Posts Tagged ‘calendar’
Tips for Outlook Email and Tasks
One of my clients recently attended a webinar on how to utilize Outlook Email and Tasks more efficiently. It wasn’t a deep dive, and it wasn’t recorded, so my client had a lot of questions. Here’s a round-up of tips related to his questions about Outlook email, tasks and calendar: *Outlook default: open first to…
Read MoreTime Blocking Weekly Planner – an Example
One of my coaching clients asked me what my time blocking and planning look like. It’s one thing to hear about best (and worst) practices, talk through implementation, and practice what you think it looks like. It’s another thing to actually watch someone else do it and monitor the progress. Rather than have him…
Read MoreHow to Be Productive Working a Hybrid Schedule
In 2021, after a full year of working 100% remotely, I moved to a hybrid schedule once vaccines rolled out, and people wanted to once again spend time with humans from outside their household. I continued to implement time blocking and time estimations for creating realistic to-do lists as I’d done before COVID. …
Read MoreHow to Schedule Meetings with People in Different Time Zones
Recently I was asked to participate in a meeting with people from four different time zones. Three of the time zones were in the United States. That can be tricky to schedule, but it’s not overly difficult. The fourth time zone, however, was in Asia with 17.5 hours difference. The gentleman in charge of…
Read MoreHow Do I Get People to Use My Appointment Scheduler?
A client asked me last week: “How do I get people to use my phone appointment scheduler?” She’d begun to use a scheduling platform (think Calendly or ScheduleOnce). She was worried that people would be turned off by being told to use an automated digital calendar system to schedule a phone or Zoom meeting instead…
Read MoreTo Do Lists – How to Get It All Done (Part 2)
In last week’s post about how to get it all done when it comes to do lists, I discussed two basic steps you can take in order to create realistic lists: Determine Needs vs Wants Implement Ghost Tasking Now it’s time to look at two “kick it up a notch” steps you can take to…
Read MoreOffice Organization: How to Organize Papers
When it comes to figuring out how to organize papers, what are your roadblocks? The main factors that I find with my clients when they’re in a less than desirable paper situation are: 1) They haven’t set aside daily or weekly time to process their papers and/or 2) Their file cabinets are full, so they…
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