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4 ways to make people feel valued at work, even when you’re not all together

Ideas.Ted

Instead of listening as others share their ideas, now we often read them in an email or other digital medium. For example, here’s a recent email exchange I had with a client. A lot of the time, a misinterpreted email is the result of a dropped word or misleading punctuation mark. The solution is simple: Proofread your emails.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 May, 2010 Whose meeting is it anyway? 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? Lets enjoy our day together.© Is the boardroom booked?

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 June, 2009 Meeting preparation. To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 20 February, 2010 Minute taking made easier. 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. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand. If you’re on the receiving end of delegation, learn to say no if your schedule is full, or find out what isn’t urgent and leave it for another day. invite as few people as possible to limit discussion.

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 August, 2010 Pass it on. I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received.

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 November, 2009 Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home I had a good tip from my boss that I have used to help me prepare him for meetings whether they are away or at home. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc.