C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

How an Executive Personal Assistant Can Aid in Work-Life Balance An executive personal assistant is a seasoned professional tasked with enhancing an executive’s efficiency by taking on personal and professional scheduling, correspondence, and a whole host of other routine tasks—booking travel, managing appointments, planning events, and more.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Rarely do executives communicate what happened in yesterday’s meetings to their assistants or take the time to explain the scope of a project. Assistants… don’t wait for your executive to ask you the status of a project, task, follow-up item or other requests. Debrief one another on projects that have been wrapped up.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. Daily Calendars. Upcoming Travel.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars. Upcoming Travel. Future Projects. Benefits: Reduce stress. Tags: Mgr/Asst Team Stress Management Teamwork. Review Mail. Department Issues. Telephone Messages. Status Updates. Follow-up Items. Diminishes last-minute chaos. Clarifies expectations for both parties.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 5, 2016

Break It Up When you face a large project, it can seem overwhelming. Each complex project consists of several small components. You won’t stress out as much about finishing. As long as you maintain this boundary, you don’t have to travel far.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars. Upcoming Travel. Future Projects. Benefits: Reduce stress. Review Mail. Department Issues. Telephone Messages. Status Updates. Follow-up Items. Diminishes last-minute chaos.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

Administrators handled many tasks, and had backups, cross training, and team-shared projects. And it is changing again as executives recognize that administrators aren’t just for typing emails or making travel plans. They can be project managers, ambassadors of their manager’s vision, and more. Think the best of others.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Travel Planning. Travel Planning. Project Management. Travel Planning Example: Your travel planning system involves lots of different forms, templates, and checklists. Travel Planning Example: Your travel planning system involves lots of different forms, templates, and checklists. Meetings/Events.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

One way to alleviate some of the stress is to work with an executive assistant. Some of the tasks that executive assistants can take on include: Become your right-hand gatekeeper by managing complex personal and professional calendars and scheduling internal and external meetings.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. o Administrative stress levels are higher due to changing priorities and fast deadlines. o Virtual support – executives travel internationally and support is virtual. These are fundamentals, foundations that are critical to be in strength.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. Some online task and project management systems are more up to speed on this kind of thing and have apps for your phone to make capturing information easy even when you’re offline.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2015

I provide extensive diary management including global travel arrangements, compile reports, agendas and for Committee and Board meetings. Sometimes I need my bosses to tell me what they would like prioritised if I have a lot of work on so I don’t stress about what to do – I’m not afraid to reach out or ask for help.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Stress levels are astronomical. Asking how to do that first step can take that project off their overflowing plate and onto yours sooner. It takes more than travel planning skills, organization and creativity. Manage the day: block the calendar. Send short status updates when they travel or are unavailable.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

afreshspace   @ StephCalahan I just use a legal pad for daily to-do's but keep bigger or future projects in my outlook task list declutterlady   @ StephCalahan Hey, Stephanie, it's iPEP for me; 1 workspace/project w/ability to keep all in 1 place! Break down into bite size pieces, and put the pieces on the calendar.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Power Periods Make For Great Productivity My favorite is: Power Periods Because: Set aside one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon for un-distracted, uninterrupted time to knock out a big project. Pile Tamer My favorite is: the Pendaflex Pile Smart Project Sorter. Thanks to Ellen Limes of Organized By L 5.

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Productivityist

JULY 11, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Reaction Time is a Factor Posted on 07/11/2012 // Leave a Comment I’m still in travel mode, so I’m still offering guest posts over the next couple of weeks on a regular basis. Driving too fast is stressful (will I get a ticket? will I get in an accident?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. " The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. In the calendar.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

I was hoping that you might have insight/advice on how to create project work/better assist a C-Level exec that has never had an admin before. Since we are both somewhat green, I was hoping that you might have some suggestions to spark project work (both business and personal related projects would be helpful).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 July, 2010 Taking stock Whenever I finish a project I always ask myself, or get together with those who assisted me, and ask the question, "What went well and what could have gone better?" The meetings were stress free and I was able to depend on my checklists and templates. Dealing in real time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   When I asked him about the tiny papers, he said they all represented an item that he needed to take care of. 

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Andrea Kalli

JUNE 30, 2010

The difference between a failed contract and a long-term partnership is almost always in the risk; prove that your service is already worthwhile and you will gain instant business, while avoiding the dull development period that can plague from-scratch projects. Acquire professional overhead.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Executives found it particularly difficult because, all of a sudden, their calendar was clear after years of jam-packed meetings and social events. No one was interested in having lunch with them any longer - the phone was silent!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

What are the key projects to be completed this year?   Completing projects and tasks is harder than ever for most of my clients.    So, the next time you have a project that is important consider the following: Block the time on your calendar.    Then, work on your project fully focused. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Good time management skills can help reduce confusion, stress, and even workload levels, so there are many benefits to making sure that time is well spent. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Minute taking made easier.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. A week or two ago, it was one of those weeks where my brain just felt tired.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This matters because it translates to how busy, stressful, how much experience you need them to have, and if you need a specialized Executive Assistant. There are other sites that are also good to consult like glassdoors. I’m more curious how big your company is and how much revenue your company generates.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

Oh, did I mention that your meeting confirmation hits your google, outlook or web calendar as well as generates a confirmation email. We have also oftentimes found that one of us is working on a project before we have had a chance to talk about it because we can see the updates when we look at the folders. You won't regret it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

I also handle his executive calendar and work in the office with him. I hated the mental stress and burden of putting everyone else first and getting only the usual thank you’s and words of appreciation. I also thought long and hard about why I was so unhappy and stressed at my job and why I had growing resentment.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Are you willing to take on new projects and new challenges? One of the things they stressed was to hire well. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Be noticed. You want to be noticed, but not negatively.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. Yes, you are playing baseball, but are you a pro or in the little leagues?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Tweet about your writing project. You’re really stressed and deserve some down time. 5 Ways to Trim the Fat from Your Next Project Reply --Deb ( @__Deb ) April 25, 2010 at 12:43 pm Oh, this is just hilarious. Could have been a dream.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

When I started to work for this project (and yes, it was just a pet project in the beginning), all I did was to log daily my progress. Learned how to create a project and what the folder structure means. Did a few tests with some sample projects to see how the building process works. Can be tricky at times. Got some rest.

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