Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why is it that so many products designed in that era are still the designs we go to when we want to convey a certain style? The striking thing was that the last indisputably iconic product I came up with was the Aeron, and that was launched in 1994. Why are our receptions full of Barcelona Chairs?

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Success

MARCH 27, 2024

Jim Kwik, brain coach and New York Times bestselling author of Limitless , says these digital distractions can also be a massive hindrance to our productivity and success. “How When controlling our awareness and where our attention is going, Kwik explains that the brain’s reticular activating system (RAS) controls a great deal.

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Success

AUGUST 5, 2022

For most people, the inefficient and faulty nature of memory can cause frequent hassles, from forgetting to pick up dry cleaning to drawing blanks on important new names. White learned about the method in college when it helped pull up his GPA. If your file is the stove, catch whatever you’re filing on fire.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2017

I am guilty of being an email addict and spending unnecessary amounts of time reading, replying and filing my emails. So today, I am sharing my 10 tips to tidy up your inbox. Set up a free email address (Hotmail or Gmail for example) that you can use for newsletters, updates, subscriptions etc. me is the greatest thing ever.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Managing files can be overwhelming and let’s be honest… boring for some. Remember, an effective file management system boosts the overall efficiency of a company’s operations. With that, I’m going to share tips on how you can manage your files effectively. But as I always say… my passion is your nightmare! .

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BMT Office Administration

JULY 3, 2023

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

This is the second article in a two-part series on productivity apps for admins by Julie Perrine. As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Chat by phone or video conferencing, record meetings, and share screens to keep each other up to date, even if you’re continents apart!

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After purging the unnecessary stuff that mounted in your desk and anywhere else, it’s now time to prepare your filing system. Chaos can easily break anywhere in your living space if no filing system is set up to hold the different materials that you accumulate as you work. Physical File System.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In fact, I have a whole list of projects I’ve been saving up all year! They’re hardly able to enjoy the slower pace, for fear that they’re not being as productive as they could or should be. This list will be a helpful tool whenever downtime shows up, whether expected or not. Learn more and sign up here.)

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Success

MAY 10, 2022

As a professional organizer who encourages people to find the joy in tidying up their desks, calendars and filing cabinets, I am very familiar with the thinking behind grunt work, as organizing often falls into that category. He understood that each task built upon the next, all equally contributing to the final product.

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This is Podcast 81 and it’s about how you can be productive even if you’re sick, or tired or just feeling those low energy winter blues. You need a category of stuff to do when you’re not up for doing any of the hard stuff. Do some filing. Get that pile off your desk and into the file drawer.

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Success

AUGUST 21, 2022

Once you become a legal resident, you can sign up for the national health care in your new country. It’s a good place to start until you figure out your new country’s health system,” Sosdian says. “A You have to file U.S. Translation: If you’re a citizen, you have to file taxes even if you aren’t living in the country.

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Allwork

JANUARY 1, 2024

I have an optimistic view that even when a quantum computer can perform many of the functions that we consider human today, the human brain and the human species will step up to perform something new. Consider how technology has changed a human’s role in financial jobs over the last 200 years.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2024

A miner by trade, Papa Lance acquired the property in 1993 after he gave up his career mining silver and took over the inn from owner Sam Brooks. There’s 10,000 square feet of unfinished space upstairs, and I got to run around there and in the basement and see how all of our systems were exposed or how this open-frame space could be one day.”

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 9, 2014

Like your desk becoming overrun with paper piles, or your PC becoming littered with folders and files, so too can you ecommerce system become disorganized and out-of-control. and you can quickly end up with hundreds of different lists of subscribers (autoresponders in 1ShoppingCart / tags in Infusionsoft).

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Success

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Be realistic about your productivity and when your contributions will be available to the team—and accept the timeline your teammates lay out for their portion of the work. Your co-workers and supervisors physically see you show up to your job. Collaboration usually involves a lot of revisions and file updates.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 threw a wrench into this tried and true system for most companies. Here are some of the most popular methods for measuring the productivity of your remote workforce.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 31, 2023

Files, photos, passwords, apps, emails, and more fill our virtual space. Sign up today and get immediate access to our extensive archives of past training PLUS all live training events for as long as you’re a member. Learn more and sign up here! As modern-day professionals, we are all overloaded with electronic stuff!

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 26, 2022

While personal situations and the pandemic make it easy to come up with excuses to put my project on the back burner, it’s time to get it done. But as I evaluated my workspace, I realized I needed to make some physical changes to facilitate more productive workflow, focus, and energy as I write my book. If not, try a new arrangement.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

No business can thrive without adequate productivity. But even the most productive and enthusiastic individuals, teams, and corporations require careful management, planning, and collaboration. Many apps are also available as desktop or web programs for Linux and Windows operating systems. It will also sync up with other apps.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you’ve dedicated the time, energy, and attention necessary to obtain your certification, you certainly don’t want to lose it because you didn’t keep up with the requirements. However, if you fail to be consistent, you could create a pile up at the end. In my experience, many organizations follow an “honor system.”

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Nicole talks about the art of delegation, building a support system, being a mompreneur, and unlocking your productivity potential. So excited to hear Nicole’s story and chat with her today about a little bit about delegation and unlocking productivity potential.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 10, 2022

Are there any items that are just taking up space? Today is National Clean Off Your Desk Day, so it’s a great time to take a critical look at your workspace, and follow these three steps to make it a more productive area! Setup your own file-on-the-go station for quick and easy organizing. Create workspace zones. 2 pencils.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2019

Establish a filing system. Most of your files are probably going to be digital, but you still need to know where everything you need is stored. Looking for lost files will take up as much of your time as looking for misplaced items. You need to make sure all your files are in its proper place.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - First of all, there is not a perfect tool or a perfect system.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 20, 2017

Going paperless is not only better for the environment, but it can make you more productive. The first part is building your paperless system , while the second is all about how you maintain your paperless office. The first part is building your paperless system , while the second is all about how you maintain your paperless office.

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 5, 2012

The success in your business comes simply from having the right systems in place! There is no magic formula, secret pill, or any other hyped-up business building strategy that you’ve heard about … Your business success is all about having the right systems in place — that’s it; plain and simple.

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Success

JUNE 19, 2022

You make it happen, you’re up for a challenge , you do it your way. While they ultimately hoped to maintain the website themselves, DeNike says, they planned to hire a designer to get it up and running. For example, anytime Apple changed its operating system or upgraded Siri, her company needed to adapt. “We Do-it-yourselfers.

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Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Not only will you be providing product or services to others, you’ll be running your own business as well. This can be done both in person, with a physical intro packet or via email or messenger with a digital file. Productivity is more important than the time you spend at your keyboard. Ditch the 9 to 5 mindset.

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Success

JULY 13, 2021

I tried that approach and ended up in a total mess. To create my outline, I use a system knowable only unto myself that involves scraps of paper, many different colored pens, and files that sometimes get lost. Some writers can be productive writing for an hour here and an hour there, but that doesn’t work for me.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2017

Here is the secret sauce: Keep exploring until you find the very best processes for your daily routines: your To Do, Follow-up items, Action items, etc. Instead of sending out the same meeting notice, how can you jazz it up? If you still use hard file folders, purchase some pretty, fun folders. Be consistent with your processes.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 13, 2012

You’re going wake up on the Tuesday after Labour Day and realize you have three more people to get out the door in the morning. It’s a two-part system, a message board and a calendar (see images below). For example, the top item on our board is dry cleaning that needs to be picked up this week. Setting up your system.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The phone comes with 2GB microSD (capacity is up to 32GB) which makes it a decent storage device for documents and other files. My BlackBerry Bold 9780 became an extension of my productivity system right out of the box. The built-in applications on the phone are enough to cover my basic need for productivity tools.

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