Managing Team Workflow with Microsoft Outlook

Karla Brandau

Duration:
60 minutes
Speaker:
Karla Brandau

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Overview:

Microsoft Outlook is an amazing program to bring order to your personal and professional life. However, frequently individuals spin their wheels trying to learn the time management benefits of the program’s features. This webinar provides the link between features and benefits.


Why you should Attend:

You no doubt are proficient at using Microsoft Outlook for email and meetings, but did you know you are leaving about 85% of the power of Microsoft Outlook unused. Outlook is a powerful program that can simulate a programming language if you know how to use it. This webinar helps you customize Outlook for your personality and your job as a manager and then helps you manage those who report to you efficiently and effectively. Once you learn the techniques taught in this webinar, you will know how to keep on top of every assignment made to your direct reports.


Agenda:

This webinar helps managers, supervisors and team leads launch, track, and manage assignments and projects with crystal clear deadlines and built-in checkpoints. It provides the tools you need to improve workplace results, enabling your team to reduce wasted time and increase daily output. You will learn the secrets of how to:
• Use expanded Microsoft Outlook Calendar features
• Use the tasks folder to organize complex work requests
• Record and remember all assignments and deadlines
• Prioritize delegated tasks and projects
• Identify the differences between the To-Do List, Tasks, and the To-Do Bar
• Create new folders for a plethora of projects
• Customize column headings in Task folders enabling the user to view project-relevant information
• Take advantage of the Assign Tasks feature
• Use the Tasks folder and the Calendar in tandem to plot mid-assignment check points
• Use Inbox features to help classify and sort task and project communications
• Set up Quick Steps to speed up communication
• Use the Rules Wizard to automatically route emails to appropriate folders

Who Will Benefit:

Managers at all levels of the organization
Team Leads
Supervisors
Vice Presidents
Presidents
Directors
Chief People Officers
Engagement Officers
Operations
Human Resources

Recorded Version:


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Instructor:

Karla Brandau

Speaker

Karla Brandau is a leading authority on leadership for a more collaborative and productive workforce. She has educated leaders, mangers, supervisors, and individual contributors with her proven people skills and productivity systems in companies such as Motorola, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Panasonic, Siemens, and BYD America. Government agencies that have benefited from her programs include NIH, NIDA, the EPA, and IBB. Educational Institutions include Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Texas A & M, and Mercer University. The employee experience is the focal point of Karla’s expertise. Her executive coaching and her training for leaders includes how to: • Build a winning team • Be resilient when faced with challenging situations • Implement change in the organization • Use Microsoft Outlook as a management tool To assist in improving the manager/employee relationship, Karla offers several assessments including the DISC and Driving Forces, Emotional Intelligence, and 360-Degree evaluations. In 1995, Karla earned her Certified Speaking Professional award which is an earned designation given by National Speakers Association. Only 8% of their membership have received this designation. Karla is a Registered Corporate Coach, a Certified Facilitator, a Certified Professional Motivators Analyst, a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, and a Certified EQi-2.0 Practitioner. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education.