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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

You may want to have weekly or monthly one-on-one time with some of the key executives you support. Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner.

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7 Myths About Productivity: Do You Know These Deceptive Time Wasters?

Worxbee

It’s easy to get distracted or stressed when you’re thinking about the many other tasks waiting for you! #2. Doing tasks that require focus during your own best time of day. So a better approach is to match the task to the time on the calendar when you know you’ll have the right kind of energy for it.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My favourite to-do list is a calendar timeline so I can see at a glance where I am at and what I need to do to get there. It is simply using an on-line calendar with space on each day to enter what needs to be done. I feel confident as I check off each item that things will be done on time. No surprises! Choose New.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

Once a date is finalized I put it in my bosss calendar and confirm the meeting with the other participants. Much easier than searching in Outlook and less stressful. Never underestimate what you can learn from other assistants. Learning from each other is a necessity. (New Dealing in real time.

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Are You Too Busy for The Most Important Partner In Your Office? The Importance of Daily Huddles

Office Dynamics

I was fortunate to learn at a young age that daily huddles or brief meetings between an executive and assistant are the most important part of the day and the partnership. They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. 99% of the time these are dismissed as not important. The Benefits of One-on-One Meetings.

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

Before I left I went over my checklists a few times to make sure I had everything and it was stress free each day as I reviewed the lists and checked off the items to bring. The meetings were stress free and I was able to depend on my checklists and templates. Dealing in real time. It will make my life easier.

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Working for the Disorganized.

Laughing all the Way to Work

You will also feel more in control of the situation and less stressed. If that is not happening, schedule yourself in their calendar. Keep up to date on their calendar and look ahead to see what is coming up and what your boss might need to prepare for that. Dealing in real time. 23, 1 p.m. (New