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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings. Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Meeting Agenda.

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Make Procedures Development a Habit, Not a Project

All Things Admin

For example, you may allocate specific time periods throughout the day to check email or send out meeting agendas and reminders. Or you may have set days of the week where you do certain reports or perform routine tasks like expense reporting or payroll.

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

The agenda. A pre-event agenda should look something like this: What is the purpose of the event? Events can be expensive especially if they are for team building or internal training. The company could, for example, want to change staff mindset or behaviour. . So when you arrive at the meeting ensure you come prepared.

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Shorter, More Effective Meetings

Office Dynamics

The cost of the average meeting, including salaries, expenses, and opportunity costs is estimated at $5000. You will also set an example and expectation that will improve the meeting performance of others. Send out an agenda far enough in advance for participants to prepare. and another under productive meeting…and another.

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Shorter, More Effective Meetings

Office Dynamics

The cost of the average meeting, including salaries, expenses, and opportunity costs is estimated at $5000. You will also set an example and expectation that will improve the meeting performance of others. Send out an agenda far enough in advance for participants to prepare. Wow, you know your stuff!

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How to Act Like a Leader Even When Following

Ian's Messy Desk

A leader achieves outcomes through —not at the expense of people. For example, if you are holding a meeting with team members, make sure the agenda is set, action items are completed and that things don’t slip through the cracks. A leader inspires confidence, trust and loyalty, through character, integrity and actions.

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Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You

Stephanie LH Calahan

usually at the expense of our own sanity. List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.     B Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “c-Draft budget report”? usually at the expense of our own sanity.     C 3.