Workplace Insight

MARCH 21, 2023

The Workspace Design Show returned to the Business Design Centre from 27- 28 February 2023, with exhibitors and visitors alike hailing it as a must-attend addition to the trade show calendar and a place where the workplace community can come together to be inspired and network.

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On The Job

MARCH 4, 2019

Before you know it, the entire team has grouped around a table and a chairs like wildebeests who have just found the last good watering hole for 100 miles. Forget an agenda. Don't let a calendar dictate. Someone get me a chair!" Impromptu meetings. The complaint: "I'm not ready for a meeting! I need time to prepare my notes!

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Worxbee

JUNE 20, 2022

Implementing the Level 10 agenda will help you and the team to identify, discuss, and solve issues. These should be scheduled on your calendars. Prepare questions or an agenda in advance to ensure you get as much information as possible during your check-in. This is where recurring check-ins can be helpful.

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2017

As we remove the plastic wrappings from our new calendars and start neatly recording upcoming events and plans, we’re inspired to make 2018 the best year ever. Help your supervisor team find a way to cover for one another so each gets significant year-end reflection time without interruption. By: Peg Ayers. A clean slate.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2011

The new year is a good time to bring up the Look-Forward Agenda. The Look-Forward Agenda is very helpful for this. It is basically a list of items that are regularly dealt with throughout the year and provides a timetable of when these items need to be added to the agenda. Happy New Year everyone!

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Google Calendars. Good ole’ Google calendars are a really quick and simple project management tool. You can overlay your calendars with one another so you can see if there are any conflicts or gaps with your planning. And similarly you can just view one calendar at a time. Actually it’s the one I use myself!

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2015

It will be especially beneficial for new starters who will get to know key contacts very quickly and feel part of a team sooner than they would without a network which can only be beneficial for the bosses and the organisation. As a consequence of working together it will aid the bottom line by saving time and money.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 1, 2013

My career path looks something like this: Like most EAs I started out at a very junior level, working as a Team Administrator at Deloitte, I did have a degree and had worked while at university so I had some experience which probably helped me land the role. Getting to grips with calendar and email management. Helping with projects.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 23, 2015

If you’ve ever put your work calendar into your Google Calendar (or equivalent) and you are an iPhone user then Shifts is an app that will allow you to “shift” away from that and enter your work schedule into it instead. Seem redundant or solving a problem that doesn’t need solving? Think again.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Here are some of the ToDo List and Task Management tools that I like and would recommend to friends: Work On This – “Workonthis is an online task board allowing individuals and teams to create lists and share tasks. The collaboration functionalities make this tool a great tool to have for team-based projects.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

T hen I just review each night for the next day to make sure I am on task - I take my daily to-dos from my master and I schedule my to-do mistycb   @ StephCalahan using iPhone apps:etodo,calendar & www.hassleme.co.uk/ deusami   @ StephCalahan Trying out a moleskin plan. Notes from all areas of life in the front.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

- How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area?

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Success

JANUARY 8, 2024

An app can have many exciting features, like monitoring multiple goals, a task manager or to-do lists, access to a personal coach and integration with your calendar or other apps. Users can track their progress individually or with a team or group and fight in-app monsters together for super accountability. 10 best goal setting apps 1.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

My favourite to-do list is a calendar timeline so I can see at a glance where I am at and what I need to do to get there. It is simply using an on-line calendar with space on each day to enter what needs to be done. To generate a calendar in Word 2007, click on the Office Button (in the top left-hand corner). No surprises!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Dealing in real time.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 28, 2016

It somewhat pained me to read the second one as the late author was the legendary coach of the San Francisco 49ers — a team that beat my Cincinnati Bengals in two Super Bowls — but he also did coach for the Bengals, so I kept that in mind as I poured over the pages. Then we can focus on finding the positives within the negatives.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 28, 2016

It somewhat pained me to read the second one as the late author was the legendary coach of the San Francisco 49ers — a team that beat my Cincinnati Bengals in two Super Bowls — but he also did coach for the Bengals, so I kept that in mind as I poured over the pages. Then we can focus on finding the positives within the negatives.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 28, 2016

It somewhat pained me to read the second one as the late author was the legendary coach of the San Francisco 49ers — a team that beat my Cincinnati Bengals in two Super Bowls — but he also did coach for the Bengals, so I kept that in mind as I poured over the pages. Then we can focus on finding the positives within the negatives.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc.

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Time Zones IAAP International Calendars 100

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 13, 2020

I have a deep admiration and appreciation for those who dedicate themselves to support roles, which is one of the reasons I now focus a large part of my corporate training business on working with administrative teams. Admin assistants generally provide support to a team or group of people, a department, or a specific business function.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

My boss likes me to print his weekly calendar on Monday so he can see at a glance what he has for the week so I clip that to the front of the folder. I then print his daily calendar and slip that in the left pocket of the folder and on the right side I put everything he will need for the day. I do this for each day of the week.

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Time Zones 2008 IAAP Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I mentioned this to our team of admins at one of our meetings so when one of my co-workers found out how to do something they thought to share it with the team. I also drag items from my Inbox if someone sends me an email to advise they will be sending an agenda or some other item by a certain date. Minute taking made easier.

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Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint Email 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Once a date is finalized I put it in my bosss calendar and confirm the meeting with the other participants. Another benefit to writing it down is if your boss asks you to cancel it or to quickly tell you when the meeting is, you can look at the sheet rather than trying to search for it in your calendar. Minute taking made easier.

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Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Our team-building activity for 2016 was called Compression Planning®: From Idea to Action and Results Faster. Our team-building session was 2 hours long and we just touched the surface. I have coached over 200 executive/assistant teams. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

They are a team of office professionals for office professionals. Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

I state my job is to assimilate to what already exists at the company and to be team player and to do what is best for the company because without the company, I wouldn’t be here. So bring your experience, wisdom, and people skills to the table, but have a “I’m green, hungry for the job, I’ll hustle” attitude as well.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

The larger version is great for team-based stuff (I’ve used it at some talks I’ve done) and for those productivityists who want to be environmentally conscious and still have a paper-based component to bringing their ideas to life, the Ideaboard fits the bill. NeuYear calendar. Agenda Calendar.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

INCOMING MAIL: As with e-mail, you should read the letter to see if there are any action items for your boss (or yourself) and diarize them or put the appropriate dates in the calendar. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

The night before I go to a Board meeting, I review all my templates, agendas, binder, attendance sheets and everything I am going to need or might need. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? no tickets. Do I have everything?

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:16 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , agenda , checklist , executive assistant , minutes , motions , professional assistant , to-do list , voting Reactions: Newer Post Older Post Home Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Being organized helps de-clutter any task and makes it more manageable and doable.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? The longer she couldnt get in touch with him, the angrier she became. When she finally did reach him she started off really nice. "Hi,

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Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I put the items from the agenda on the template in the same order and with a space to put the discussion and decisions/actions from the meeting.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. To set a recurring 9-5 meeting (as opposed to clicking all-day meeting) I dont like the all-day meeting settings as they are out of sight at the top of the calendar and easily missed.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For example, when Ludwig noticed her Executive’s one-on-one meetings with team members were taking twice as long as necessary, she suggested team members come to the check ins with an agenda — a move that saved her leader several hours each week. .” Also draw upon your gifts for observation and listening.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. If you need to write/send your holiday cards then look at your calendar and schedule it in. In the calendar. Schedule those activities on your calendar. Don't fill your calendar to the max.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. The content was already created and the team repurposed the content into an image that conveyed the same message in a more colorful and exciting way. Thanks to Derrick Hayes of WOE Enterprises. Reuse, Recycle Content.

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