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Want To Delegate Better? Try a Total Responsibility Transfer

Success

Emily Oster, economist, Brown University professor and author of popular newsletter ParentData, recently published a newsletter on total responsibility transfer , or TRT. Avoid falling prey to rigid beliefs or agendas. When it doesn’t, it can feel like one more disaster on your plate to handle. But what if that’s a great thing?

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

If you don’t have procedures in place, one approach to onboarding involves having the new hire document the procedures as they learn. This method serves a dual purpose: it ensures that your procedures are up-to-date and allows the new employee to reinforce their learning through the act of documentation.

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How to Share Your Procedures With Your Team

All Things Admin

Make improving and updating your procedures an agenda item at every staff meeting. EXPLORE THE RESOURCES © 2024 Julie Perrine International, LLC HOW TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE Want to use this article in your newsletter, ezine or website? Regularly revisit and review your procedures manual with your team.

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The Good, Better, Best of Professional Development for Admins

Jen Lawrence

The key to successful continuing education for your administrative professionals is allowing them to complete learning on the clock. Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here. . The Organized Admin: Leverage Your Unique Organizing Style to Create Systems, Reduce Overwhelm, and Increase Productivity by Julie Perrine.

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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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My Monthly Theme Report: February 2017

Productivityist

Spend time learning more about Keynote. It’s still on the agenda. This day was split between writing newsletters, blog posts, and scripts for my talks. I spent every Thursday learning about the events I was speaking at, reviewing any materials needed to help me with my talks, and learning about platforms like Zoom.

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Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers

Stephanie LH Calahan

  (I learned this the hard way when I was in 6th grade and the adult I was with locked her keys in the car during a terrible snow storm.  Assume they want to learn. If you are an evening person and you plan last thing, make sure you are looking at the next day's agenda!   Don't let this be you!)

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