C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You don’t have to worry about their chores falling outside of their job description (for example, asking an executive assistant to shop for your spouse’s anniversary gift, or pick up their dry cleaning). This is only a partial list and will depend upon the individual and their requirements. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life.

Payroll 74

Payroll Lifestyle Gifts Calendars 74

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I saw it during the welcome reception, all day during the trainings, and as we finished, the admins were sharing emails, phone numbers, and business/personal cards to keep in touch. Melia: I am on the phone and helping people and groups all year by answering questions, helping with registration, assisting with hotel information, etc.

Interviewing 170

Interviewing Administrative Professionals Social Media Training 170

Step It Up VA Coaching

OCTOBER 25, 2012

When talking with your client, never say things like, “I’m busy working on other client projects” or “I’m handling other client work first; then I’ll get to yours.” ” When sending emails to your client, take the time to address them by name, like “Hi, Susan,” or “Dear Jim.” .”

Customer Service 100

Customer Service Gifts Purchasing Etiquette 100

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2015

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. I also get a lot of phone calls from an array of people about all sorts of things. It is a varied role which is great because no day is ever the same.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers 2011 Agenda Lifestyle 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project. Remove everything else - pens, stapler, toys, gadgets, phone, monitor, etc. Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Boxes or storage containers to use for sorting.

Calendars 100

Calendars Ergonomics Filing Health 100

Denise Aday

MARCH 8, 2013

(cc photo credit: Gift Economy by Tirch). I’m still working out the details, including how to address potential problems and barriers, but am very seriously considering a pay what you can (PWYC) pricing model for virtual and email marketing services. The Karma Clinic in Oakland, CA is run by gifts, on a pay what you want basis.

Gifts 40

Gifts AT&T Phones Email 40

Productivityist

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Some days it might be an accumulation of small tasks — like sending emails, printing reports, locating files for colleagues — other days I might be able to finish an entire project in an hour. Checking email (personal or work) can also be a distraction for many (myself included). Have the right tools.

Telecommuting 40

Telecommuting Filing 2013 Email 40

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

Don’t answer the phone or e-mail. If you have a special project, set aside a day as “Do not disturb” time, so you can complete the project. Set aside time for yourself Set the first two hours of your day for yourself. Use that time to catch up on work.

Assertiveness 100

Assertiveness Ergonomics Health Gifts 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

In a nutshell, you can save anything to this program and access it from your computer, from the web, or even your phone. Evernote provides a unique email address to send information to your account. Project Planning – Create a new Stack for a project. Evernote on a mobile phone can geotag the photo.

Business Cards 100

Business Cards Twitter Staples PDF 100

Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Stay away from email! Categories 30-Day Projects Business Communication Expectations Fees Legalese Moxie Relationships Self-Care Standards Web/Tech Moxie Archives Feb, 05 to Today Search Translate Moxie Also Mine « You cant convince the unready | Main | Email/Domain names--make em easy!

2009 100

2009 Interviewing Email Gifts 100

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.   Also, in order to save time getting and accessing ideas and information in Springpad, we recently made introduced updates to saving via email, along with making it easy to access Springpad via RSS readers.

Interviewing 100

Interviewing Microsoft Outlook Restaurants Calendars 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. 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? Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? It is about HOW you use your time. PAY ATTENTION! Not really.

Management 100

Management Twitter Networking Fax 100

Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 8, 2008

My work has slowed too, and I have been experimenting with how to disconnect myself from my computer on those days when projects are unlikely to come in, and figuring out just how far away from the office it’s ok to venture. Better to use your phone and get outside, away from the office. In other words, a downer!)

2008 100

2008 2004 Social Media Phones 100

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).

Holidays 40

Holidays Calendars Credit Card Restaurants 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hello New & Returning Readers, TheLadders.com is currently doing a project where they are looking for people to provide tips to new college grads about to enter the working world. The point of the email is to check in with that person - ask how they are and ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. And when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE.

Job Hunting 40

Job Hunting Resume Cover Letter Interviewing 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I post, blog and share current business ideas, projects, clients and ventures. 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. It's helped me raise fees, attract larger groups, and help more people.   7.

Networking 100

Networking Social Media Twitter Facebook 100

Productivityist

APRIL 8, 2014

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. Working on research for various blog posts and other projects. Sure enough, I received an email informing me that I would be working with Elise. I was impressed.

Budget 40

Budget AT&T Social Media Email 40

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

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. 

Twitter 100

Twitter Interviewing Phones Networking 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Thanks to Margit Crane of Gifted With ADD. It's measurable and immediately gratifying to be rewarded with a snack at the end of a project. It could be a big project broken down into parts or a bunch of small projects that you've been telling yourself you were "going to do" -- but haven't.

Calendars 100

Calendars AT&T Goals Training 100

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. Be open to suggestions from the team.

Filing 100

Filing IAAP Fax AT&T 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 19, 2013

Or “The last email said.” Have others help you follow up Most people are always busy that when they check their emails they only scan to see if any came from their boss or stakeholders. Take the blame A lot of communication takes place via email, texting, and IM when we are multi-tasking and distracted.

Email 40

Email Gifts Travel Phones 40

Virtual Moxie

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Stay away from email! Categories 30-Day Projects Business Communication Expectations Fees Legalese Moxie Relationships Self-Care Standards Web/Tech Moxie Archives Feb, 05 to Today Search Translate Moxie Also Mine « Are the relationships you have the partnerships you want? Sounds like dot-connection to me.

2009 100

2009 Interviewing Skills AT&T 100

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. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Gifts Finance Calendars 40

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. And a lot of the times my CEOs have put me in charge of running those events for running those projects, I like to think of my role as a project management role as well, with certain things. So yeah, you can email me on there.

AT&T 82

AT&T Mentoring Gossip Confidence 82

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 27, 2011

  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 do you project plan and keep the schedule on track? .    How do you project plan and keep the schedule on track? 

Interviewing 100

Interviewing Management Facebook Business Cards 100

The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk However, if you are working on a project, such as building a website and it takes longer than you expect. It’s the buyer that will force businesses to charge by the project as aying by the hour is simply paying for another’s inefficiency.

2008 100

2008 2007 2009 2006 100

Ideas.Ted

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But in the last year, as the pandemic radically reoriented so many parts of everybody’s lives, I was reminded painfully of what economists call “opportunity costs” I’ve always been productive and disciplined, so I was under the impression that even with all my traveling and various projects, I wasn’t suffering much for it.

Holidays 116

Holidays Phones Interviewing Email 116

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 5, 2019

1) We knew a vendor where we literally gave them millions of dollars in business on a previous project in the past year. So while it wasn’t a current/active project, we did know them fairly recently. While waiting, I’m reading articles on my phones and checking in and touching base with someone in Hawaii.

Phones 40

Phones Interviewing Travel Email 40

Men With Pens

JANUARY 23, 2011

We can’t hear a person’s voice when we read an email. I learned the fine art of diplomacy and gift-wrapping. “I want this project to begin immediately.&# (Yes, sir!). We’ve already set the project in motion.). Read emails aloud – with a smile. All we see are blunt words. Use humour.

Email 40

Email AT&T 2006 2011 40

Office Dynamics

MAY 23, 2012

Ways your office or cubicle can project a professional image. Email etiquette. Cell phone and smartphone etiquette. When to NEVER use IM or email. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. value, the Handbook is yours as our gift … IF you respond now. Social networking etiquette.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette PDF Gifts Cubicle 100

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. Throw in collaboration and communication tools like Slack, workflow managers, chat, text, *gasp* the phone… and the idea of unplugging becomes downright laughable. Household chores and projects all find their way in between. Sustainable.

Customer Service 69

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 69

www.pickthebrain.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Workaholics of the world: start working smarter instead of keeping yourself up all night working on a project. Turn off your cell phone, close your email, get off Twitter, stop checking Facebook, stop listening to music, and focus while you’re doing your work. This takes that concept and throws it out the window.

2010 40

2010 Confidence AT&T Sprint 40

Productivityist

JUNE 4, 2018

Eisenhower’s Decision Principle inspired Covey’s Quadrant, so using the quadrant system and playing air traffic controller for a Monday’s many to-dos is paying homage to two lucid thinkers and gifted leaders. Could anything derail this task or project that I’m missing? Stop using a desktop client for email. I like that thought.

Social Media 100

Social Media Email Sprint Agencies 100

Productivity Bits

APRIL 14, 2011

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. We have relied on the To-Do List with our complex projects and ordinary tasks, e.g. preparing for examinations, vacations, and gift ideas. Plan Your Tasks With Lists.

Collaborate 100

Collaborate Management 2011 Gifts 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 17, 2022

Sona ( 26:04 ): His house is mine, his car’s mine, his phone’s mine. ” And so I figured a book would be a good way to get this out to as many as possible without me being on the phone every night with, you know, one-on-one coaching calls or (laughs) something. Go here to start gifting today !

AT&T 125

AT&T Interviewing Gifts Confidence 125

Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. Throw in collaboration and communication tools like Slack, workflow managers, chat, text, *gasp* the phone… and the idea of unplugging becomes downright laughable. Household chores and projects all find their way in between. Sustainable.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service AT&T Assertiveness Social Media 40