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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Many believe that the terms “procedures” and “systems” are interchangeable, but that’s not exactly true. While they do work together to save you time, effort, and stress, they are not the same. A system contains all the information you need to handle the accounting functions for your job. Systems have many benefits.

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Essential Systems for Entrepreneurs

Jen Lawrence

We know there’s a better way to do things and the idea of bringing in some help is more stressful than we could have imagined. Getting your systems in order will provide organization and clarity for you to efficiently and effortlessly run your business. Email, Calendar, Task Management, Document Management, Password Database.

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Essential Systems for Entrepreneurs

Jen Lawrence

We know there’s a better way to do things and the idea of bringing in some help is more stressful than we could have imagined. Getting your systems in order will provide organization and clarity for you to efficiently and effortlessly run your business. Email, Calendar, Task Management, Document Management, Password Database.

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Improve the Way You Work by Hitting Reset

Jen Lawrence

In the fall of 2022, Harvard Business Review published the results of a case study done with the task-management company Asana. The method: clear the calendar. I ran my own experiment of resetting my work in three areas: my task list, calendar, and workflows. Next up came the reminders and holds on my calendar.

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My Time Management Reboot: The Pros and Cons of Electronic Systems and Why I Created a Hybrid

Eat Your Career

It pains me to announce that my grand experiment with using electronic time management systems has officially come to an end (sort of). You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. To access online systems, you have to (duh!)

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Bookending Your Days: A Productivity Hack

Jen Lawrence

Simply put, bookending means you check in with your task management systems at the beginning and end of your day. Your task management system could be a physical planner, digital calendar, or wall of post-it notes. This keeps your system up to date and keeps you focused on your true priorities. Try ClickUp!

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How to handle remote employee time tracking

BMT Office Administration

There are many ways to go about this, including time-tracking apps, project management software, timesheets, screenshots, spreadsheets, and asking team members to track their own progress. However, there’s a difference between trust and having no system for accountability. No stress in hiring new remote workers.

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