Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 30, 2016

On March 26 th I joined some of the PA community’s most motivated and inspiring representatives at the annual Assist conference, speaking in a case study slot on “Future proofing your career” One of the best ways to add value, progress, and drive change is by creating a handbook for assistants at your company. Having led the development of a handbook for two global organisations, my session focussed on the process from start to finish: Systematically planning the handbook.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2013

  The Encore Career Handbook , by Marci Alboher, is a great resource for helping with that planning. The Encore Career Handbook is an excellent resource for those looking to work for or start a non-profit or socially oriented firm. One of the trends we've long covered is the desire and/or need by aging baby boomers  to continue working past their traditional retirement age.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 14, 2008

It covers just about everything you would ever come across in today's office and is the only office handbook recommended by the International Association of Administrative Professionals ( IAAP ). Tags: book review professional assistant IAAP complete office handbook Administrative Assistant This is a handy office reference book that would be a valuable resource for any administrative assistant, particularly those just entering the workplace.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We May Not Have Heard From You | Main | Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers » Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity There are a lot of great blogs out in cyberworld that cover topics of organization and productivity.  Tweet How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 7, 2010

Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 08, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Make sure you include a disclaimer stating that the handbook is not a legal document. Review the handbook at regular intervals to examine whether it needs updating. E-Mail me or follow me. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.

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Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The ‘OOH’ part of the term is, as you might have guessed, an acronym – and, as implied by Entrepreneur Handbook , stands for ‘out of house’.

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Success

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Service Culture Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Employees Obsessed with Customer Service. Good customer service will help you level up your business. That’s because great customer service can turn even a dissatisfied customer into one of your biggest brand advocates.

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Also, if you're offering a free handbook to your candidates or offering them tips to land great jobs, ensure that you use subject lines such as- Your free handbook is inside!

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Nine Insights for Getting Ahead Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 13, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! from Charles R.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap When to Leave a Voice Mail or Send a Text Message Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on July 6, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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MARCH 5, 2013

The handbook has become an underground hit among senior executives and management thinkers. Jack Welch says there’s something about both the man and his management style that makes the handbook a worthwhile read for any CEO. “It’s These rules are credited to Bill Swanson. In a news story several years ago , it was revealed not all the rules are original. Whatever the source, they are useful aphorisms for life management.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Foods That Will Give You Energy (urbanbellemag.com) Ways to Raise Energy Levels & Conquer the Afternoon Energy Slump (lifescript.com) 4 easy tips for eating for energy (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Related Posts: Bits and Pieces – October 12 Bits and Pieces – November 16 New E-book: The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 8 Time-Saving Tips Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 20, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Suefrance: Author of The Definitive Personal Assistant & Secretarial Handbook. Earlier this week I wrote a piece on Social Media Do’s and Don’ts for assistants so I thought I would carry on with that theme and try to convince you all to join Twitter! Twitter really is a great place for learning as well as being social. Here is a list of people, companies and professional associations that I think will add real value to your career development.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 21, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Ten Commandments of Getting Along with People Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 21, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

Comments Trackbacks Tweets that mention Love Living Life | Ians Messy Desk -- Topsy.com Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Love Living Life Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 13, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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On The Job

MARCH 21, 2014

2 on their list is a buddy or mentor requested by 37% of new workers, followed by 28% who say an employee handbook is helpful. You know those cool perks you offer employees like free food? Well, guess what? Your new employees are not impressed. A new survey from BambooHR of 1,000 employees who quit a job after six months finds that less than 1% of them say such perks would keep them from leaving.

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Recruit CRM

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Objective Of The Handbook . The unprecedented pandemic created a massive stir in the whole wide world, especially causing the more than half of the working population to operate from their homes.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 5, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Monday Motivation Quotes – July 5 Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on July 5, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Tips From T. Marie

MARCH 26, 2015

Things like agreeing to work only for one client, following client handbooks on how things get done or devoting so many hours to just one client that it would be impossible to take on more. Don’t listen to any advice or instruction that tells you how to train your virtual assistant or suggests creating a handbook to tell them how to do your tasks.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 1, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Canada Day! Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on July 1, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! O Canada! Our home and native land!

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The Solopreneur Life

MAY 21, 2012

Bly, author of The Copywriter’s Handbook, tells about a client who rewrote Bly’s brochure copy to read that the company’s silos didn’t merely dump grain; the grain was “gravi-metrically conveyed.” U sing technical jargon when it’s inappropriate is a common copywriting mistake. Robert W.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Comment by Ian McKenzie on October 9, 2006 @ 1:50 pm Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Thanksgiving Day Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 11, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Analyze Your Audience Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 10, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 15, 2013

Recommended : The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! The post How to Manage Your Time Effectively appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. How do you decide which activities get your attention first? That is, how do you decide what you are going to do each day? When you set priorities, do you set them in a way that meets your comfort level or in a way that effectively addresses your objectives? There is a lot of stuff competing for your time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

This handbook automatically leaps ahead of other Notes/GTD options available as it takes you through setting up a GTD system using a basic Notes installation; no need for add-ons to make it work. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Getting Things Done with Lotus Notes Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 10, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 12, 2010

Comments Trackbacks SimpleProductivityBlog.com— Open Loops 8/24/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along— Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Comments Trackbacks Personal Organizer | Ians Messy Desk Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap The Best To-Do List Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 25, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 27, 2010

Comment by Frank Farrell on August 28, 2010 @ 2:46 pm Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Remember Names and Faces Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 27, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

We had similar day just week ago in Poland (our own Independence Day Andrzej Comment by Andrzej on November 15, 2010 @ 7:36 am Trackbacks Remembrance Day « Only the News Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The first 50 registrants will receive a PDF copy of The Business Protocol Handbook. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. Your course materials and The Business Protocol Handbook will be yours to keep. Early Registration Bonus: The first 50 registrants will receive a PDF copy of The Business Protocol Handbook. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. View this online. Rudeness isn’t just bad form: it’s bad business.

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Recruit CRM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

To further structurise this aspect of training, your agency can take a step ahead by creating a guide or handbook for new recruiters to steer them in the right direction.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Free iPhone Nag App From Electric Pocket Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 22, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 3 C’s To Help Simplify Instructions Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 8, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Future done Today awaits Andrzej Comment by Andrzej on November 9, 2010 @ 8:49 am Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on November 8, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 9, 2010

Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Build Self Esteem Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 9, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Comments thanks that’s helpful Comment by email on July 23, 2008 @ 11:48 pm Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 10 Tips for a Killer Presentation Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on July 16, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 23, 2012

The first 50 registrants will receive a PDF copy of The Business Protocol Handbook. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. Your course materials and The Business Protocol Handbook will be yours to keep. Early Registration Bonus: The first 50 registrants will receive a PDF copy of The Business Protocol Handbook. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. Hello, friend!

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Comment by Sean Rasmussen on February 5, 2008 @ 11:25 am Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Learn to Communicate With WARMTH Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 22, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 4, 2011

"Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity " ». A little over a week ago I shared a collaborative post of 39 ways to boost morale and motivation:  Best Ways to Boost Morale or Motivation - Make Sure to Add Yours!   The post was fun to do because of the variety of thoughts that were shared.    That got me thinking a bit more on motivation and I remembered a great video by RSAnimate. 

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