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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Many administrators are now handling their executive’s pre-read meeting materials by printing, reviewing and flagging them as appropriate. Many administrative professionals are doing research, preparing outgoing pre-reads and filtering e-mail note strings for their executive in preparation for a meeting. Department Issues.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

All you need is to put some time aside and close your door, or put some earphones on, and plug into your computer and learn. As wonderful as online learning can be, going to a live conference or seminar with other assistants is something that you should try to do a few times a year. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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I got an e-slap on the wrist - Ouch!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I also learned at a "Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook" seminar that we should not use e-mails as urgent requests. This little tip has been a huge time-saver for me. I had a situation a couple of years ago where I had replied to an e-mail that I had mis-read and that caused a bit of kirfluffle (not sure how spell that).