C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life. They are involved in every aspect of the person’s life and business, managing every detail. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life.

Payroll 74

Payroll Lifestyle Gifts Calendars 74

Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

YOU CANNOT MANAGE TIME! This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. How you manage to focus your attention (or how long you keep your attention focused) will make or break your ability to get things done. WANT MORE ON TIME MANAGEMENT? Archive Network with Steph Is This You? How do we get it all done? Not really.

Management 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Even if you are an employee without clients and external customers, think of the people who contribute to your success: your manager, coworkers, colleagues in other departments, peers in other companies and professional organizations, and your allies in human resources. Email vs. Handwritten. Should you email holiday greetings?

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Holidays 2012 Gifts 2011 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 19, 2013

If your company is anything like mine then you will also have assistants spread out across different teams, floors, offices and Countries reporting into different managers with varying degrees of seniority. Do you only email each other or speak briefly on the phone when you need something? Working as a team.

Agenda 100

Agenda Suppliers 2013 Gifts 100

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2015

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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Suppliers 2011 Agenda Lifestyle 100

Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But for long-term retention, it’s important to manage client expectations honestly. Depending upon your business style and structure, follow-ups may involve a personal visit, phone call, email, text or an online survey. Offer sales, discounts and gifts as surprise perks. Then, overdeliver as possible.

Gifts 279

Gifts Customer Service Policies Social Media 279

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Answers Answer a ringing phone by the third ring. If your phone system shows internal vs. external calls, alter your greeting appropriately. What should you say when answering? When is the best time to call someone? and 9:00 p.m.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette Ergonomics Phones Health 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You | Main | 6 Areas of Your Business Life that You MUST Have Flow to Make More Money (be like Bamboo) » What if You’re Working Harder Than You Need to Be? Imagine starting and ending every day with an empty email inbox. To your success!

Gifts 100

Gifts Goals Calendars Networking 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 27, 2010

In order to live full and giving lives, we must acknowledge the blessings and gifts that have come our way.  What are the gifts you've received? May you identify and act on all of the blessings and gifts you've been given.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?   To your success!

Lifestyle 100

Lifestyle Gifts 2007 Networking 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 28 December, 2009 Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her boss My assistant sent me a link to a story about an Executive Assistant in British Columbia, Canada, who gave the gift of life by donating a kidney to her boss. That is pretty dedicated. " Warning! 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Gifts Meeting Minutes 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 23, 2014

Secretaries file, administrative professionals manage and organize data for efficient retrieval of corporate records. Secretaries answer the phone, administrative professionals manage communication between staff and customers. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

Administrative Professionals 40

Administrative Professionals Gossip Equipment Gifts 40

Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It’s understandable that with so many ways to pay (mail, online, over the phone, and in person), keeping track of money is a chore few of us stay on top of. Therefore, managing your finances should be a top priority. Mint also has a phone application, allowing you to view your finances no matter where you are.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Finance Budget Expenses 100

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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Restaurants 2008 Cubicle Google Docs 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Remove everything else - pens, stapler, toys, gadgets, phone, monitor, etc. Comments Trackbacks 8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk ~ Lockergnome’s Doing It 10 Tips to Help Keep Your Desk Clean | Ians Messy Desk Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

Calendars 100

Calendars Ergonomics Filing Health 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

  JaniceSimon   What clutters up Twitter -- convos between people who should either DM, email or talk on phone & those who repeat post several x's per day. Sherri Hoesel Papich All the games and nonsense "gifts" everyone sends to each other. Not valued.unfollowed. It's voluntary.

Social Media 100

Social Media Twitter Facebook Networking 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

Taking on more than you can manage only leads to frustration as nothing gets done very well. Don’t answer the phone or e-mail. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! No is a small word but difficult to use.

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Ergonomics Health Gifts 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 27, 2011

  How are you managing all of those different urls?   When people access the site from their phones, you have created a very clean and easy to navigate view.    Others were more difficult to navigate when on my phone.  How many social networks do you belong to? 

Interviewing 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

And, at the same time, people were increasingly starting to rely on their mobile devices for much more than making phone calls. are an actionable extension of memory, we felt it was important to include task management features and functionality as a core component in Springpad.   Are you on other phone platforms? 

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Interviewing Microsoft Outlook Restaurants Calendars 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Work With Stephanie « 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams | Main | Monday Motivation - Michael Jordan on Failure » My first Twitterview with @marciahoeck - Decisive Productive Action Taken A little while back, I wrote to you about my theme for this year: decisive productive action. 

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Twitter Interviewing Phones Networking 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

Then, you’re back in the office after a long unplanned break: the message light on the phone is blinking; both your e-mail and hard-copy in-boxes are overflowing; last week’s next actions are now overdue; you staff and my manager all want a piece of you; and you just want to go home a crawl back into bed.

2007 100

2007 Ergonomics Health 2008 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

When you chat, they can't hear your voice, when you are on the phone, they can't see you, etc. Email (build trust) 3. Phone (providing value) 4. Thanks to Chris Diamond of Time Management For Business Owners | Double Time Today. Thanks to Chris Diamond of Time Management For Business Owners | Double Time Today.

Networking 100

Networking Social Media Twitter Facebook 100

Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Think you can successfully study the details of a report while talking on the phone and reading your horoscope? So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Comments Trackbacks Stuck | Fried Optimism Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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UPS 2006 Keyboards Ergonomics 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. But be professional.

AT&T 81

AT&T Mentoring Gossip Confidence 81

The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Follow-up does not mean frequent phone calls, emails, meetings, or standing over someone’s shoulder. Show your appreciation for each team members’ efforts by taking them to lunch or at the end of the project give a gift of thanks or a certificate of appreciation. Trust must be developed in the beginning by everyone.

Filing 100

Filing IAAP Fax AT&T 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The cards are all made with recycled paper and you can even include a gift if you like and this company will send it off for you. I recently sent an admin assistant friend a card to acknowledge all the hard work she does every day and included a gift of brownies. What a convenient way to send cards. She loved it! " Warning!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Productivityist

APRIL 8, 2014

My friend Craig Jarrow, The Time Management Ninja, has written a few excellent pieces on virtual assistance and i know he uses eaHelp. I felt that they were the best option based on my needs and budget, so I sent them an email and was scheduled to have a call with a within the next couple of days. In the end, I went with Zirtual.

Budget 40

Budget AT&T Social Media Email 40

Service Untitled

MAY 14, 2012

When building a culture all employees need to participate, all levels of management needs to encourage and inspire, and business owners need to place themselves as role models to encourage the process. Hire the best employees and don’t limit the time they should be on the phone or spend in person with a customer who needs help.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Salary Phones Gifts 40

Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Wal-Mart for their return policy refunding cash (for purchases under $25), gift cards (for purchases over $25), or an even exchange. There is one caveat however; more than three returns within 45 days require a manager’s approval. Also Orvis offers live chats, email questions, and a guaranteed response time of two hours or less.

Holidays 40

Holidays Verizon Customer Service Policies 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. Sure, it was based around time management and efficiency to better his/her life, but that also meant I helped their life and health overall. You can just write “Thx!”

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Gifts Finance Calendars 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Many times I refer to them as: management, professionals or executives, which is getting closer to what they do, but again, I would have to say the term colleague probably describes it the best no matter what side of the fence you are on. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week. " Warning! Incoming text message.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP International 100

Virtual Moxie

MAY 17, 2022

If there’s anything complicated about that, it would be managing yourself; getting out of your own way and believing, at your core, that you deserve the raise, and/or disconnecting from the outcome. Drop a comment or email me and let me know. That’s a wonderful gift to give them. Never in the history of ever…that’s when.

Confidence 130

Confidence Email Mentoring Gifts 130

Service Untitled

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s a team for live chat and one for email. And you can reward people just that way and recognize that way but we also have the Zollars which is like our – it’s not real currency but it’s Zappos currency where you can use that to buy stuff in a Zollar gift store. Examples would be there’s kind of a continuous training team.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Phones Skills Gifts 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Thanks to Margit Crane of Gifted With ADD. Thanks to Chris Diamond of DoubleTimeToday.com | Time Management Tips For Business Owners. Each week I talk with my Accountability Partner via phone. By breaking a big task up into smaller, manageable pieces the anxiety is relieved. Eliminate The Hate! Schedule It As A Meeting.

Calendars 100

Calendars AT&T Goals Training 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

I was so excited to see your email and as I read it, I thought it would eventually end on a high note. However, to shed some light on culture and the business world for any readers who are young, new to EA work, or going through the same thing, I want to address your email in its entirety. I will definitely answer your question.

Etiquette 40

Etiquette Temping Gossip Job Hunting 40

Productivity Bits

APRIL 14, 2011

Ulrich is the creator of Organisemee – a web-based collaborative task management application. His 16 years of experience managing medium and large-scale business processes and IT projects have taught him a lot about achieving high levels of productivity. Please signup to my email list to receive free updates from Productivity Bits.

Collaborate 100

Collaborate Management 2011 Gifts 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 21, 2014

Sometimes I look through my manager’s inbox and I can’t believe how much stuff they get sent. Set aside emails from colleagues and clients they have hundreds of emails from professional organisations, upcoming conferences, travel companies and not to mention lots and lots of sales requests.

Email 100

Email Filing Gifts Agenda 100

Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your email opt-in area is looking outdated as well, and it’s just too quiet to be drawing any kind of attention or sign-ups right now. Your email list is one of the best for pitching people interested in your products, so it should be working much harder for you. It would just look more professional that way.

Clothes 40

Clothes AT&T Gifts Email 40