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Podcast 107: Get ready to move

Clutter Coach

This includes books, off season clothes, holiday gear, archive files, memorabilia, photos, off season sports equipment, some craft supplies, and serving ware for entertaining. There are categories of things that you can get packed up long before you actually move, if you’re doing your own packing.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Deciding which documents their executive should read (assistants should schedule time in the Executive’s diary for catching up on paperwork / reading etc), forwarding documents to other members of staff as appropriate or filing information for a later date. Holiday and sickness records. Administrative systems.

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Personal Assistant Super Powers!

Practically Perfect PA

From advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office to always being able to fix the photocopier, being able to use all of the office equipment better than most of our colleagues is our secret weapon! Happy holidays everyone, thanks to all of you for reading my blog and I look forward to continuing this in 2012! Filed under: Skills.

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Little Green Footsteps

Eco-Office Gals

use; holiday forms, purchase order sign-off, invoice sign off, expenses, just to name a few. A purist may say that there is still a green cost to running the IT equipment and my argument would be – fine – I agree. This takes away the need for people print and sign physical documents and helping to change habits.

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How do assistants ensure their emails are read?

Practically Perfect PA

I got back from my holiday last week to discover over 200 emails for me to read, delete, action and generally sort through (I’d only been away for 4 days and that included the weekend)! If the email was a bit vague I either deleted it, filed it or well I probably did just deleted it.

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Minimising Interruptions

Practically Perfect PA

It detailed all of the department’s procedures including a large section on administration, such as holiday requests and ordering meeting rooms. The office equipment that you use the most should be near by so that you are not spending large amounts of your time walking around the office. Ensure you have everything at your finger tips.

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Planning Your Year-End Business Tax Strategies

Small Business CEO

While everybody else gears up for the holidays, small businesses should have another thing in mind apart from sales: filing taxes. Before the holiday rush, business owners should already have a plan in place. Because of the holiday rush, you might put off planning your tax strategies.