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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. This is not smart. This is not smart. Every career has certain core fundamental skills. They are the foundation on which everything else is built.

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My Three Words for 2018 (and a Single Resolution)

Productivityist

I also don’t find yearlong resolutions to be helpful – there are numerous studies that outline how resolutions often don’t work. I decided to make one resolution for this calendar year: To be more resolute. The post My Three Words for 2018 (and a Single Resolution) appeared first on Productivityist.

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Ryan Anderson VP of Global Research & Insights MillerKnoll | The Return to Office & Reengineering Cities

Allwork

What’s your thought on the return to office versus the redeveloping reengineering of cities so that people maybe don’t return to office, but cities become 24/7 instead of six to six? Transcript Frank Cottle [ 00:00:53] Welcome to Allwork.S pace and the F uture of W ork Podcast. Well, a few things come to my mind.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

No company just lopped a day off their calendar. Rich Leigh, whose Gloucester firm Radioactive PR moved to a four-day week in 2019, told me, “I can’t move for great resumes from great people” who were wanting to escape London but remain in the industry. Instead, they had to meaningfully redesign how they worked.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

He can ignore e-mails, but it is hard to ignore me :) When you are copied on an e-mail, read the whole message, don’t just skim it. If you have been asked to do something and don’t fully understand what is expected of you, don’t be afraid to ask questions. There could be a message for you.