On The Job

JULY 11, 2018

Whether it's music, movies, television or books, people often have "favorites." Move around periodically, stopping to compliment a great super hero poster in someone's cubicle or say, "I'm headed to Starbucks -- anyone want to tag along?" "Are there any good restaurants I should try this weekend?" Talk about pop culture.

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Success

JUNE 23, 2021

She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. Even knowing what someone’s office looks like, how tidy they keep their desk and what pictures fill the walls of their cubicle, can provide a level of comfort. Those subconscious signals evaporate in an online-only collaboration.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The fact is, we still end up celebrating a cubicle Christmas once in a while. Here are some items to turn your cubicle into a hauntingly good time: Personalized Halloween Pumpkin 4 Port USB hub: If you plan to decorate your office space for the holidays you will need a few extra USB ports. Thanksgiving.

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On The Job

JANUARY 18, 2016

A new book looks at how to find the right gear at the right time in order to thrive. Next time you don’t want to be interrupted while working , try posting a “5” on your office door or cubicle. If you’re not able to self-regulate – to shift gears when necessary – then you may find yourself burned out and unproductive.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Buoyed by a number of new books and studies on the value of introverts, such personality types are willing to point out the flaws of the extroverts to the world -- but that may be leading to some unfair judgments against extroverts. "I So, they assume that when someone else is quiet, they''re sad.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 12, 2023

Although he came to be known as the father of all those cubicle farms that dominated US office life in the late 20th Century, and still do to a lesser extent, he was driven by some of the same principles as the Schelle brothers. In the US, the idea was picked up and popularised as caves-and-commons.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! Do you feel like you are going to lots of websites to find the best deal?

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On The Job

JULY 18, 2008

Dwight" has inhabited the cubicle next to you for three very, very long years. Offer your opinion on the latest business books, although you didn't actually read them. Tags: workplace advice the office cubicle dwight humor at work ok workplace rules human resources it's okay career advice free career advice Anita Bruzzese.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 28, 2023

He is also the author of two books. His most recent book has the much drier title of A Practical Guide to Post Occupancy Evaluation and Researching Building User Experience. But we can do more and that’s what I am trying to do with the book. It’s back to the cubicle except it’s a Perspex box rather than a partitioned box. “So,

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That''s why he has written a book called Reply All. Too many people act as if "their mom is going to go right behind them and clean up," as they leave empty food containers and dirty dishes in their cubicles or other work areas, he says. It also drives people nuts, Frieman says.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Workplace Anxiety Disorder Impacts Employees at All Levels The world moves at such a fast pace these days that sometimes we make snap judgments just in order to keep pace.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 17, 2010

In one of his books, Richard Bach says: “If it is never your fault, you can’t take responsibility for it. Get Life Outside Of The Cubicle. Your cubicle, or office, can easily become a pit of boredom. There are many other ways to find life outside of your cubicle. This is a fact that we need to live by.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Outlook Calendar Properly By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you trying to book a meeting with someone or a group of people? This happens to me quite frequently.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Do you need to have some sort of written confirmation to make sure that the reservation has been booked? T here is a great site called OpenTable.com , which allows you to book reservations online with particular restaurants all over the world. Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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On The Job

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Battley, a leadership and career expert, says that zombies are populating cubicles these days. While zombies have become more popular in movies, television shows and books, being a zombie will do little for your career. You might even become one of them if you’re not careful. "A There is good news even for undead workers, she says.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Click on the arrow down button right beside the "New" button, then click "Distribution List" Here you can either "Select Members" or "Add New" Select Members is used to find contacts that are already in your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 4, 2017

Maybe you’d prefer it if your cubicle mate didn’t chomp on celery sticks all day. Networking Naturally (free excerpt from full Networking Naturally e-book ). We have to be willing to say, “This person is not my favorite, but they’re still valuable.”. Practically speaking, that means adapting to the little quirks of humans.

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On The Job

MARCH 21, 2011

While producer Peter Guber doesn't expect you to drive a Batmobile or enlist Tom Cruise to work in the cubicle next door, he says that learning to tell an entertaining story can help you achieve your goals. We all read books, laugh, cry and go to movies." The truth is, we're all wired the same," he says. "We

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On The Job

OCTOBER 13, 2011

When I was in junior high, there were these things called "slam books." Eventually the teachers got wind of these books and confiscated them. It's many (many) decades later and I still remember the slam book contents from junior high. To this day, I can remember one especially hurtful comment written on my page.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Anyone who has read a leadership book in the last decade or even watched television after Michael Jackson died probably knows of Deepak Chopra. Get outside yourself," says Chopra, author or more than 55 books. Even though I've been covering the workplace for long time, I finally had a chance to interview him. Give them appreciation.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

If you are booking a meeting for yourself, for others or both, give everyone ample time to respond to the meeting and provide a reminder (theres a check box for this in the meeting set up page) of at least 15 minutes. A day or two before the task is due is usually sufficient.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

The more difficult macros are the ones that are programming code related and require knowledge of Visual Basic (you can find some books here) , which unfortunately, I have no training in. I will explain this later. I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Take classes, read a book, read current events about new trends that are happening in your field. See what you can change about yourself, don’t try to change others. Focus on the challenges and embrace the strengths. Avoid people that gossip, you will only get yourself deeper into negativity. Expand your mind.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

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Productivity Bits

APRIL 7, 2011

Recommended Book: " Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long " ]. Recommended Book: " Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long " ]. In any circumstances, that’s easier said than done.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

But even if you don’t go to such lengths, the key to surviving downtimes is to make sure you have copied your address book over to all your email accounts. Some people even route their mail through Gmail and then back again, to weed out spam, and to keep copies.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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On The Job

AUGUST 23, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, August 23, 2010 7 Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start in a New Job Its a tough time to be entering the workforce. If youre in your first "real" job, there is a lot expected of you.

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Productivity Bits

JULY 9, 2010

I suggest that you go grab the book of David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , if you want to learn the GTD Concept in its fullness. I do not want to desecrate it by trying to summarize the book in few paragraphs. Reading the book yourself is the only way you can fully grasp the concept of it.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2013

It has too many knick-knacks or they have a quilt hanging in their cubicle. Consider gifting your assistant a relevant book or audio. Trinkets that junk up the work space – We consult with executives in corporate offices all year long and one of their complaints is about their assistants work space.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Perhaps the most fun a visitor might notice as you go on a tour of the Las Vegas Zappos facility are the delightfully creative decorations at each employee’s cubicle – ranging from someone’s fanciful interest to Tony Hseih’s jungle theme cubicle thickly decorated with plastic palm trees and hanging stuffed monkeys.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 4, 2012

I once worked with someone who had body language that you could read like a book. Or try a bit of humour if you are in an office cubicle and put a sign up such as, "Deadline to meet, enter at your own risk" and have a funny cartoon picture of some frazzled person with stacks of paper.

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On The Job

JUNE 5, 2008

And let's talk about those cute little toys on your desk and the funny posters that cover your cubicle or office walls. Ask the boss if you can go to a local coffee shop or book an empty conference room so that you can have some uninterrupted time. That doesn't exactly say you're serious about work, now does it? Find your hiding spot.

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