Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

  A while back I was interviewed by HCPro about managing to-dos.  The biggest pitfalls of e-lists are that they are difficult to maintain and it’s easy to lose track of tasks, says Peggy Duncan, personal productivity expert and author of Time Management Memory Jogger™.     * Master calendars.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

February is Time Management Month and every small business owner and work-from-home professional I know (including me) needs all the help we can get with effective time and priority management!   Keep reading to learn more.   Keep reading to learn more. If this is you, I have something that will help!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 7, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Link Lineup! Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    I don't care what tool you receive your e-mail in, you still have to manage it or it will run you. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

- 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? Sound interesting?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? The most successful business owners and professionals effectively use tools to manage their time, space and information.  Then get in on this giveaway.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 15, 2009

PS -- If you did not read my post about the Great Organizing Giveaway , you must mark your calendars for January 25th! PS -- If you did not read my post about the Great Organizing Giveaway , you must mark your calendars for January 25th! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I want to support that success, so I've decided to open my calendar and offer a limited number of f'ree strategy sessions via telephone or skype. I want to support that success, so I've decided to open my calendar and offer a limited number of f'ree strategy sessions via telephone or skype. Interested? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out | Main | Can You Define Social Media Clutter?   Keep reading to learn what I learned.   Keep reading to learn what I learned. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!   It took me about 2.75

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 19, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You | Main | Manage Your Time More Effectively by Using the Right Calendar for You (guest post @TimeMgmtWriter) » If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Work With Stephanie « The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In | Main | Want a Paper Planner for 2010? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Personal Productivity Time & Priority Management Company/Group/Department Connect Today! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Try Grouping Like Tasks Technique Grouping   There are a number of different techniques for managing the list of items we need to get done.  Try This Instead Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!   One technique is grouping. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Personal Productivity Time & Priority Management Company/Group/Department Connect Today! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Time Management Month and More | Main | What is Your Done List Telling You? » 6 Tips to Save You Time and Wasted Effort We are really close to wrapping up time management month!  Change Your Relationship To Time The phrase "time management" is an oxymoron. We can't manage time, only what we do with it.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

Take a course, if you already know the basics, go to the next tier and learn at the intermediate and expert levels. Soft Skills Soft skills include being able to handle customer service issues and basic, appropriate, and effective interaction with co-workers, clients and customers, and management. Get the knowledge you need.

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Success

MARCH 31, 2023

Spanx: From concept to creation The idea for Spanx came about in 1998, when Blakely—who was selling fax machines door to door in Florida—wanted to eliminate panty lines showing through her cream-colored slacks. I quit my day job selling fax machines on Oct. How does she manage it all? “I The story of her success is remarkable.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

How to deal with it: These types of managers believe in facts and statistics. How to deal with it: If you keep your bosses calendar, you can ask him ahead of time if he needs anything in particular for the meeting or if you know the agenda you can suggest information your boss can take to the meeting and have it prepared.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You | Main | 6 Areas of Your Business Life that You MUST Have Flow to Make More Money (be like Bamboo) » What if You’re Working Harder Than You Need to Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

Organization means implementing an appropriate filing system (electronically and paper) and utilizing your task lists and calendar effectively so that you can locate items quickly when needed which increases productivity. Learn something new. There are many websites that offer free online learning. Learn from mistakes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. I dont know about you, but when I get these "flyer" type faxes, they go immediately in the recycle bin. Minute taking made easier. Dealing in real time. " Warning!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  We learned back in pre-school that trying to fit a square peg into a round hole just does not work.    It would be nice if the world was that simple, but as we all know, people have different thinking and learning styles.    They even have different rates that they can learn and absorb information. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc.   Also, when you come across papers that are date driven, make sure to add an entry to your calendar/planner to remind you to do things. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Maybe You Should | Main | The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In » Do You Hate Your To-Do List?   Just because a task management system works for your co-worker or spouse does not mean it will work for you. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!   Stop. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  Rather than having sticky notes all over your desk for things you want to get done, put the tasks on your calendar.    Any system that is difficult to manage or that you have to work hard to remember is not going to work in the long term.    What are you doing to manage the things you need to get done? 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

Your co-workers are probably all new to you, you dont know how to use the photocopier or fax machine and more importantly "where is the bathroom?" Be kind to your new hires and available to answer their questions and help them learn the ropes. They have about 9 lawyers, 2 paralegals, 1 receptionist (me), and a office manager.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I find that generally administrative assistants are good in a lot of different areas and are in a unique position of being in a close working relationship with management that could open doors to new work experiences and better overall job satisfaction. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

  [Steph Says: Here are some more supply ideas: Supply Management - 8 Tips for Keeping Your Supplies in Order [link] ] Books and periodicals: Store journals in a magazine holder grouped by title or topic.  Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Use it to manage overwhelm when your world is freakin'! Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. If you need to write/send your holiday cards then look at your calendar and schedule it in. In the calendar. Thanks to Cena Block of Sane Spaces 3.

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