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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

Success

How to safely spread humor in the workplace Osincup believes that there is a place for humor at work if it’s delivered with a few guidelines in mind. However, when you focus on self-directed humor, don’t kill your skills, meaning don’t make jokes about specific skills that are necessary for you to do your job.”

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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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Hiring an EA: Individual or Team Support?

Worxbee

Calendar management, email taming, and process design and management are our top three tasks, but executive assistants can do more. An EA might be kept very busy with calendars and emails for two executives, leaving little time for other tasks. Strong listening skills. Strong project management and process management skills.

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Downsize and Organize Your Digital Clutter

Office Dynamics

Develop Naming Guidelines. Get out your calendar, and schedule regular recurring dates with yourself to keep your data in order. Within those categories, you may have subcategories. Make Folders. Once you’ve determined what categories and subcategories you want to use for each type of file, make folders or subfolders for them.

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many leaders are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Shared calendar. Train to manage.

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No Two Customers Are Alike » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

Like snowflakes, each customer’s needs are different and we have to be open and aware by using our active listening skills to learn about their unique circumstance. If we don’t, that individual customer, like freshly fallen snow, might turn ugly before our eyes.

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Stay on track with this payroll compliance checklist

BMT Office Administration

The Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) provides clear guidelines on which employees may be classified as exempt vs. non-exempt. If you are unsure of how to classify someone for payment, refer to the Department of Labor’s guidelines on qualifying exemptions. Misclassifying an employee as exempt. Report new hires to the state.

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