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Upping your A(ssisting) game when you work with a Board of Trustees

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Offer to help put together the agenda for meetings, offer to tackle a project for a committee. As a bonus this will also alleviate emails and phone calls to you asking when something is due. You not only help the board, you increase your knowledge and become more valuable as a partner.

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11 Things Organized and Productive People Do Every Day

Success

office professionals surveyed agreed that they spend more time searching for documents and files they need than responding to emails and messages,” according to a 2021 survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Elastic. Don’t save an email or a phone call to deal with later. They don’t respond to emails as they arrive.

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Five tips for keeping a meeting on track

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You know those meetings that go on and on forever with no agenda, no purpose and no end? Often, they can be a phone call or an email, and they never require everyone in the […]. Yup, we’ve all been there, and we all know how much of a waste of time these meetings can be.

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4 Things to Consider Before Working with a Virtual Financial Adviser

Success

Virtual financial advisers can counsel you via video conference, phone or email. Work up an agenda and send it via email a few days in advance. If you’ve sent an agenda for your next virtual wealth management session, perhaps organize that information by topic to keep the meeting running smoothly.

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10 Simple Tips to Improve Your Time Management Skills

Success

An unexpected phone call or a drop-in visitor may be urgent, but the consequences of dealing with either may not be important in the long run. Do you receive phone calls that divide your focus? Even with the best intentions, you can find yourself subject to someone else’s agenda. Has a crisis caused you to drop everything?

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3 Steps to Manifest Your Goals In Life—Yes, It Really Does Work

Success

For most people, that means avoiding emails and the internet in general. “By By grabbing our phone first thing in the morning, all we’re doing is reacting to someone else’s agenda for our time,” Whittaker says. Want to create the best possible routine? Focus on the way you begin each day.

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Why Collaborating Can Be a Pain -- and What to Do About It

On The Job

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.