Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Dealing in real time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff. Then its time to leave for lunch - a one hour lunch usually turns in to an hour and 15-20 minute lunch (usually with another person).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

This checklist was given to the new hire and to each administrator as their guide to help them through the process and the hiring supervisor would schedule an appointment during the first week on the job with each of the administrators. I basically know how to answer the phones and take messages. Dealing in real time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

The last online course I took was under $70 and was interactive using both the computer and a speaker phone for audio. Is the appraisal/performance evaluation the time to ask for a raise? I think that during the process of your performance appraisal it would be a good time to bring it up, but I never have.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

It worked and through explaining the process to her I added a column at the end of the table in Word by tabbing over, which automatically creates a new row. All this time she had been right clicking and choosing Insert row each time she needed another row. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? She was amazed.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

I find it really slows down the process and I have the Check Grammar While You Type on so feel that is enough. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Other Tasks: If you need to set yourself a Task further to a phone call request or just to set a reminder to do something at a future date, highlight the Tasks folder by clicking on it once and from your Outlook Toolbar press New and it will open a Task for you and you can then proceed as above to set your dates and reminders. Thats great!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Tip: Before creating the rule you need to put the e-mail addresses of your feeds (or whatever you want to create a rule for) in your contact list and open a sub-folder that you want things like this to go to in order to complete the process above. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

My suggestion – to keep the process short but to acknowledge the receipt of information and your appreciation – is to put the thank you on the subject line along with the indicator END. Sometimes a better way to communicate would be picking up the phone or meeting someone face to face.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

The reality of being an EA is that while the phones, calendar, and travel are essentially the same in every office your boss and your team are always unique people with their own work styles and needs. So bring your experience, wisdom, and people skills to the table, but have a “I’m green, hungry for the job, I’ll hustle” attitude as well.

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