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Coaching for Executive Assistants and Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

We provide executive assistant coaching on everything from being more assertive to professional image, communications, leadership, time management and building a partnership with the executive. We learn how the assistant manages day-to-day processes and make recommendations for greater efficiency when necessary.

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The Pandemic Sabotaged Our Decision-Making Abilities—Here’s How to Start Regaining That Self-Confidence

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You won’t be surprised to learn that this particular love boat was rebooked for 2021. Whether it’s an anniversary vacation, a birthday trip, an annual convention or a trip home for the holidays that’s been continuously wiped off our calendars, we’ve all experienced having our decision-making power effectively paused.

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Coaching for Executive Assistants

Office Dynamics

We provide executive assistant coaching on everything from being more assertive to professional image, communications, leadership, time management and building a partnership with the executive. We learn how the assistant manages day-to-day processes and make recommendations for greater efficiency when necessary.

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Things Assistants Do That Executives Appreciate

Office Dynamics

I love reading these letters as 1) I see the training we provided truly worked, but more importantly, 2) I learn what executives appreciate—what executives look for in an assistant—and what executives value and observe. Truly wants to understand the business for her own learning to better engage and to help me get in front of things.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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How to succeed as an assistant

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You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. Tip 2: Personal Effectiveness and Assertiveness. One top tip is to not be afraid to say “no”.

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How to Not Take It Personally… Or Do

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For example, Forbes contributor Frances Bridges offers a few options for how to not take things personally , including “let things go” and “fill your calendar.” (To Environment Some of us are auditory learners, while others are visual, literary or kinesthetic learners, but ultimately, we all learn from experience.