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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

Success

According to Paul Osincup , corporate trainer, humor strategist and author of the forthcoming book, The Humor Habit , we are all suffering from a condition he refers to as “chronic seriousness.” economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

This not only aids in creating a comprehensive procedural document for future use, but also provides a reference for the new hire to revisit as needed while they’re learning the ropes. Health and Safety: Policies related to workplace safety, emergency procedures, and health guidelines.

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Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room

The Office Professionals Place

This weeks agenda has the same items as last weeks and again nothing is resolved. Dont make references to people. Sunday, April 11, 2010 Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room Here we go again another Monday morning meeting. It is a difficult meeting to attend because it is a time waster - unproductive and boring.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. 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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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

The Office Professionals Place

If you are not the person who can assist them, refer them to someone who can. If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting.

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?   

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

So, this answer is based on my experimentation with the two main tools the question above refers to - a planner and a tickler file system. Anchoring the system in the tickler file: You will find your "Next action" sheets, your project sheets, agendas, documents you need to work with, etc.

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