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Every day, we juggle a series of tasks, from answering emails and attending meetings all the way to cooking dinner or finally folding that pile of laundry staring us down for days. Task management is everywhere around us, whether we realize it or not. 

But here's the catch: managing tasks is more than checking boxes. It's making sure the right boxes are checked at the right time, by the right people.

For individuals, good task management can mean less stress and more time to spend on what matters most to them. For teams and organizations, it's the difference between controlled chaos and seamless collaboration. When done well, task management becomes a superpower, moving businesses toward growth and ensuring projects are delivered on time (and with fewer sleepless nights).

In this guide, we're going to explore strategies, tools, and best practices that turn task management into a fine-tuned system. Whether you're wrangling your own to-do list or leading a team toward big goals, this can be your roadmap to staying on top of your game. 

Let's get started!


The Ultimate Guide to Task Management: Strategies, Tools, and Best Practices

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We are delighted to announce the launch of a long-awaited new feature on our platform: [qualified electronic signature](https://wedo.com/features/electronic-signatures) for minutes of meetings.

Developed in direct response to the needs expressed by our customers, particularly financial institutions and companies involved in formal decision-making processes, this functionality is now available to **facilitate the legal management of your documents**.

With qualified electronic signatures, you can now legally sign your meeting minutes in compliance with **Swiss and European laws**. Whether for boards of directors, foundations, or management meetings, this solution has been designed to meet your strictest protocols.

[Discover the feature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJcdP3tymsM)


Network administrators can now activate the electronic signature in their network settings. For more information, please get in touch with our customer support team, who will be happy to assist you.


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We are delighted to announce the launch of a long-awaited new feature on our platform: qualified electronic signature for minutes of meetings.

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Wir freuen uns, die Einführung einer lang erwarteten neuen Funktion auf unserer Plattform ankündigen zu können: [qualifizierte elektronische Signatur](https://wedo.com/de/features/electronic-signatures) für Sitzungsprotokolle.

Diese Funktion wurde auf Wunsch unserer Kundinnen und Kunden entwickelt, um allen Gremien mit formellen Entscheidungsprozessen die **rechtliche Verwaltung Ihrer Dokumente** zu vereinfachen.

Mit qualifizierten elektronischen Signaturen können Sie Ihre Sitzungsprotokolle jetzt rechtsgültig und in Konformität mit den **Schweizer und europäischen Gesetzen** unterzeichnen. Ob für Verwaltungs-, Stiftungsrats- oder Vorstandssitzungen, diese Lösung wurde für all Ihre verbindlichen Protokolle entwickelt.

[Entdecken Sie die elektronische Signatur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QzrSOBBp3w)


Netzwerkadministratoren können die elektronische Signatur jetzt in den Netzwerkeinstellungen aktivieren. Für weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte an unser Support Team.

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Wir freuen uns, die Einführung einer lang erwarteten neuen Funktion auf unserer Plattform ankündigen zu können: qualifizierte elektronische Signatur für Sitzungsprotokolle.

Qualifizierte elektronische Unterschrift für Ihre Berichte

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Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer le lancement d'une nouvelle fonctionnalité très attendue sur notre plateforme : la [signature électronique sécurisée](https://wedo.com/fr/features/electronic-signatures) pour les comptes rendus de réunions. Développée en réponse directe aux besoins exprimés par nos clients, notamment des institutions financières et des entreprises engagées dans des processus décisionnels formels, cette fonctionnalité est désormais disponible pour **faciliter la gestion légale de vos documents**.

Avec la signature électronique qualifiée, vous pouvez désormais signer légalement vos comptes rendus de réunions, en conformité avec les **lois suisses et européennes**. Que ce soit pour des conseils d’administration, des fondations, ou des séances de direction, cette solution a été pensée pour répondre à vos protocoles les plus stricts.


[Découvrez la fonctionnalité](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnszc7yNxyE)


Les administrateurs et administratrices de réseaux peuvent dès maintenant activer la signature électronique dans les paramètres de leur réseau. Pour plus d’informations, contactez notre support client qui se fera un plaisir de vous assister.

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Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer le lancement d'une nouvelle fonctionnalité très attendue sur notre plateforme : la signature électronique sécurisée pour les comptes rendus de réunions. 

La signature électronique pour vos comptes rendus.

Qualified electronic signatures for your reports

As an Executive Assistant, you are likely all too familiar with the reality of the ‘agenda chase.’ You spend days chasing busy executives to commit to topics, managing countless last-minute changes via fragmented text messages, and trying to decode vague, email threads like "Let’s talk about the Q3 update." After hours of manual formatting, you finally gather everything into a PDF or Word document, hit send, and cross your fingers that someone will open it before the meeting starts.

The problem is that the reality of an executive’s life is high pressure and fast-paced. Their priorities can pivot in the time it takes to walk from one boardroom to the next. And a static agenda simply cannot account for the dynamic nature of C-suite decision-making. If that’s 7 bullet points on a piece of paper that remains ignored until the last minute… it isn't doing its job.

To support your executive and position yourself as a strategic partner rather than just an administrator, you need to evolve your process. You need to move away from being a ‘document creator’ and toward becoming a strategic operator. This requires a shift toward a collaborative agenda. One that is accessible, interactive, and tied to business results. By moving the preparation into a shared, digital space, you ensure the team arrives ready for debate.

In this blog post, we’ll share six key pillars for creating the perfect, high-performing agenda that drives organizational efficiency while finally saving your sanity. Let’s dive in!


## The 6 Pillars of a High-Performing Agenda

### Step 1: Define the "Why"

An agenda item without a clearly defined goal or a specific purpose, is just a chat. One of the main reasons important meetings run late (or worse, result in absolutely no tangible progress) is that participants start talking before they understand why the topic was placed on the list in the first place. Without a "why," the conversation becomes useless, and the executive’s time is wasted on aimless dialogue.

**The strategy:** To fix this, you need to apply a labeling strategy. What’s a labeling strategy? Well, before you add anything to the agenda, you need to label it. Every single topic fits into one of three specific buckets:

- **Information:** This is a one-way update. No feedback or brainstorming is required. (e.g., "Quarterly Sales Update")
- **Discussion:** This is for collaborative brainstorming. You need ideas, perspectives, input from the room. (e.g., "Exploring New Marketing Channels for 2026.")
- **Decision:** This is the most critical tag. It requires a hard "yes" or "no." (e.g., "Approve the Q3 Data Infrastructure Budget.")

Labeling matters for two main reasons. First, it shows the preparation level. If your CFO sees a topic tagged as a "Decision," they know they must study the spreadsheets and arrive with a stance. If they assume it is merely "Information," they may only skim the briefing, leading to a stall when a vote is actually called.

Second, it keeps the meeting honest. Before moving to the next topic, you – as the Executive Assistant – act as the gatekeeper by looking at the tag and asking:

- If it was a decision, did we actually decide?
- If it was a discussion, do we have clear next steps?

If the answer is "no," you do not move on until the objective is either achieved or a task is assigned to resolve it. Think of the tag as a contract, once it’s on the page, don’t break it!

![Diagram explaining how to define the "Why" for agenda items: Information (updates with no feedback), Discussion (brainstorming for ideas), and Decision (making a choice between "yes" or "no").](https://wedo-assets.sos-ch-gva-2.exo.io/blog_define_the_why_en_836a844564.png)


### Step 2: Stop Working in Silos
For too long, Executive Assistants have been treated like ’copy-paste machines,’ stuck in the middle of fragmented communication. Sounds exhausting, right? You spend your day gathering text from long email threads and manually pasting it into a Word document. This creates an unsustainable ‘silo effect’ where all the pressure falls on you to remember who wanted to discuss what, and why.

The strategy here is a shift in workflow: Stop sending those generic "What do you want to discuss?" emails. Instead, move the entire process into a [shared, centralized digital agenda](https://wedo.com/blog/how-to-create-a-productive-meeting-agenda). Your goal is to transition from being the ‘gatherer’ to being the ‘orchestrator.’ By giving team leads and executives direct access to add their own topics, you change the psychology of the meeting in two ways:

**1. Ownership:** When a VP of Sales types their own topic into the agenda, they are making a public promise. They are saying, "I own this, I am responsible for the context, and I will be ready to lead the conversation." It shifts the burden of preparation from your shoulders back to the subject matter expert.
**2. Management vs. administration:** You stop being the person chasing others for content and start being the manager of the meeting’s flow. You are auditing the quality of the inputs.

### Step 3: Sequencing for better pacing
We’ve all witnessed the ‘C-suite trap’: the first, most comfortable topic on the list eats up the first 30 minutes, leaving only five minutes for the multi-million dollar decision at the very end. The perfect agenda should be, first and foremost, a tool for time management!

The strategy is to implement **strict time-boxing**. Assign a number of minutes to every single item on the list. When doing this, be realistic rather than optimistic! If you know a particular topic is going to spark a debate, give it the 20 minutes it deserves rather than squeezing it into 10.

Also, you must clarify the "Who" by placing a name next to every item. This eliminates the "dead air" at the start of a topic where everyone looks around wondering who is supposed to be presenting.

### Step 4: Making the agenda a single source of truth
_"Did you see the attachment I sent last Tuesday? No, not that one, the v2 version."_
Nothing kills the momentum of a high-stakes meeting faster than the first ten minutes being spent on technical troubleshooting or file-searching. When an executive has to dig through their inbox to find a PDF, they are getting distracted by unread client emails and Slack notifications. By the time they find the document, you have already lost their mental focus.

The strategy is to put the file right next to the topic. Your agenda should be the single source of truth. Do not rely on a separate "Read Ahead" email that will inevitably get buried.

**- Link it directly:** If the topic is "Budget Approval," the Excel sheet should be linked right there in the agenda line item.
**- Curate the content:** Don't just dump a folder link. Attach only the specific documents needed for that specific 15-minute slot.
**- Control the version:** By linking the file yourself, you ensure that everyone is looking at the same version of the data. No more arguing over numbers because half the room is looking at "Q3_Report_Final" and the other half is looking at "Q3_Report_Final_V2."

This approach ensures one-click access on any device. Whether the executive is in the boardroom or joining from an iPad at an airport lounge, they have the context they need instantly. No searching, no "I can't find it," and no excuses.

### Step 5: Turn the Agenda into Minutes (In Real-Time)
The traditional way of handling meeting minutes is a recipe for burnout. You write the agenda, scribble furious, shorthand notes during the session, and then spend two hours back at your desk the next morning trying to decode your handwriting and ‘clean up’ the record. This ‘double-work’ is a huge drain on your productivity.

The strategy is to [let the agenda become the minutes](https://wedo.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-writing-and-sharing-effective-meeting-minutes). If you are using a centralized digital agenda, you should take your notes directly within that document while the conversation is happening. Type the summary and key points directly under each agenda topic as they are discussed.

**The role of AI in note-taking:** To take things a step further, there are now tools capable of generating full transcripts of your discussions using AI-powered recording. These technologies capture every detail, ensuring no information is lost and significantly reducing the pressure on Executive Assistants. All that remains is for you to summarize the content. Some AI solutions even offer automated meeting summaries, allowing you to focus on strategic validation rather than raw data entry.

By the time the meeting ends, your minutes should be 90% complete. You aren't ‘writing’ a report after the fact, you are simply polishing a record that already exists. This not only saves you hours of post-meeting labor but also allows you to distribute the finalized record to the team while the decisions are still fresh in everyone’s minds.

### Step: Close the Loop
A perfect agenda is essentially useless if it doesn't result in action. The key difference between a ‘productive business meeting’ and a ‘nice chat’ is the execution that follows. Too often, meetings end with a vague sense of agreement, but no specific roadmap for who is doing what, leading to the dreaded ‘meeting about the meeting’ two weeks later.

To prevent this, you must integrate task assignmentt directly into the flow.

**- Highlight decisions:** Create a specific section or visual tag for "Decisions Taken." These need to stand out from general chatter so that anyone reading the minutes later can see the bottom line instantly.
**- Assign tasks with precision:** Avoid vague notes like "Marketing to follow up." Be specific. Assign tasks with a who and a when right inside the agenda item.

When the meeting ends, everyone should walk out of the room with a clear understanding of their responsibilities. By closing the loop in real-time, you ensure that ‘decided’ becomes ‘done,’ and you won't have to spend the next week chasing people down to remind them of their own commitments.

![Infographic displaying 6 steps for creating an effective agenda: 1. Define the "Why", 2. Stop Working in Silos, 3. Sequencing for better pacing, 4. Making the agenda a single source of truth, 5. Turn the Agenda into Minutes, 6. Close the Loop.](https://wedo-assets.sos-ch-gva-2.exo.io/6_steps_for_creating_the_perfect_agenda_that_drives_efficiency_en_a2c634449f.png)

## Conclusion: Turning the Agenda into a Performance Driver
The agenda is frequently dismissed as a mere piece of administrative paperwork, but in reality, it is the **backbone of effective meeting** management. The invisible architecture that determines whether a session will be an engine for progress or a drain on the company’s most expensive resources.

A chaotic, vague agenda leads to a chaotic, unproductive meeting, period. On the other hand, a structured, purpose-driven agenda - one that defines the "why" and centralizes documentation - leads to clear decisions, measurable results, and organizational alignment.

By moving away from the limitations of static documents and embracing a collaborative framework, you elevate your entire professional output. You save yourself hours of redundant administrative ‘chase,’ reduce your cognitive load, and ensure your executive's time is used with precision. Stop chasing the agenda, and start letting the agenda work for you.

[Try WEDO for free](https://wedo.com/signup) today and experience how a unified workspace can turn your next board meeting into a masterclass in efficiency.


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How to Create the Perfect Agenda (For Executive Assistants)

There’s a special kind of dread that comes with a recurring meeting invite.

It’s always there, every Tuesday at 10, or even worse, every Friday at 3, clogging up your calendar. People join out of habit. Cameras off. Agenda optional. And somewhere between the first status update and the fifth half-decision, you realize: this meeting isn’t helping anyone. It’s just... happening.

A lot of recurring [meetings](https://wedo.com/features/meetings) were meant to create structure. Instead, they often create inertia. Same attendees, same talking points, same outcomes (or lack thereof). Over time, they stop being useful and start being background noise.

But here’s the thing: it’s not the recurrence that’s the problem. It’s the lack of structure. And when you fix that, you stop wasting time and start making it count. In this post, we’ll walk through how to redesign your recurring meetings to create real clarity and value, so people leave with direction, not déjà vu.

## The Compounding Cost of Poorly Run Recurring Meetings

One bad meeting wastes time. A recurring one builds a culture of wasted time.

It’s not just an hour lost every week. It’s five people spending one hour each, every single week, often just to rehash the same updates or decisions that never landed. Multiply that across a month, then across multiple teams, and you’re suddenly burning dozens of hours on meetings no one finds valuable.

And that’s just the obvious part.

Poorly structured recurring meetings come with hidden costs:

- **Delayed decisions -** when ownership isn’t clear, decisions get deferred.
- **Lost accountability -** if follow-ups aren't tracked, nothing moves forward.
- **Fragmented focus -** context switching and repeated discussions drain attention.
- **Participation theater -** people show up, but mentally check out.

Over time, these meetings start functioning as placeholders rather than progress points. And because they’re recurring, they rarely get reevaluated. The longer they stay broken, the more time, trust, and attention they quietly erode.

The worst part? Teams often *feel* this happening, but don’t know how to fix it. So the meetings stay. And the drain continues.

## Signs Your Recurring Meeting Is Broken

You don’t need a survey to know when a recurring meeting is off the rails. You can feel it. But just in case you’re on the fence, here are the most common red flags:

- **There’s no real agenda.** Maybe there was one once, but now it’s just bullet points copied forward, or nothing at all.
- **It’s the same conversation every time.** No progress, just recycled talking points.
- **A few people dominate, others stay silent.** It’s unclear who’s supposed to speak, so only the loudest voices fill the gap.
- **People multitask or don’t show up at all.** Engagement drops when the meeting stops delivering value.
- **Nothing gets documented.** Decisions, context, and action items vanish the moment the call ends.
- **Everyone leaves with a different interpretation of what just happened.** No shared record means no shared understanding.

When even the organizer doesn’t look forward to the meeting, that’s a signal. Recurring meetings aren’t passive calendar events. If they aren’t driving alignment, clarity, or momentum, they’re just slowly draining it.

## What a Structured Recurring Meeting *Should* Look Like

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Not every recurring meeting is a lost cause. The good ones do exist, and they don’t happen by accident. Here’s what separates a structured, high-value recurring meeting from the kind people join out of obligation:

- **There’s a clear purpose.** Everyone knows *why* this meeting exists, whether it’s to resolve blockers, review key metrics, or make decisions. If the purpose changes, the format changes with it.
- **The agenda evolves.** It’s not a static checklist. It’s built in advance, focused on outcomes, and time-boxed. New topics are added intentionally, not out of panic or filler.
- **Roles are defined.** Someone’s leading the discussion. Someone’s capturing notes. Someone’s accountable for follow-ups. If no one owns it, it won’t get done.
- **Progress is reviewed.** Last week’s action items don’t disappear into the void. They show up again, visibly, until they’re done or resolved.
- **Attendance is intentional.** If someone doesn’t need to be there, they don’t get dragged into the call. Relevance drives participation, not habit.

When a recurring meeting is structured this way, it stops being a placeholder and starts becoming a lever for progress. It helps people show up prepared, stay engaged, and leave with clarity, not confusion.

## How to Fix a Broken Recurring Meeting

If your recurring meeting feels off, it probably is.

And like most of us, you probably don’t want to keep pulling people into a meeting that isn’t helping anyone move forward.

However, you don’t need to overhaul your calendar or reinvent how your team works. A few thoughtful changes can make a big difference, bringing structure, purpose, and energy back into the rhythm.

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Here’s where to start.

### Reconsider the standing invite

Sometimes the most helpful thing you can do is hit pause.

Cancelling a recurring meeting, at least temporarily, can create space to rethink its purpose. You’re not removing it out of frustration. You’re making room to rebuild it with the right intent.

This also signals to the team that their time matters, and that the meeting will come back stronger, not just… back.

### Set a purpose and an end date

Not all recurring meetings need to last forever. In fact, most shouldn’t.

If a meeting exists to help move a project forward, consider setting a natural expiration point. You can always restart it later if it’s still needed. But adding an end date gives everyone a reason to focus, make decisions, and avoid dragging things out just to fill the time slot.

And if the meeting’s purpose can’t be clearly defined in one sentence? That’s a sign to rethink it entirely.

### Get clear on what the meeting is for

Vague goals lead to vague meetings.

Before restarting the series, take a moment to clarify what a successful version of this meeting would look like. Is it meant to surface blockers? Make decisions? Align on progress?

If you can define the purpose clearly, the rest, agenda, frequency, attendees, gets much easier to shape.

### Refresh the format so it works for the team (not just the calendar)

If your current format feels flat, it probably hasn’t been updated in a while. Look at what’s missing:

- Are the same few people speaking while others check out?
- Are action items getting lost after the call ends?
- Does the meeting feel disconnected from what’s actually happening week to week?

Now’s the time to make the structure work harder:

A dynamic agenda, a few defined roles, and a consistent way to track outcomes can go a long way.

### Set new norms for how the meeting runs

As the format changes, so should the expectations.

It helps to say them out loud, or better yet, write them down. Things like:

- “Add topics to the agenda before the meeting”
- “Use the first few minutes to review open action items”
- “End with a recap of who’s doing what”

You’re not making it rigid, you’re making it clear. And that clarity gives people a reason to stay engaged.

### Make attendance flexible

Not every meeting needs to be a full house. If only three people are actively working through a handoff or decision, everyone else can sit it out.

Encourage people to attend when it’s relevant, not just because their name is on the invite. That shift alone can turn a meeting from a time sink into a focused working session.

### Give the structure somewhere to live

It’s tough to keep a recurring meeting useful if the details are scattered across inboxes, chat threads, and documents.

When your meeting prep, discussion, and follow-ups are all in different places, things slip. And people lose track, not because they don’t care, but because they don’t have visibility.

That’s why having a centralized tool matters. One place for agendas, notes, and action items. One place to stay aligned.

### Revisit the structure regularly

Fixing a recurring meeting isn’t a one-time task, it’s a habit. Once you’ve got the structure working, set a reminder to check in on it every few months. Is the agenda still relevant? Are action items getting done? Has the purpose shifted? Small course corrections over time can keep the meeting sharp and valuable, instead of slowly drifting back into autopilot.

## Why WEDO Makes Recurring Meetings Work

Let’s face it, recurring meetings aren’t going away. And honestly, they shouldn’t. When they’re structured well, they can keep teams aligned, accountable, and moving forward without the daily scramble. The problem is the lack of visibility, ownership, and follow-through.

[WEDO](https://wedo.com/features) gives recurring meetings the infrastructure they’ve been missing:

- **Shared agendas** that evolve week to week
- **Real-time note taking** so nothing slips through
- **Automatic follow-up tracking**
- **Integrated [task management](https://wedo.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-task-management-tool-for-your-team)** that connects discussion to action
- **One space for context, decisions, and accountability**, before, during, and after the meeting

No more toggling between docs, inboxes, and sticky notes. No more repeating the same update three weeks in a row. With [WEDO](https://wedo.com/features), your recurring meetings don’t just feel better. They actually work better.

Ready to make your recurring meetings worth everyone’s time? [Try WEDO for free today](https://wedo.com/signup) and see what structured meetings can actually do for your team.

Tired of unproductive recurring meetings? Learn how to structure them for clarity, engagement, and follow-through, without wasting everyone’s time.

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Recurring Meetings: How to Structure Them for Clarity and Value

In the fast-paced world of administrative management, executive assistants play a crucial role. The Swiss army knives of any organization juggle many tasks and deadlines while supervising those of others. Faced with these challenges, they often find themselves overwhelmed by routine, repetitive responsibilities. We immersed ourselves in the daily lives of 6 executive assistants who use the WEDO platform to understand the workings of their organization, the challenges they face, and the tools they have put in place to facilitate their management.

According to our study, the most time-consuming tasks for executive assistants revolve mainly around administrative functions. These activities, while necessary, tend to monopolize a significant proportion of their working time, preventing them from concentrating fully on more crucial aspects of their role, such as operational and strategic development.

Among the most time-consuming tasks in their job descriptions, the executive assistants surveyed identify the following:

**1. Meeting preparation:** preparing agendas and presentation documents, taking and sharing minutes, following up on decisions and tasks delegated at meetings,

**2. Diary management and meeting organization:** planning and coordination of appointments, team meetings, and conferences, taking care to avoid scheduling conflicts,
**3. Document preparation and management:** drafting, proofreading, and organizing important documents such as reports, presentations, correspondence and contracts,

**4. Project coordination:** managing and following up on specific projects, liaising between different departments, and meeting deadlines.

Internal and external communications, administrative support, and human resources management closely follow those.

## How to lighten the administrative load for an executive assistant?

When asked what tools were used to monitor collaboration before WEDO was integrated, the most common programs were Outlook, Word (for taking minutes), and Excel. However, these tools had significant limitations. Respondents reported difficulties related to the cross-functionality of information between different team members. For example, these tools were not conducive to **active, real-time collaboration when taking PVs**, making this task often cumbersome and time-consuming, and necessitating numerous round-trips. The systematic use of e-mail to distribute these documents wasted considerable time without guaranteeing effective communication.

Furthermore, the limited nature of these tools prevented efficient tracking of tasks and projects. Users faced significant challenges maintaining a clear, up-to-date overview of projects. In short, although these tools are widespread and familiar, their use in team collaboration and project management needs to be improved.

This situation underlines the importance of cross-functional tools and solutions to lighten the administrative workload. With the implementation of WEDO, the executive assistants surveyed were able to optimize their administrative processes.

### 1. Meeting preparation and management

![computerized agenda for real-time note-taking](https://wedo-assets.sos-ch-gva-2.exo.io/reunion_ENEN_aad2ef7f0e.png)

One of the most time-consuming aspects of the job is the preparation of meetings. With WEDO, executive assistants benefit from automated management and considerable time savings in preparation and follow-up. The platform enables uniform management of minutes, clear distribution of post-meeting tasks, and automatic tracking of topics from one session to the next. Users report an average time saving of 55% for these tasks.

![save time spent on meetings](https://wedo-assets.sos-ch-gva-2.exo.io/55_ENEN_83c8604c19.png)

WEDO's meeting module lets you integrate blocks of paragraphs, tasks, file attachments, personal notes, votes and signatures, among others.

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### 2. Project management and task tracking

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Project management and tracking represent another major challenge. WEDO simplifies this task by offering clear delegation possibilities, the creation of checklist templates to standardize processes, and real-time task tracking. This leads to better prioritization and more efficient day-to-day management.

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### Use case: facilitating HR processes and the transmission of specifications

When executive assistants are involved in HR processes, the integration of WEDO proves to be a major asset. The platform makes it possible to standardize on-boarding and off-boarding procedures by means of specific checklists. These checklists, drawn up for each stage of the process, automatically assign the relevant tasks to the team members concerned. This method ensures structured, efficient management of personnel transitions, eliminating the operational uncertainties often associated with the question "What steps should I take?".

By simplifying these processes, WEDO not only eases the workload for HR managers, but also contributes to a clear, documented handover of tasks and knowledge from one employee to the next.

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One of the decisive advantages of WEDO, highlighted by our management assistants, is the ease with which recruitment interviews can be documented in real time. Each exchange can be recorded directly in a standardized (and customized if required) agenda, enabling these interactions to be saved methodically and instantaneously.

### 4. Transmission of information

WEDO lets you link documents to tasks or meetings, ensuring that all the necessary information is in the right place. Global search makes it easy to retrieve documents, and to find a specific file based on a keyword found in the PDF file.

In terms of communication, WEDO users particularly appreciate the immediate visibility of entries and the ability to restrict access to certain information.

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**We asked our users to rate the platform on a scale of 1 to 10, to qualify the positive impact WEDO has on their daily tasks.**

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Executive assistants can greatly ease their workload by equipping themselves with a collaborative platform. Do you have any questions or doubts about WEDO's compatibility with your needs? We'll be happy to give you a short 30-minute demonstration.

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In the fast-paced world of administrative management, executive assistants play a crucial role. The Swiss army knives of any organization juggle many tasks and deadlines while supervising those of others

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Held once a month, quarter, or half-year, as required, these privileged meetings provide a confidential and open communication space, encouraging in-depth discussion of individual and collective objectives. They create a valuable opportunity to discuss each employee's specific challenges and needs, fostering better mutual understanding. Moreover, these meetings provide a framework for recognizing individual achievements and contributions, reinforcing a sense of accomplishment and belonging to the team. Thanks to these personalized exchanges, bilateral meetings contribute to more effective personnel management, more focused professional growth, and solid, fulfilling working relationships.

## Key topics for a bilateral meeting

During a bilateral meeting between a team leader and an employee, several key topics must be addressed to ensure effective communication and optimal management. Here are some of these topics:

### 1. Ongoing assessment
Discuss objectives for the current period and assess progress and results achieved. Identify successes and areas requiring further attention.

### 2. Professional Development
Explore opportunities for employee development, training, and professional growth. Identify skills to be strengthened and possible progression paths.

### 3. Feedback
Exchange constructive feedback on work performed, highlighting strengths and addressing areas for improvement. Encourage open dialogue to stimulate continuous learning.

### 4. Needs and Challenges
Allow employees to express their needs regarding resources, assistance, or support to accomplish their tasks. Discuss possible obstacles and find solutions together.

### 5. Work-Life Balance
Address workload-related issues, stress levels, and work-life balance. Identify measures to support employee well-being.

### 6. Projects and Initiatives
Discuss future projects, new initiatives, and potential employee contributions. Encourage active participation and creativity.

### 7. Management feedback
Offer employees the opportunity to share their feelings about management, work methods, and team communication. Foster an environment of trust and continuous improvement.

### 8. Focus on Vision
Ensure that the employee understands and adheres to the team or company's overall vision, values, and goals.

### 9. Resources and Support
Identify the resources required for the associate's success and ensure that he/she has the proper support to carry out his/her tasks.

### 10. Long-Term Planning
Examine longer-term perspectives and discuss the employee's career aspirations and how these align with team or organizational goals.

_"Enabling discussions in bilateral meetings, in a more intimate way and with a long-term vision, brings a notable benefit to the employee's career in the company. It makes them feel valued, heard and recognized above all. Setting clear, long-term objectives is a real motivator for them."_

**Marie Rudaz-Jaeggi**, *[AmbitionSuccess.ch](http://ambitionsuccess.ch/)* - MORGES

Team leaders and employees can establish fruitful collaboration, foster professional development, and maintain a positive working climate by addressing these topics regularly and in-depth at bilateral meetings.

## Use WEDO to keep track of your bilateral meetings!

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With WEDO, you can prepare your agenda jointly with your manager or colleague. In this way, each participant can prepare the questions or topics to be addressed.

Generally speaking, the agenda items for a bilateral meeting are recurrent. WEDO enables you to set the topics so that they recur from one time to the next to ensure that discussions are followed up and that objectives evolve.

Once completed, the minutes are locked and remain available to both participants for consultation.

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During a bilateral meeting between a team leader and an employee, several key topics must be addressed to ensure effective communication and optimal management.

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