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Ground rules for team meetings

Practically Perfect PA

So for example, everyone… Should show up on time. Turn their phone onto vibrate. Every meeting must have an agenda . Make sure every meeting has an agenda, it can be very simple for example: Date, time, location. Agenda / meeting’s purpose. Listen to each other and not interrupt.

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

On The Job

It's no wonder that 85% of most knowledge workers and leaders are bogged down in email, meetings and phone calls. For example, if someone wants to talk to you, appoint a specific block of time -- no more than 30 minutes. If you can't get things resolved in that amount of time, the agenda is too broad or unfocused. Stop emailing.

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Time Is Money: Get More of Both with an Executive Assistant

Worxbee

Here’s a short list of things EAs can do: Screening or making phone calls Scheduling or moving meetings Planning a business trip to meet with clients Bookkeeping or budgeting Completing paperwork Initial brainstorming on new projects Two heads are better than one It’s easier to remember or collaborate when two heads are involved.

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

Ideas.Ted

For example, here’s a recent email exchange I had with a client. If you just received a vague or confusing text or email, don’t be afraid to request a phone conversation or, if possible, a video or in-person meeting. Whenever I host digital meetings , I usually ask remote attendees to lead parts of the agenda. Client: Yes.

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Meeting or Memo?

Virtual Moxie

By way of example, if you know that your client is at her best in the morning, and really only has the energy to lick stamps after 2pm, it’s not respectful of her energetic resources to lay something heavy on her in the afternoon. Take it off the agenda, and write to your client about it, instead. Give her updates this way.

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Manage Your Time. Schedule Your Workflow. Save Your Sanity.

Step It Up VA Coaching

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Schedule phone conversations.

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Manage Your Time. Schedule Your Workflow. Save Your Sanity.

Step It Up VA Coaching

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Schedule phone conversations.