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“Fast And Chaotic” — Shopify Cancels All Meetings With Two Or More Staffers

Allwork

This week, the company announced that it is nixing all meetings with two or more workers in an attempt to right-size its workforce’s calendar and marking its next step in embracing a fully remote workforce. These recurring meetings will now be a relic of the past to give staff more time to work on other projects, effective immediately.

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Why You’re Always Distracted from the Task at Hand

Success

Somehow his mind tricked him into checking emails and scrolling a bunch of Slack channels. Spoiler: Responding to 20 emails probably won’t make the cut. Most people blame outside events for their daily cycle of distraction, Eyal says. It was an email with the subject line: URGENT. Eyal recommends a timebox calendar.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. On top of that, these leaders don’t do a very good job of managing their schedules because they don’t have time to look at their calendar from a holistic perspective. A great executive assistant looks at the entire calendar for a month—what happened last week?

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

Maintain connection through meetings, recognition programs, and virtual events. Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. You can also reach out to workers via recorded videos and emails. Others have responded to employee needs to be fully remote or to work in the office only on certain days each week. .

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Coaching for Executive Assistants and Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Some of the changes we have seen take place are: Communication with CEO Had business cards made for myself and gave to CEO to travel with and distribute Expressed ideas and opinions to improve processes Clarify instructions to prevent rework Managing CEO’s email Re-edit subject line Archiving old email Set up priority Alert on mobile Calendar Management (..)

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AZVAs Podcast 3: Prepping to Attend Industry Events

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs AZVAs Podcast 3: Prepping to Attend Industry Events Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 2:34 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: AZVAs Podcast Your quick link to the April 2010 AZVAs Podcast is at the bottom of this post. has been cancelled. How you can get on the podcast!

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Ep 216: Claudette Clayton on Calendar and Email Management, Delegating, and Evolving as the Assistant Role Evolves

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this episode, Claudette talks about her journey as an assistant, tips for calendar management, delegating, evolving as the job evolves, email management, and dealing with difficult executives. LEADER ASSISTANT LIVE EVENTS Check out our constantly updated schedule of events for admins and assistants at LeaderAssistantLive.com.