Productivityist

JANUARY 31, 2014

The project management triangle applies very well to blogging: you''re always looking for the sweet spot between speed and quality content to provide great value to your readers. Ask yourself how you need to find out in order to provide my readers with accurate and up-to-date information. You''re not alone. A Voice Recorder.

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Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

This includes setting up and managing electronic and physical files. Scheduling and Setting Up Meetings. This would include confirming attendees, scheduling conference rooms, setting up conference calls, and managing multi-media needs. Project Management.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 22, 2016

I personally use OneNote, but you can use a similar program or even plain text files. Company archive – This is a special case (for your work environment) and it should really be the norm, not special. Consider looking at quick text snippets and email templates to speed things up. For work, I use Outlook. Conclusion.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Brilliantly Better

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

is up and ready for download. It’s also the first release after I took on this project, last year. Here are my thoughts on what are the upsides, the downsides and the overall feeling of reviving an old project. The good side of this is that, like in any other nightmare, once you wake up (i.e. Keep The Channels Open.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 3, 2021

What’s more, working parents may be juggling family responsibilities while trying to maintain normal business hours, putting an additional strain on the virtual work environment. What Are the Challenges of a Remote Work Environment? for file collaboration and OneDrive and Dropbox for file sharing and cloud storage.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Paper and Digital Files. To Do Lists – Task Management. Even finding an extra five minutes a day to work on your organization skills will add up over time. There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Filing – paper and digital. Project Management.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

A roadblock in the office is a problem that comes up and on first glance makes you think you are not going to be able to move forward. They will normally try to help you come up with a solution if you explain what happened. Construction Ahead: Planning ahead helps you anticipate last minute things that might come up.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether it’s scribbled notes or complex digital files, the importance of procedures documentation cannot be overstated. However, as we navigate the complexities of modern business environments, we can’t ignore the need for advanced documentation techniques for some procedures. A handwritten procedure is still a documented procedure.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 18, 2011

One minute of each hour adds up as it triggers processes below the level of consciousness that culminate in peace, greater absorption in work tasks and productivity. Motivation requires a commitment to give up a victim mentality and take responsibility for our emotions by honoring and accepting them rather than judging and resisting them.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. "Heads Up. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. No hello, no trying to chat them up, or loiter to see if any celebrities were there. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road.

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On The Job

JULY 6, 2009

That means that if you’ve been showing up late for work for 10 years and no one has said anything, you may be in for a rude awakening in your next performance evaluation. If there has been a misunderstanding, then write your side of the issue and have it submitted to your manager and put in your personnel file. Move forward.

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