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Administrative Assistants and Ongoing Status Updates

Office Dynamics

There is constant change, new projects and ideas, rework, barriers, coordinating multiple people and meetings, travel, and more. If you are in the same location as your assistant, step out of your office or cubicle once in a while. Keeping the information flowing and status updates are critical to everyone’s success.

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. Even knowing what someone’s office looks like, how tidy they keep their desk and what pictures fill the walls of their cubicle, can provide a level of comfort.

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

Professional Assistant Blog

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool.

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Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Home About Me Advertise Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 28, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity H ave you ever wondered how to copy pictures from and to Microsoft Word ?

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are the basic rules to do this: Start off with something positive, such as you have been working hard on whatever project you want to mention and show some results of this. Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. This will show that you are being pro-active.

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To-Do or Not To-Do? Taking Your To-Do List to the Next Level!

Professional Assistant Blog

This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks. Next, add a time frame to each task. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.