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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 April, 2010 Keeping focussed in a busy environment There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Got the Flu? Work from Home!

Professional Assistant Blog

Basically, this allows you to connect to your work environment via your internet connection. The instructions for this varies, since it depends on what service your IT department will be using. At my workplace, the setup wasnt too difficult. You can connect to all network drives, network printers, even your own files.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

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Do they make inappropriate comments in a professional environment? Common Courtesy in the Workplace Keep Your Enemies Close & Your Colleagues Even Closer If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you. At times, I would think to myself, “If I could only talk to them.&#

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October 15th, Blog Action Day: Poverty

Laughing all the Way to Work

I previously wrote an article on Charities in the Workplace and have seen an increase in the participation in charities at offices I have worked in. One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. We all participated by writing to our sponsored child and contributed money towards supporting her.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? ► February (5) We did it Canada!

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

If you would like more tips such as these, please read my articles on gossiping in the workplace. Ive been in offices where loud music is acceptable with people shouting over cubicles at each other, which was perfectly acceptable - it made the environment vibrant and fosters team unity. Overhearing phone conversations is a no-no.

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? ► February (5) We did it Canada!