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Upping your A(ssisting) game when you work with a Board of Trustees

Executive Leadership Support Blog

This is a true gift when wanting to be a strategic partner to your CEO. Offer to help put together the agenda for meetings, offer to tackle a project for a committee. As a bonus this will also alleviate emails and phone calls to you asking when something is due. Now some of you might say LUXURY??? And I would say yes!,

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Working with other assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Do you only email each other or speak briefly on the phone when you need something? You can put together an agenda so that the meeting isn’t just there for people to vent but actually talk about best practice, what can be improved in the office, frustrations, achievements etc etc. So how do we do this? Bond over shared experiences.

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The 2012 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

Well, if this person is a productivityist — or at least needs to look at becoming more productive — then you should give The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2012 a good look. It’s a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn’t considered. Agenda Calendar. Levenger Lap Desk.

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Sleep on Your To-Do List to Get Things Done

Ian's Messy Desk

Take a lesson from this research the next time you have a full agenda at work the following day. Comments Trackbacks SimpleProductivityBlog.com— Open Loops 8/24/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along— Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Professional. Administrative Professional.

Office Dynamics

After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. His reasoning appeared to suggest he viewed money as the primary reason a person would select an occupation, rather than contentment, purpose or gifting. The guy seated across from me turned to me, saying, “Nancy, you might want to look into that.”.

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A day in the life: Saba Ali, Royal Academy of Dance

Practically Perfect PA

I provide extensive diary management including global travel arrangements, compile reports, agendas and for Committee and Board meetings. I also act as the central point of contact for both Directors which might include meeting clients/suppliers, telephone liaison and managing emails whilst they are away.

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How to Manage Time

Ian's Messy Desk

How you manage your time is part of your personal agenda. Best Online Money Ideas » Blog Archive » Time Management Skills for Achieving Goals Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!