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How to Start a Mentorship Program

Success

You don’t want managers mentoring their direct reports because a managerial relationship involves dispensing specific work-related feedback. Receiving coaching from people who aren’t your managers also exposes you to different points of view. Have your pilot pairs meet once every two months with guidelines and meeting agendas.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Here’s a glimpse into our comprehensive onboarding agenda: Introduction to Team Dynamics Schedule regular daily huddles in the initial weeks, adjusting to fewer meetings as the new hire becomes more integrated.

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6 Types of Meetings and How to Use Them Successfully

Jen Lawrence

The agenda format relies heavily on the team’s style and size. A few quick guidelines to ensure your meetings are effective: Map your meetings on a calendar and schedule them well in advance. Have an agenda. Whether an itemized agenda or a framework to guide the conversation, have a structure in place.

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Dana’s Administrative Professional Advice – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

When setting goals, a typical guideline method is S.M.A.R.T.E.R She obviously researched the company’s desired future growth and asked management what their goals were, she then proactively created objectives to develop ways to support her team and company. Pauline’s goals directly support the values and goals of the company.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

When we left off with Mad Men, Joan, played by Christina Hendricks had manoeuvred herself all the way from Office Manager to the brink of a fortune. If you’re arranging a meeting for your Boss, pay attention to the agenda. All the managers I’ve known recently have relied very heavily on their Pas. Mind your business.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

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? ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" Lets enjoy our day together.©

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How We Use Slack

Productivityist

I’ve created several “posts” in Slack which I intend to use as guidelines for what we do in areas of the website, services, and products offered. We haven’t integrated Slack and Trello together at this moment, but it’s on the agenda. Again, Slack is our communication tool – not our task manager. Training Documentation.

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