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How to Plan a Working Vacation

Success

Prep for your working vacation Inform any partners, clients and colleagues of your travel plans and only commit to the most important meetings while you are away. If you’re traveling to a different time zone, always double check your calendar to make sure any meeting times are correctly noted.

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Guidelines for Effective Email Writing

Jen Lawrence

Examples: Signature Needed by 10/31: Company X Final Contract Information Needed by 11/1: Speaker Bio and Headshot Important Event Info: 12/15 Holiday Party. Pst, bonus points if you include time zones! We live in a global environment – don’t assume the reader knows where you are and your time zone.).

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

Provide spaces for social, informal connections. We need spaces where we can connect informally with our colleagues and have the opportunity to discuss work in a more relaxed, informal and pleasant setting. Having the chance to switch off when they need to will enable staff to perform better over a longer period.

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. It’s always best to review the day’s events together. Many administrators are now handling their executive’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate.

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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. Too much information. Do you like what you do? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

What dates and times does he or she have available (keeping in mind time zones for away meetings)? Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. Too much information. Does your boss need to be at the meeting? If your boss calls the meeting.

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

Before I left I went over my checklists a few times to make sure I had everything and it was stress free each day as I reviewed the lists and checked off the items to bring. By using the template I was able to accomplish everything with enough time to change, touch up my make up and hair and then off to the next event.