All Things Admin

JANUARY 8, 2024

Policy – A rule or guideline set by your company that all employees are expected to follow. Example: An organization’s email usage policy that outlines rules for sending and receiving emails, including data protection and confidentiality guidelines.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. Just remember, if your company has an “open door” policy, please adhere to it.

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Worxbee

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Email messaging. Any more detailed messages that require a lot of background context or a lot of different to-dos go via email. Some clients set up their own system for subject lines too, so that people are clear when an email needs them to take action. One way you can encourage this is through a virtual “open door” policy.

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blogs.sitepoint.com

OCTOBER 29, 2010

While this makes sense, it doesn’t mean you should ignore behind-the-scenes business administration tasks, such as setting policies. Policies that outline how you run various elements of your business, and why you do it that way, set boundaries and create a foundation for the business. Become a better web developer.

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BMT Office Administration

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Formally defined, business resilience refers to the ability of an organization to respond, adapt to, and correct disruptions or disasters that affect its: Operations. In a nutshell, business continuity refers to an organization’s ability to continue to deliver products and services as they usually would during a disruption. Reputation.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 9, 2022

New hire refers to any new employees beginning employment at the company. Double-check the spelling of the customer’s name and email address. Follow the expense policy to document any charges put on a company card. Expense policy. Payroll refers to the payment process for all W2 employees. Terms and definitions.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Any co-worker checking social media notifications instead of reading employee emails qualifies as online procrastination. Technology-related procrastination is relatively easy to stop by implementing a no-phone policy during the workday. How can you remedy this issue at your organization? How can you fight back against presenteeism?

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 22, 2013

After all, unless you operate on a purely paperless policy, your employees may need to use one for printing off assigned work, or completed work. It’s simple enough to make a task list on a computer, and refer to it throughout each day. Operate a paperless policy. It’s very likely that your office has a printer. Buy one machine.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 22, 2013

After all, unless you operate on a purely paperless policy, your employees may need to use one for printing off assigned work, or completed work. It’s simple enough to make a task list on a computer, and refer to it throughout each day. Operate a paperless policy. It’s very likely that your office has a printer.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 31, 2022

The need for company policies. Effective management of electronic records requires an organization to develop specific policies. These policies act as an instruction manual for those involved in managing electronic records. A good company records policy must define what your organization considers a business record.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Also, having to speak to an employee to correct their behaviour or to try to encourage them in their performance (such as performance management, discipline, directives and enforcement of rules and policies), even though the employee may not like them is considered a normal function of a supervisor and not harassment or bullying.

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If you’ve ever been frustrated during one of these meetings or walked away feeling that it could have been an email, or could have been shorter, then you’ve probably wished for a better way to conduct these meetings. Otherwise, information can often be communicated via email or other channels.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. Refer it to the correct person, if you’re not the one to handle it. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Act on it immediately. Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Sort – everything into boxes/containers according to what needs to be done: file , shred, recycle , refer, toss, etc. Process the paper – take the items you sorted into boxes and put them where they belong: filing, your tickler or reading folder or delegate/refer to a more appropriate person, etc.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And so when you do it at a team level and you have all these teams basically having their own policy, their own team agreements, then it also works as a company. But actually what we ended up doing is just send a lot more emails and communicate a lot more. Oh, I don’t need to write long emails anymore. What is the result?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Keep business contacts, company records, invoices, important dates and reference materials in a centralized location that is well-organized and easy to access. Employ a closed-door policy that will prevent interruption and increase efficiency. Please signup to my email list to receive free updates from Productivity Bits.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 13, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. generated more traffic and emails than usual.   The

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. I posted on Tim Berry's un-retirement. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 5, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 12, 2012

Well on a simply level I think the term refers to managing the boss’ time effectively and controlling how often they are interrupted. This could mean monitoring their phone calls, emails and meeting requests. To add more complexity to the role really depends on your manager and their requirements.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Get hooked on mnemonics. Mnemonic devices boost memory through associations.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

When I am looking for quotations , these are 10 sites I have bookmarked: Wikiquote – A wiki of quotes from the Wikipedia family of reference. There is a lot of knowledge to be culled and transfered from others. The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   Groupon is an online collective buying service. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. Check with your Human Resources Department or manager to see if this falls into your corporate policy.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   It is also an excellent note taking device and email client. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 2, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. You have entered the beautiful world of cheap cars for sale.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 21, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. The wave of mobile devices is definitely here.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location. Keep the office door closed.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 11, 2010

For example, if you are talking about the organization of the meeting or its purpose, reference meeting materials or if this is a meeting that involves a specific group and there are written rules and regulations such as bylaws, make reference to them so that everyone understands the source of your concerns.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Call me at 1-877-322-9939 or email: jason [at] blumercpas [dot] com.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 20, 2015

Save emails and details I very rarely delete any emails. I will work at a company for 4 years and have emails archived from my very first year that I’ve had to look back at for handy information three years later. Your contact information should be easily found instead of people having to scroll through many emails to find it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. Who are you?

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 2, 2010

Our monitoring of incoming customer emails is delegated to low level employees. Our policies and procedures were designed with the organization’s needs in mind, not the customer’s. If the customers are happy – they return, they refer and they bring the profits you need. Which came firsts, the profits or the customer?

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The Marq

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Topic Changes for TheMarq Site Policy I mentioned in a post last week that I was reconsidering the topics and format of information covered on this site. NOTE : In case you’re interested in becoming a guest writer, feel free to email me. I think it looks pretty good.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 31, 2012

Quite often assistants are referred to as the ‘eyes and ears’ of their manager. Honesty is the best and quickest policy! However most of the time we stumble across it, we may have been asked to print a report which contains everyone’s salary, we may have read an email that someone is about to be made redundant.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 21, 2022

DEI refers to the strategies businesses take to ensure that their culture encourages the fair, equal treatment of all employees, from how they are treated, paid and supported in the workplace. . Similar to DEI policies, ESG focuses on climate-related business strategies that can have a direct impact on the environment.

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