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9 Pro Tips for Avoiding Loneliness When You Work From Home

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But after my husband, a medical resident, began working 70-hour weeks (including many overnight shifts), I began growing lonely. As of 2022, 35% of Americans have the ability to work from home full-time, according to a McKinsey report , not to mention those who work from home part-time. By 2 p.m.,

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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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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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The next day, my home state of California reported its first coronavirus death, and a week later, schools, businesses and public spaces across America began closing. No company just lopped a day off their calendar. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. So what can you do when your boss is ruining your perfectly scheduled calendar? Internal meetings can usually be changed more easily so start there.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. Find or make an org chart so you understand your boss' direct reports and their direct reports. Does your boss have allergies, special diet needs, medications (like epinephrine for bee stings?),

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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. To generate a calendar in Word 2007, click on the Office Button (in the top left-hand corner). No surprises!

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

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Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Enter it in calendar. Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms. If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked?