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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Organisation. Good command of the written language.

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3 Key Qualities of a Good Team Player

Success

Coach Boone might have taught ball-handling strategies, but the more critical skill he imparted to his players was communication. Communicating means more than simply talking (and definitely more than just texting). I got into the habit of looking for new material and skills to acquire. Talk it out. Think beyond your role.

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The 43 Folders Method (Paper System)

Office Dynamics

I mentioned the 43 folders method in my Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving post and a lot of you wanted more information on this method. This information is in our Executives and Assistants Working In Partnership: The Definitive Guide to Success. Every afternoon, you process your system like this.

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Keeping Virtual Teams Focused In The Pandemic Era

BioTeams

Re-inventing the value chain within executive teams now occur virtually, involve everyone in the organisation and virtual meeting toll Zoom has definitely inherited some great PR, user adoption and a booming share price as a result! Nevertheless, keeping some kind of overall purpose context and goal of meeting written down is prudent.

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What does it take to be a successful Marketing Executive?

Page Personnel

Related: 3 effective questions to guide your first 90-day agenda They are usually creatives with effective analytical, interpersonal, and decision-making skills, and a sound understanding of what it takes for a marketing department to achieve results. The marketing industry is definitely the place for the people person.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

A meeting planner by MY definition is the go-to person within an organization – be it corporate, association or otherwise – charged with the responsibility of planning and executing a meeting or special event. I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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