As summer approaches, managers often face a surge of vacation requests from their team members. Efficiently managing these requests is crucial to maintaining operational continuity and avoiding potential disruptions. By implementing strategic planning and leveraging the appropriate tools, learn how to ensure seamless operations during peak vacation periods.
The tech-savvy administrative professional knows that “doing your best” may mean changing the way you do your job. Keeping up with what tools are new and cool can seem like a full-time job by itself. Here are a few things to consider in the area of managing multiple projects.
Networking and maintaining connections are vital to the success of many businesses, but master contact lists can be daunting to create and stressful to manage. Thankfully, nowadays there are far more options to develop, customize and organize a list than relying on handwritten files in a physical cabinet. Here are some digital tools and software that can be incredibly useful.
In your role, you may often find yourself planning both small and large events for your organization or a group of employees. Consider the items on this checklist to create your own thorough plan for approaching your next event.
Managing both of your calendars can prove especially challenging as it can easily get confusing trying to keep track of items and not miss or skip over important meetings, tasks or events. Here are 10 ideas to consider when working on improving your calendar management.
Maintaining a brag book in Google Keep, emailing to Evernote and organizing in OneNote.
Do you feel like you’re not as productive at work as you would like or need to be? Perhaps you’ve tried some different methods to fix this problem, but they ultimately got you nowhere. The Pomodoro Technique may be what you need to get back into a productive flow at work.
Do not put off reading this article, especially if you are a habitual procrastinator on the job.
Do you constantly struggle to complete everything during the workday? Are you forced to put in overtime to complete crucial tasks? If so, you’re not alone—plenty of executives and managers need to improve their time- and priority-management skills.
Everyone needs a little help, whether it’s assistance with keeping your own projects on track or training one of your team members who struggles with organization. Aside from the oft-used Excel, highly recommended professional tools include OneNote, Trello, Asana and ClickUp, platforms you may be familiar with. Here are some additional tools that may be worth a look.