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Issue Eleven
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A PUBLICATION OF CHA’S AVIATION BUSINESS LINE. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY
Issue Eleven Highlights...
Welcome Message
Strategic Initiatives Update | Page 2
Project Highlight| Page 3 Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)
Selfish Calendar Is your calendar crazy and you find it next to impossible to be effective at work? Here are some focus areas to start incorporating to help be more productive at work: •
Keep Your Calendar Up to Date – Simple, but a no-brainer in our world. If you’re not doing this, you need to be.
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Utilize Focus Time – Microsoft already uses AI to look at your calendar and create placeholders of Focus Time. If you’re not using this feature, start. It will be a game changer.
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Include Personal Time – I’m fortunate enough to have a gym in my building. I put a priority on fitness, so lunch is my personal time and it’s on my calendar. There will always be exceptions (client meetings, internal training, All Hands calls, etc., but you can manage exceptions). If you’re a staff manager, please make sure you understand your folks’ personal times and they understand yours.
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Back-to-Back-to-Back - Avoid fitting in ½ hour meetings when you see an opening. Back-to-back meetings can make for a difficult day and don’t allow for any meeting overrun or coffee refills (which are mission critical).
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Attendees – When you’re scheduling a meeting, think about who needs to attend. A meeting shouldn’t include a long list of folks that ‘might’ be interested in attending but will probably stay on mute and multi-task during the call. It should only include those folks that are integral to the discussion topic and are expected to be a contributor to the meeting. IMO, this is one of the largest drivers behind our calendars being so busy.
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Continuous Improvement 1. Don’t fall into the rut of carrying meetings over year to year just because. Truly think about why you have the meeting and are they still needed. I’m a big believer in only adding a meeting if I remove a meeting. 2. And one of the golden rules, please respect everyone’s time. Start the meeting when it’s scheduled to start and end the meeting when it’s scheduled to end. 3. If you need to reschedule or cancel meetings, do so with as much notice to the attendees as possible (again respectful of folk’s time). A good practice is to review meetings for the week Monday morning and make adjustments that you know are needed – then manage the exceptions.
Airfield Lighting Improvements - RW 8-26 & RW 17-35
Sustainability Corner | Page 4
Employee Interview | Page 6 Calvin Kuang Planner III | Colonie, NY
Service Awards Thank You For Your Service!
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Steve Lawrence
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Mary Kerstein Thomas Wang
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Patrick Dunn Taylor Koutropoulos Ken Omlor Ivan Ross Melissa Zender
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* These Service Awards are through September 2023.
Steve Lawrence Business Practice Leader Aviation Design