On The Job
JUNE 13, 2018
Your inbox may be groaning under the load of emails from collaborating partners. It's no wonder that 85% of most knowledge workers and leaders are bogged down in email, meetings and phone calls. How can you collaborate more effectively without writing emails at 3 a.m. Stop emailing. Here's some ideas: Be stingy.
Professional Assistant Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. Trust me, people start to get irritated when this happens over and over again.
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Professional Assistant Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda. If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Delegate a person to be a a Facilitator, a Timekeeper and a Scribe.
Professional Assistant Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2008
In my case, I am lucky, since I only have to track calls for myself and use my daily journal or agenda (call it what you will) to make notes. Do you wish that you could be able to track calls and make sure that you have all of the details in place? This happens to everyone from time to time.
Ian's Messy Desk
JUNE 9, 2010
If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand. If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. invite as few people as possible to limit discussion. Keep the office door closed.
Brilliantly Better
MARCH 7, 2010
It is like there is an open field of room for those few who perform actions, and then a huge cubicle for those who only use words to battle inside of. This wouldn’t be the case if manipulation wasn’t prevalent, but since it is, you have a bigger opportunity to impress others by leading the way through your actions.
The Small Business Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2007
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