURE Act, businesses with fewer than 100 employees could receive a tax credit for up to 50% of their administrative costs if they offered retirement plans to their staff. not signing up for your 401(k) plan). You can also fax e-filing waiver requests to 877-477-0575.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 25, 2013

Organizational Skills - Clean Up Your Stuff! Studies show workers spend up to 30 minutes a day organizing their work areas. There is more stuff on office desks: computers, printers, faxes and other new technologies. It is hard to focus when stuff is piled up. How do you clean up your stuff?

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This file will contain things like the agreement form from your client, assessment forms, or details of any projects that you’ll be working on. By setting up a client tracking spreadsheet that shows you at a glance exactly where your clients are in your programs will give you a ‘big picture’ view of your business.

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The Marq

APRIL 29, 2010

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Why a Single Phone Line is All You Need Technology Review I’m writing today about the use of a single phone line for all business and/or personal phone and SMS communication. So, if someone speaks in a garbled tongue, you’ll end up with gobbeldy goo. No problem.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Check out these Great Reviews by @JanetBarclay » Be Smart About Using the Telephone How much time do you lose playing "phone tag?"  I   Before you pick up the phone to make another call, consider what you are going to say when you get voice mail.    Start Today!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Having VAs I can simply fax order forms to. I like having a long battery life and having the full functionality of the Windows Platform on my phone. I have Dropbox on my phone as well so I can easily send documents to my consultants while on the road. I used to carry 12 paperbacks on ever trip. Another life saver?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Recently, someone asked me how this is done. It’s actually quite simple.

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Office Organization Success

AUGUST 17, 2009

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. This confirms the arrangement you’ve both made, and both parties know exactly what they’re signing up for.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 16, 2008

It is amazing what you pick up from your neighbours. If my co-worker in the next cubicle is away and someone comes looking for her I usually know where she has gone as we regularly call out to each other where we are going as we rush off to do a photocopying job or send a fax.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then yesterday I came across a similar post , claiming that the pursuit of productivity has ended up out of control.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

I have shared access to 4 different mailboxes for various products and projects. Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Outlook Shared Mailboxes Etiquette By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 31, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have more than one mailbox in your Microsoft Outlook , other than your inbox?

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BMT Office Administration

APRIL 13, 2022

When it comes to potential lawsuits, poor record-keeping is not a defense likely to hold up in court. The refills are typically not too expensive, but if you have a large number of employees they can add up. You can set up pretty much any time clock in a convenient spot at your worksite. Work locations. Biometric time clocks.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I turned off my email notification a long time ago (about 15 years) because I did not want to be taken out of the important state of concentration when working on projects.  Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!   Consider this one. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? Pile Tamer My favorite is: the Pendaflex Pile Smart Project Sorter. This allows them to keep it within site, but all projects are kept in an organized file.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

» Top 9 Mistaken Organizing Statements There are a number of statements that I have heard people say over the years with regard to their organizing projects.  "   Wanting to do a good job on your projects is admirable.    However, the drive for perfection has ruined the success of many projects. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

"  That was one of the first things she said to me on the phone.    If you put yourself to bed/sleep and wake up at the same times consistently, you will find that your daytime focus and concentration are better.  Sit up straight and breath from your belly! Then you need to listen up.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

" That is what I heard from her as we were talking on the phone.  Do You Have A Pain In Your Back-up? Everything is backed up on the web automatically. Since I work at home (and because we're full-time RVers, always on the road), I need to be able to fax/copy/convert from anywhere.   OK! 

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Here are some basic steps you can take to handle these types of situations: Take about 5 – 10 minutes to write up a plan of what tasks you have to complete (you can also do this on your Microsoft Outlook Task bar). If you do get distracted, finish up what you are doing and then focus on the last task that was on your sheet.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Ask yourself whether or not those documents will be relevant to your work in the coming year – completed projects and last year’s receipts should not be living in your active files!   [Steph Says: You might even consider letting go of many that you don't reference anymore to free up space for new.] . 

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I think the thing that would be the wrong way to do it, and we’ve seen some examples there, too, is that someone very high up in a company says, everyone has to work like this, and that typically doesn’t work. Frank Cottle 00:09:45 ]: I think you need to add one more word to that, and that’s responsibility went up.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

This file will contain things like the agreement form from your client, assessment forms, or details of any projects that you’ll be working on. Tip: In Outlook you can also set up rules so that email is automatically filtered into the appropriate client email folder – saving heaps of time! Digital: Create Client Folders.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Make a #project w/ do-able sized parts   AllisonDGraham   @ StephCalahan make a list. I had to "slow down to speed up." Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Kris Hoots Thomas Just saw your tweet about "stuck in overwhelm.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

newleafco   @ StephCalahan I'm a long-time fan of Now Up to Date for Mac. AppleEve   @ StephCalahan a trusty desk diary and pens (colour coded for different types of appointments) roguereporter   @ StephCalahan Microsoft Project. Since we both have gmail calendars it automatically adds to the hubby phone/calendar.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

It is exciting when you get that phone call to tell you that you were selected for the job you applied for. The job I was in had become so mundane that I found myself wondering just how much longer I could stand it – and then I wondered "why was I even putting up with it". Every time I learn something new, I write it in the manual, ie.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

A - True B - False 4 -- You got side tracked in a project and have forgotten lunch with a colleague/business associate.  D - Call and set up anther appointment? E - Email and set up another appointment? 5 -- During a meeting it’s OK to leave your cell phone on if you’re expecting a call.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Set up spreadsheets for monthly and weekly tasks. If something else comes up, reorder the cards,” she says. Also consider color-coding the index cards by project. Once you finish an item, rip the card up and throw it away. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 22, 2008

Lynn Crosbie a Medical Assistant at a Research Hospital says, “Every time I learn something new, I write it in my manual, i.e. how to use the fax machine, information about the phone system, where the photocopier is located, who my contacts are in this position, who I can call for help, etc. Become the Go-To Assistant in your office.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

She was right in the middle of executing a simple instruction I had given her when a new e-mail notification popped up in the lower right hand corner of her screen. I watched her physically look away from what she was doing with me, review the preview pop up, then look back up at what she and I were doing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? They came up with some great ideas. It is not getting a drink or seeing what your buds are up to on Twitter/Facebook. His secret? That's it!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

.  I’m missing important deadlines and my co-workers and family are fed up with me."    Sometimes procrastination (putting an activity off until a later date) is necessary — like when a higher priority item comes up that you have to work on.  " Do these statements resonate with you? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

  What will you not put up with?    Get rid of the activities and projects (and sometimes even people) that don't fit.    Do you let other people encroach on your time when you had planned to work on an important project?  .  We are, in essence, just going through the motions. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Each team leader was responsible to talk to their team before the meeting to find out what items they wanted brought up, what jobs were coming up and what assistance would be needed. on notice of these upcoming projects and needs. Can you pitch in and help when someone is swamped?

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk The money that leaves a small business is often taken up with overheads that are necessary for the day to day running of the business. « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? lower overheads.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Work With Stephanie « 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams | Main | Monday Motivation - Michael Jordan on Failure » My first Twitterview with @marciahoeck - Decisive Productive Action Taken A little while back, I wrote to you about my theme for this year: decisive productive action. 

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