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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. A great executive assistant looks at the entire calendar for a month—what happened last week?

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Mad Productivity: Driving the Work so that it Doesn't Drive me Crazy

Virtual Moxie

I keep my email inbox empty and I never answer the phone unless I''m expecting a call. I don''t take or make calls outside those hours, and most of the time, I don''t answer email, either (see 1c for the exception to the email rule). I don''t attend/give teleclasses or workshops outside those hours.

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

- How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area? "The Ph.D.

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The Secret Tool That Helps My Business Grow & Keeps Me Connected to Important FollowUps

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Back when I had to keep track of phone conversations, email and face-to-face it was simply much easier to do! Here is an example of an interaction that my client had prior to putting a CRM in place: Prospective client calls on the phone about a speaking project and a meeting gets scheduled. " I can relate! 

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Silence is Deadly

Make or Break Moments

His phone is turned off – probably to avoid my text messages – and the silence is killing me. I am presenting a series of four workshops on Social Media scheduled to begin February 10 and follow for three additional Wednesdays. The email gave me no answers. So I sent a message to the abuse email.

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Are You Stealing from Your Profitability (and don’t even know it)?

Stephanie LH Calahan

  When I state them in a workshop or keynote I see heads nodding around the room. Don’t be fooled by the calendar. I find that every time I share the quotes to the right on Facebook or Twitter they get shared and re-shared.  Why it that people relate to those statements so much that they share them consistently?

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox.

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