Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 23, 2012

List these three on a large colorful post it note where you will see it, perhaps on your planner, on your phone or in your car. I keep projects, priorities, and tasks separate using a departmentalization technique from the Family Manager® Hit List. I have a clipboard that sits to the left of my keyboard.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 15, 2011

Basically the problems arise when a service, product, call back, or response has not been delivered or is not what the customer expected. Let us assume a customer comes into a store to purchase a smart phone. Make sure customer expectations are fully understood at the start of a purchase or project. photo credit: SimplyAbbey.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 21, 2012

I am not a big fan of touch screen keyboards as they are not a true QWERTY keyboard. The touch screen keyboard won’t give you a fast typing rate because you have to type with one finger versus all 10. If you don’t have it with you, whip out your cell phone and send yourself a text message or email.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Some say the traditional paper planner is the best, while others swear by their smart-phone or on line tool.    Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Do You Hate Your To-Do List?

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research.   The reason is simple. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 July, 2010 Taking stock Whenever I finish a project I always ask myself, or get together with those who assisted me, and ask the question, "What went well and what could have gone better?" Did I phone to get my electricity turned on? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I’ve been able to plan and complete a project successfully. I will have all kinds of energy to work on a project if I know it is ending at one point.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

If it is a big project I use a calendar and write down all my required to-dos on the dates I need to get them done to make my deadline. There are different styles of to-do lists and you can use the one that suits your work style and the type of project you are doing, but the main thing is to have one. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Are you willing to take on new projects and new challenges? If you have a job, be thankful and hang on to it and work productively and to the best of your ability. My former boss gave me an excellent reference on paper and by phone. Having the right people in the right job is a good combination and makes for a productive team.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

But there are some people who don’t need a full-time assistant; they need such services only when they’re on a certain project or burdened with too many short-term responsibilities. And make sure you ask your employer to provide honest feedback about your work, both throughout the project and once you’re done.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

Other than the reality check of the above three items, it was a great way to see how I project myself and how other people see me. I find we are often very critical of ourselves and it often impacts how we behave or project ourselves. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Reactions: 5comments: Anonymoussaid.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

The admin profession lends itself to taking on new and sometimes challenging projects. I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. We all participated by writing to our sponsored child and contributed money towards supporting her. There are many things we can do as employees to better our world, even while at work. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

I helped my husband occasionally with his Event Management Projects and when it came to graphics I always took his help, I still do. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My Story is pretty much like the story above - "Just a Secretary". Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

Many small things like this can be handled with a little creativity and shouldnt stop production. If it is with an outside contact, a phone call apologizing for your error and being open to whatever steps you need to take to make it right will go a long way to fixing it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I do however use my Tasks and Reminders in Outlook throughout the day for my own deadlines and projects, but for organizing someone else, this system beats even that for simplicity and it just plain works! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have to keep accepting these projects!” Establish Core Business Hours Your core business hours can be flexible insofar as when you’re generally most productive, but they’re set in stone after you’ve chosen them. If you work more than that, you cease to be productive. And you can’t keep it up. But I have to!” you wail. “I

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. No, the self-help info-products I’m talking about are in fact more dangerous. Self-help manuals and do-it-yourself user guides. Those we can spot a mile away. If not, move on to something else.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you. Just once in a while… I find I have those moments as well, and if you’re not right there with the pen or the keyboard, then you’ve lost it. It’s just a way of making a personal update.

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