Success

JUNE 19, 2023

Business leaders have a new solution to alleviating employee burnout and helping them create more balance —hiring virtual assistants (VAs) to free up employees’ time and creative energy. Instead, they can be a helpful tool toward achieving more balance, but not by themselves.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Tools such as the Loneliness at Work Scale offer insight into various dimensions of loneliness, enabling preemptive measures to be taken. Enhance Communication Platforms: Invest in improved tools and platforms to strengthen communication and collaboration among remote or distributed teams.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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APRIL 17, 2023

Predictive algorithms and self-service analytics are excellent tools, but they need someone to interpret the data provided. In an asynchronous workforce , keeping up with the various time zones and employee schedules is difficult. One way that CHROs are dealing with this reality is through data-driven decision-making.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

How can you fairly manage a team when four of them are next to you in the office and seven others are scattered across time zones? This doesn’t mean they need to be IT experts, but they should have a solid understanding of the technological tools and platforms that can benefit their organization.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Teams establish a separate channel for personal, non-work discussions using collaboration software, such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Trello, or other similar tools. This simple yet effective change enabled employees to pick up on nonverbal cues and clarify any misunderstandings in real-time. 2) How are you feeling right now?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

ABW also requires a more intentional approach to managing space, including the implementation of booking tools and protocols to ensure that spaces are available, clean, and promptly ready to be used. They have become an accepted means of communication, including screen sharing and live editing, rather than marking up and emailing.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Digital nomads travel the world, often packing lightly so that they can easily move on to a new city or country and set up a new base there. If you’re living and working in different countries, with changing time zones, collaborating with colleagues around the world can be difficult. Calendly subscription .

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Be cognizant of the time zones. If you need to present the same content to teams globally, set up multiple meetings. Tools such as Slack and Basecamp enable real-time collaboration so that important messages and feedback don’t fall through the cracks. Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays.

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Every executive assistant needs a robust set of tools. Over the years, we’ve learned what tools you need to reach the top of your game. From task apps to full-blown project management tools, the software has never been easier for task management. Trello - Trello is a kanban (cards) style of project management tool.

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Productivityist

APRIL 26, 2021

If you are like most business persons, you are usually on the road, and with the world working on a full-time basis, there is no excuse to disconnect those several hours you are traveling. In fact, traveling has now become the best time to catch up on your work. Utilize your flight time strategically to get enough sleep.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

Virtual assistants can give you a lot of freedom by taking on repetitive and administrative tasks and freeing up time to attend to other aspects of the business. If you plan to hire a virtual executive assistant, you must decide if you need someone in the same time zone as yourself. Lower overhead and training.

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Worxbee

AUGUST 23, 2021

Working on a remote basis offers you the benefits of being able to tap into a wider pool of talent, work across different time zones, and reduce office overhead. But at the same time, you don’t have the same advantages that face-to-face communication can bring. Your EA is great at setting up systems like this. #3.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I’ve worked with many clients over the years who have wanted me to help them set up their client scheduling system — whether it’s creating a system for existing clients or one for booking strategy sessions. And an area that has come up regularly is that of using a service such as TimeTrade to get clients to self-schedule.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 3, 2023

C-Suite Assistants can find you an EA who can provide crucial support using digital platforms and tools that seamlessly connect your organization across time zones to optimize operations. Time-Consuming Recruitment Until you have done it, it’s hard to imagine the amount of time hiring executive assistants can take.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Falling Behind on Your Follow-Ups? By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 03, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity A re you falling behind on your follow-ups? Do you want to improve the efficiency of following up with clients? It was a life saver!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights. If you end up standing right near the buttons, people expect you to be the conductor.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Co-Workers Not Cleaning Up After Themselves? Do you get annoyed that you are always the one that has to clean up after them? Do you know of any other ways to get your staff members to clean up after themselves? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! right away. right away.

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Productivity Bits

JULY 11, 2017

Those kinds of team members never see each other face to face, and sometimes even work in different time zones, which obviously means that it’s that much harder to stay in sync. Now, there are times when distance between teams is something that can’t be avoided. However, there would be alternating “shifts”.

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Denise Aday

AUGUST 16, 2010

Here’s a handy email reminder tool I’ve been trying out since last week: Followup.cc (Thank you, WebWorkerDaily.). Whenever you have an email containing an action item for later – whether a reply or some other type follow-up – you can forward it to [VALUE]@followup.cc. send off your reminder to followup.cc.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Power Up Your PowerPoint With Templates! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 4comments for this post Feng Liang I stumbled upon this corporate presentation template at Cone Trees that I can actually use for my work, it wasnt cheesy types that usually come up in the search, so it thought id share :D.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Unfortunately, these essential business tools can be challenging to organize, especially as your company grows and you balance work and home life. It will also sync up with other apps. Trello is one of the best management and collaboration tools available. So anything created in one will show in Calendar and vice versa.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 21, 2017

Mix things up by creating different power word-rich headlines to get people to engage with your content. Use a spreadsheet and a free tool like Hootsuite and schedule 4 tweets or more a day. 11am – 1pm is the most popular time for tweets, but do consider your audience’s time-zone. Participate in Twitter chats.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Since its inception, Fleishmann has scaled Arthur up to 50 employees internationally and has seen the platform adopted by renowned organizations around the world, such as the United Nations and Societe Generale. Since its inception, Fleischmann has scaled Arthur up to 50 employees internationally. About this episode. How do you see?

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The Persistent Assistant

JANUARY 25, 2020

Office professionals are therefore included in this revolution and it’s becoming more imperative than ever to ensure that we move in unified momentum with technological advances to embrace the amazing technological tools we have at our disposal. It’s up to you to ensure you keep yourself knowledgeable and relevant. You can do this!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. If it is a planned time off then you can meet with your buddy and give them any instructions or information they will need to handle in your absence and any contact names and numbers. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. Come up with a plan on how you are going to improve in the areas you identified as needing improvement. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. They had enough time as they saw the bus approaching, they know they will need it, but time and time again, they are searching for it. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 12, 2008

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. He loved it and I believe ended up doing his job better because of it. 411 Look Up 411.ca Something to think about.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. " Warning! Incoming text message.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. " Warning! Incoming text message.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

If a conference comes up and they are looking for someone to do the registration, we can step in and do that or we can organize it from start to finish. What about brainstorming to see what organizational tools would work best in the office? Who better than the admins to come up with something that works. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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