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Things Assistants Do That Executives Appreciate

Office Dynamics

I am very fortunate in that I get to read fabulous letters from executives touting the behavior changes they see in their executive or administrative assistants after attending our Star Achievement Series® course. Manages peace and harmony; dealing with constant distractions daily. Appropriately assertive.

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

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. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. WHAT WOULD WE TALK ABOUT? Upcoming Travel.

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Day in the life: Donna Lindsay

Practically Perfect PA

Supporting Senior Management with PA assistance in helping develop legislation for the Scottish Government. . The minute I arrive at work I have a quick look at my calendar, then make up my to do list. Apart from resisting all the cakes and sweets in the office it is probably ensuring that I am managing my time efficiently.

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How to succeed as an assistant

Practically Perfect PA

Do you find more and more is demanded of executives and senior managers’ time? However, with more being expected of your manager’s time, this in turn increases the expectation of what is anticipated of your job role and assigned tasks. Tip 2: Personal Effectiveness and Assertiveness. Tip 1: Working Relationships.

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

The article, Juggling: The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers by Stacy Leitner was originally posted at AGreatDaysWork.com. If you are an assistant who works with multiple managers or executives, you know the work can be overwhelming at times. When you support multiple managers, the work multiplies!

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Learning is always a win-win for an employee & manager and progress is easily tracked.

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SMART objectives

Practically Perfect PA

If our manager’s take little time to help us set good objectives (again this is fairly common) how do they know what to judge us on? Are there review points throughout the course of the objective? Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar.

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