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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. . -- Wait a minute! I guess he thought I needed the help.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

If you need a marketer ASAP, you can sort by project or title on freelance marketplaces. Set up a calendar for regular check-ins and deadlines. They are also notoriously overworked and overstressed — so the marketing manager is likely drowning in work by the time they get the green light to hire or onboard a freelancer.

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10 do’s and don’t for managing your boss’s task list

Practically Perfect PA

Don’t forget to add tasks with deadlines to your Executive’s calendar. This will help your Executive plan their day, especially if they have a few urgent tasks that need to be completed asap. They could have very simple tasks that you can complete and tick off. Evernote, Wunderlust, Any.do

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The Plancake Inbox: Get Organized And Stay Relaxed

Productivity Bits

Plancake has got everything that you would expect from a GTD-oriented task manager: lists, tags, notes, calendar, next actions, repetitive tasks and an Inbox. Adding an event to your Google Calendar account (coming soon). There was a problem in our servers that needed to be sorted ASAP. Plancake Inbox: Free Your Mind.

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Top 5 Ways of Being More Efficient in Business

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Use a specific business calendar to keep a reminder of your schedule. Use WinWeb ’s Online Calendar and Online Document Store to cut down on physical waste. You ask a question, I answer! Starting a Small Business? Be ruthless with your filing.

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Share your calendar with coworkers so they can see your “checking email” time blocks. DON’T FEEL BAD FOR NOT REPLYING RIGHT AWAY Personally, I like to reply to emails ASAP because assistants should strive to make responsiveness one of our key skills. You could call it Email FOMO (fear of missing out).

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. So what can you do when your boss is ruining your perfectly scheduled calendar? Internal meetings can usually be changed more easily so start there.