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Frugal Ways to Improve Remote Team’s Productivity

Productivity Bits

The real challenge is how to manage your team so that productivity levels are high and the can still deliver expected, if not surpassed results. Promote open communication between your teams both formally and informally. To promote productivity, make sure your team can talk to each other at all times.

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Creating Powerful Presentations

Practically Perfect PA

If your presentation contains charts make sure every chart is on a separate slide and is up on the screen when your manager refers to it. Google Slides. Google Slides has all of the elements you would expect from a google product. Slides should support your point – not make them. Last but not least is Projeqt.

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Creating Powerful Presentations

Practically Perfect PA

If your presentation contains charts make sure every chart is on a separate slide and is up on the screen when your manager refers to it. Google Slides. Google Slides has all of the elements you would expect from a google product. Slides should support your point – not make them. Last but not least is Projeqt.

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Why People Gossip At The Office

Professional Assistant Blog

To combat these problems, here are some tips you can follow: Boredom: Ask your manager or fellow colleagues to see if they need help with anything. Youre there to get paid and get that promotion or raise, so make yourself and your manager proud. People generally gossip at work due to boredom, insecurity, wanting to belong.

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Want To Impress Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are 5 ways to score brownie points with your boss and get that promotion or raise (or both) a little faster: The one thing that I’ve learned over the course of my career is to try getting to know your boss. Then they will feel good about themselves and you might just get that promotion or raise after all.

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Seminars for Professional Assistants

Professional Assistant Blog

Are you trying to get that raise or promotion that you so well deserve? I did manage to find a site that has seminars listed for all of USA, if thats where you are writing from. One of my readers asked me this: I am an Executive Assistant to the CEO/President. She is the largest share holder of the company, obviously.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets.

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