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Time Is Money: Get More of Both with an Executive Assistant

Worxbee

Problems come up in business all the time, and a great EA takes the initiative to listen to the issues, understand the context and collaborate with you to provide solutions. EAs can take notes, file or organize, do proactive research, meet clients, and arrange meetings. Executives, however, can benefit the most.

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

Create a page in OneNote or insert a file from Word that you want to use as your standard template for various needs throughout the notebook. procedures, meeting minutes, travel itinerary, meeting planning, project plans) On the INSERT ribbon, click on Page Templates. Here’s how you create one.

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How Assistants Can Save Time and Be More Efficient

Office Dynamics

List the focus for the day and obtain agreement up front. Read your executive’s sent mail file. Use the P-O-S-T method for strategic calendar planning/invitations. Meeting planning template- yearly with six month check-in. Print calendar and prepare meeting folders for the next day. o P- purpose.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

It should be easy for someone else to pick up, follow, and achieve the same results, even if they’ve never touched the project before. Travel planning. Using the staff meeting planning example, here are the batches or segments: Date Selection and Participants. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Invitations.

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The pronouns you use can reveal a lot about where your head is

Laughing all the Way to Work

My mind is already planning the next Board meeting and how I will organize my desk and the filing at the new place. I want all my filing to be up to date and my desk to be neat and tidy. I want to tie up any loose ends. You can't expect somebody new to know where to file your old filing.

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Having a good outlook when it comes to Outlook

Laughing all the Way to Work

It is always good to give your boss a heads up on what kind of a schedule they have to look forward to. I use appropriate reminders so the appointment doesn’t creep up on them unawares. You would not want your boss to find out about an important meeting at the last minute that they should have been prepared for.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"