Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Success

JULY 13, 2021

To create my outline, I use a system knowable only unto myself that involves scraps of paper, many different colored pens, and files that sometimes get lost. My imperfect but functional system for noting the things I’ve gathered involves: Emailing the idea to myself: I include enough context so I’ll understand it months later.

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Success

JUNE 23, 2021

You do not need to be managing email and invoicing and bookkeeping,” she says. “If She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. The goal is to meet as normally as possible, even though you’re potentially miles—or even oceans—apart.

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Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Stop—stop typing that email, stop crunching numbers, stop filing documents—and think about what you’re doing. But have you ever looked at successful people who effortlessly achieve their career goals? Would you have ever imagined you’d be working where you are today? Does your job match what you’d dreamed your career would be?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Main | Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement » Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) Every year at this time we start to think about how the current year has progressed and what we want to do in the upcoming year.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 5, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the Experts #Productivity #Organization » Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. Link Lineup! Link Lineup! : Link Lineup!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader.  " Email is something that many of us struggle with. 

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 4, 2019

Having one binder or online file of past performance evaluations, thank you notes and emails from coworkers, clients, etc., Joan’s article, “ Demonstrating Yourself & Selling Your Worth ” details the entire process. I personally learned a lot from that breakout session. is very beneficial.

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Success

JANUARY 17, 2023

But this is a goal worth striving for. But if you want to access the information at a later date, then highlight, underscore, flag, bookmark, use sticky notes or keep a separate file with the information you want at your fingertips after you’ve set the book down.”. Choose books that will help you reach other goals.

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Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The app caters to remote teams with features such as shared scheduling, doc and file sharing, project boards with activity timelines and automated daily check-ins. A real-world example might be something like, “If I get an email with an attachment, upload the attachment to Google Drive.”

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Success

MARCH 1, 2024

Donors asked if they can deduct the cost of the donated items on their tax return, and a few people suggested you make your project legal by filing for nonprofit status. Will the secretary be able to keep track of the records and filings? Each state has different rules and regulations for filing.

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Success

JANUARY 24, 2023

I email a writer friend who tells me, without a doubt, “Do not write in first-person narrative. Because I am goal-oriented, I equate my daily writing to the length of a magazine feature, more or less the size of this article. I print the unread manuscript and quickly put it into a filing cabinet, and I try not to think about it.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 24, 2009

CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! First of all invest in your filing storage, whether that’s a dedicated filing cabinet or plastic filing crates. CREATE your PC filing system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! First of all invest in your filing storage, whether that's a dedicated filing cabinet or plastic filing crates. CREATE your PC filing system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized! Start with your reference, client, and financial files. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 24, 2022

As a virtual assistant, I was managing up to 10 different email accounts for various projects, and I wasn’t keeping up. I needed to change, so I sought out books and training on email management. Empowered by this knowledge, I hit reset on my strategy for email management. Then COVID hit, and I just gave up on email entirely.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Find urgent computer files faster by starting file names with numbers. That ensures that they will be at the top of your list of files. Instead of jumping up every time you have work to deliver, stow it in an expandable file with slots organized by department. Cut down on steps. Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Set up a good filing system. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go. Put items that must be looked at in a special folder or file.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Although our email inboxes may be constantly brimming with unread messages, the benefit of email and computers is that there is little need to print out excess papers. Most of the time, presentations and documents can be sent via email instead of giving a hard copy to the intended person. Your email will remain private.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Goals, on the other hand, if written correctly, are revisited and attained!  As you create your goals, do not set expectations that they would all be accomplished at the same time. Define no more than 5 major goals for the year. Measurable - you will have a way to know you did or did not reach the goal.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Click to get a weekly digest every Friday Subscribe in a reader Search Recent Comments Brian Osher on What is Your Done List Telling You? A different take on the to-do list. Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 30, 2011

The software is a very powerful, yet simple indexing system for paper office files. It works like a search engine for paper files to help you stay organized. Rather, the software uses the power of the computer to index the hanging file folders in office file cabinets. Create a Filing Masterpiece.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Personal Productivity, Organization and Mindset #Cinch Podcasts In One Location | Main | You Can Steal Time Back From Email » Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review Last week I wrote to tell you about the new cinchcasting that I am doing.  I'd love to hear from you. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again. If the amount is small, three times a week may do. Act on it immediately.

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Success

AUGUST 28, 2024

This effort promotes sustainable travel practices and is consistent with our company’s overall goal of decreasing its carbon footprint,” says Roman Zrazhevskiy, founder and CEO of MIRA. Our emails also add up: 361.6 Employees appreciate the opportunity to explore green travel options without sacrificing their vacation time.”

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 24, 2010

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Once a client hired me to help her refine her filing system. On top of the file cabinet was a tall, unruly stack of paper that needed filing. On top of the file cabinet was a tall, unruly stack of paper that needed filing. She’d put off filing for fear of destroying the symmetry and beauty of this filing system.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Manage paper effectively – Barbara Hemphill, author of The Paper Tiger, offers the FAT principle for paper burden: file it, act on it, or toss it. Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Motivation: Create a Work Environment that Enhances Your Goals (@GinaParris Video) I'm out on Twitter  meeting new and interesting people all of the time.  If you are reading this post in your email, you can see the video here. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?   Share and Comment!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." Email the report to the boss while you're sitting by the pool. Email the report to the boss while you're sitting by the pool. No need to load and check USB flash drives or email documents back and forth from work to home. No problem!

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 27, 2010

Approach the individual(s) in a manner that is appropriate to meet your objectives and goals. Prior to interacting with this person, you should have an agenda or objective and seek to accomplish the goal(s). Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Enjoyed this article?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It houses so much more than a file index. This allows them to keep it within site, but all projects are kept in an organized file. Once the project is completed, the whole pile of that particular project can be filed away; out of site. It is the easiest way for me to capture data, url's, emails, images, etc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

  I have so many piles and I don't want to file it all."   If your computer files are organized, you will be able to do a search and find what you are looking for quickly.   You still get notified, but it is in your email rather than in physical form.   That certainly has not happened, has it?!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

We May Not Have Heard From You Recently a wonderful reader responded to one of our posts via email to let us know that she had filled out our contact form and had not heard from us.  Steph Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?   That is just not our style!    That is just not our style! 

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Tips From T. Marie

MAY 4, 2016

Her goal is to inspire and promote learning, one helpful guest post at a time. With the new features in Skype for business, you can share your screen with other members of your office, organize video, audio, and chat meetings with up to 250 people at a time, and share different media files easily without having to use email.

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