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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. Check with all participants on availability for the options presented.

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5 Ways to Put Mindfulness to Work in Your Life

Success

For example, you might not feel like you have the time to meditate, yet meditation makes you more productive. The more time we spend practicing mindfulness and being in the present moment , the more space we might create in our day to get things done,” she says. So ultimately, we’re more likely to achieve more of our goals.”.

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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

Success

For example, if you get too many emails, sit in too many meetings or spend too much time waiting for sign-offs, you can be left with little time to complete your tasks. For example, perhaps your manager wants all team members to do a final readthrough of each presentation before it’s printed and finalized.

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Ground rules for team meetings

Practically Perfect PA

So for example, everyone… Should show up on time. 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. The most important aspect of the agenda is the timing of each item. Supporting papers.

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Zooming In On Engagement: How Turning Off Your Camera Can Hurt Your Career

Allwork

In a recent Korn Ferry report, it gave the example of an employee who made the decision to turn off her camera during online team meetings — despite active participation — and how that was seen as a lack of engagement by her boss. Contributing to the conversation and being present is important regardless of where you work.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. For example, the content of the learning needs to be directly related to the body of knowledge used for the certification and cannot be a sales-oriented presentation. For example, I have the PMP certification.

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How to Successfully Run Virtual Events

Worxbee

There’s a lot that needs to happen behind the scenes to make them successful, so here are some tips to make it happen: Have a clear agenda An online event relies upon well-crafted resources, including presentations, polls, and any other interactive component. For example, here are some common rules: Keep comments civil.

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