Worxbee

AUGUST 30, 2022

Problems come up in business all the time, and a great EA takes the initiative to listen to the issues, understand the context and collaborate with you to provide solutions. Did you accomplish the goals for the meeting? She/he drafted an agenda for discussion and sent it out earlier in the morning. Which sounds better?

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 29, 2023

Set times when you will switch off your phone and laptop so you aren’t always available. Publishing an agenda for every meeting, however small, can help people to prepare mentally and emotionally. By setting the right development goals —those that feel meaningful and relevant—you will become the type of leader you want to be.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 30, 2012

Set specific goals. Set specific goals such as: I’ll walk for 30 minutes per day; or I’ll write a 1,000 words each day; or I’ll lose 20 pounds. You need to determine when you are going to accomplish your goals. You might even set penalties for not reaching goals. Share your goals. Set specific times.

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 25, 2019

Establish Clear Goals and Success Metrics: While this is necessary to manage all teams, clear goals and metrics are essential for remote teams. They are all working toward the same goal. Most importantly, work with your team to establish your goals and metrics to get further commitment and buy-in. Their work matters.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | Main | Tips to Go Almost Paperless » Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers There are a number of simple things that you can tweak to give you loads of extra time in your day, week, month and even year.  To your success!

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Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 7, 2014

Our goal, after all, is to work smarter, not harder, right? 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. What do you suppose shows up on that list? Schedule phone conversations. Things in business change all the time.

Management 100

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Productivity Bits

JULY 18, 2011

The reality is that we set goals and rarely achieve them on time because we are trying to do too many tasks (usually) without adjusting our efforts to the reality of our lives. We have a lot on our agenda, and we carry an oversized to do list that limits our ability to use strategy and plan our day to achieve our goals.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 26, 2012

Incoming communication – You should work to manage of your incoming data with the fewest possible moves; including e-mail, voice mail, real-time phone calls and regular mail. Waiting can eat up a fair portion of your time. Stand up for visitors. Schedule the others for follow-up, as appropriate. Work from an agenda.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 19, 2011

Here are some things you can do to bring that about: Bring your level of service up a level (or two if necessary) Act the way you want to be treated. It will be noticed!

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JULY 18, 2013

Our goal, after all, is to work smarter, not harder, right? 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. What do you suppose shows up on that list? Schedule phone conversations. Things in business change all the time.

Management 100

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

So many of you came up and introduced yourselves and said, “Hey you’re the guy I get all the emails from” I had to slip it into this blog. I didn’t know what to expect or how many people would show up but when I rounded the corner with my phone on Facebook Live, I was impressed with the HUGE turnout. Please enjoy watching it!

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 25, 2019

Establish Clear Goals and Success Metrics: While this is necessary to manage all teams, clear goals and metrics are essential for remote teams. They are all working toward the same goal. Most importantly, work with your team to establish your goals and metrics to get further commitment and buy-in. Their work matters.

Management 40

Management Agenda Goals Holidays 40

Step It Up VA Coaching

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Our goal, after all, is to work smarter, not harder, right? 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. What do you suppose shows up on that list? Schedule phone conversations. Things in business change all the time.

Management 100

Management Phones Agenda Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? " Warning!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal becomes a mini goal in itself. I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up. List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

You don’t actually try closing them out but must control them so that they won’t blow you up into pieces. The only thing that you can do is to prevent the build up of new “open loops&# on top of your existing “open loops&#. The 2 phone clients can sync to the Windows version. File System.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I then asked how my manager’s role fit into the company’s goals. Take that time to ask questions about his meetings, are there any action items you can follow up on from the meetings, are there any impending phone calls or situations you need to be aware of, can you create a template for his staff meeting agenda.

IAAP 100

IAAP Self Esteem Administrative Professionals Agenda 100

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I then asked how my manager’s role fit into the company’s goals. Take that time to ask questions about his meetings, are there any action items you can follow up on from the meetings, are there any impending phone calls or situations you need to be aware of, can you create a template for his staff meeting agenda.

IAAP 100

IAAP Self Esteem Administrative Professionals Agenda 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The trick is to make sure that the time you spend is actually focused on a goal for your business. Be careful not to get caught up in the “how” at this point. Are we being productive or are we just passing the time with being busy? Are YOU a Profit Thief? Look at each activity on your time log and give it the “sniff” test.

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Social Media Calendars Agenda Twitter 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Make meetings effective – Managers can spend an average of 17 hours a week in meetings, and that doesn’t include preparation and follow-up time. If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Joan Burge designed the course materials with follow-up activities and assessments to be completed outside of class time. Action Items and Follow-up Activities extend learning beyond the class room and empower students to self-develop. Course Agenda. Cut the length of phone calls by 40%. Call 1-800-STAR-139.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? "The Ph.D.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk 6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. Are you plugged in?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Time Zones IAAP International Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If the meeting is internal, I send a meeting request, but for external meetings I tend to just confirm with them the meeting details by phone or e-mail. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk 6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." Nobody answers the phone – put the phone down and do not call back.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I was at the cottage with a friend and she was cranky and started to get wound up about something to do with her husband. She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. 411 Look Up 411.ca no tickets.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. "Heads Up. I write down one task or to-do on a Post-It, and put it up on a wall.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Brilliantly Better

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One Sunday evening, with nothing better to do on my agenda, I went to the show, joining a bigger gang (mostly life coaches or among those lines). The actors were pretty much the same, but the show was literally made up on the stage. Improvisation is not stand-up. As a matter of fact, is very different from the stand-up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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2007 Time Zones IAAP 2003 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. I drag it to my Tasks and set a reminder so I can follow up whether the item was received.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint Email 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

The goal is to be well-rounded in all aspects. If you’re afraid you’ll only be picking up dry cleaning all day, you can state what you are looking for by saying, “My background has been as an executive assistant, where 90% of my workload related to the office and 10% was personal business handling x, y, z.”

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