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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

Success

AppSumo hired 11 VAs to off-load customer support and product management from their “A-level players.” Masarweh says a CEO who manages around 600 people in property management portfolios told him, “It seems like the people that I do have in place are going to leave if I don’t get them support quickly.”

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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12 Last-Minute Gift Ideas For Digital Nomads

Allwork

Digital subscriptions for learning, social media management, taxes and more are perfect choices for last-minute gifts. . If you’re living and working in different countries, with changing time zones, collaborating with colleagues around the world can be difficult. Social media management solution .

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Remote Teams Got You Stressed? Here’s How To Communicate Your Way Out Of Conflict

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Approach: Empathy and Transparency When it comes to remote conflict resolution, empathy and transparency are as vital as phoning home for E.T. Managers encouraged employees to be open about their feelings and held regular check-ins to address any concerns. That means leaders need to learn new methods for managing in a hybrid world.

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Management Practices That Make Employees Quit

On The Job

People leave managers A Gallup poll of more than 1 million employed U.S. People leave managers, not companies. In the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue,” Gallup reports. Specifically, Gallup finds that poorly managed work groups are on average 50% less productive and 44% less profitable than well-managed groups.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

Office Dynamics

Timeful will suggest the optimal time to complete them. This smart app even “learns” your schedule and adapts to your busy and available times. Project Management Apps: Teamwork is, by far, my favorite project management app. I use the Time Zone Converter by TimeAndDate. Follow Julie on Twitter.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called?

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