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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. Using the staff meeting planning example, here are the batches or segments: Date Selection and Participants. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Agenda

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. Close out of the email and you will be asked to Save the changes.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

One person can be great at software programs and know all sorts of tricks to get things done quickly and another might be excellent at organizing and managing their email account. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 2 July, 2010 We dont know what we dont know We really dont know what we dont know do we?

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Under a Bushel

Office Dynamics

While I can’t always answer your requests within 72 hours due to my heavy travel and speaking schedule, I do get to them. Additionally, start keeping a log of the quantity of work you produce in major areas such as telephone, meeting planning, travel planning, email management, etc. Here is one such request.

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Under a Bushel

Office Dynamics

While I can’t always answer your requests within 72 hours due to my heavy travel and speaking schedule, I do get to them. Additionally, start keeping a log of the quantity of work you produce in major areas such as telephone, meeting planning, travel planning, email management, etc. Here is one such request.

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

You hear something while walking down the hall or are copied on an email and know something about the purpose of a meeting coming up. Many times I am so thankful I had that quick chat or read that email that I was copied on as that was the exact information I needed when they were away. (for