Operations manuals.  Everyone needs one, but no one has one.  Sound familiar?  It should.  How many of you have a manual in your office?  Is it up-to-date or “in the works?”  Have you even considered creating one? If you own a business, the answer should be a resounding YES.  However, many of us tend to [...]

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I wanted to start a small series about business coaches-who they are and what type of coaching they do.  Some of us may be feeling stagnant in our businesses and not sure how to turn things around.  This could be as good a place as any to possibly [...]

Last week I was so excited to create my post!  But, something went awry.  You see, I had this brilliant plan (well, in my eyes anyways) to start post short interviews I conducted with various types of business coaches.  We all hear about them and we might even have a few as clients.  But, for [...]

In my never-ending quest for easy and quick ways to maneuver around Microsoft Outlook, I came across these two gems from Heinz Tschabitscher.  He writes a weekly column on Microsoft Outlook for About.com.   Normally, I read his tips and sock them away for a later date for my own personal use; however, I felt these [...]

A few months back I came across an article written by Sarah Stebbins for “O” magazine, called “The 10 Habits of Highly Organized People.”  Now, I’m not normally an “O” magazine reader, but my mom is and she’ll mention articles of interest to me every so often.  As a matter of fact, I’m astonished she [...]

As many of you know, I am in love with the Microsoft Outlook calendar.  It’s functions are endless and for me, putting everything I do in one central location has been a tremendous help.  I can track the time I spend on all my work projects, schedule my available time for household errands and still [...]

Spring break is here for most of us and summer vacation is fast approaching.  So I thought this would be a great opportunity to talk about Out of Office notifications. As virtual assistants, we are fortunate in that we can be flexible with are schedules.  However, we still need to be responsible business owners and [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!  I hope you all are wearing some type of green, I know I am. After all, I am of Irish decent.  However, I was thinking that while we may all wear green each year, we may not all practice being green.  To that end, I would like to offer [...]

So, I am loving Microsoft Outlook again.  Since things are getting pretty booked up around my house, I thought it best to start utilizing this wonderful program again.  Only this time, I am determined to use more of the features Outlook has to offer.  This way, I can coordinate both my home life appointments along [...]

I have currently been reading a book called, “Making Work at Home Work” by Mary M. Byers.  Last week I wrote about Part 1-Saving Your Sanity.  This week I will be discussing Part 2-Preserving Your Profit.  There is a ton of information within Part 2.  This particular section focuses on accepting the “At-Home CEO” title, [...]