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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 use this information for a 30-, 60- and 90-day follow-up call with the assistant and the executive to track progress.

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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. Speaks up in my team meetings and has brought additional insights into our group forums that are highly valued.

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Day in the life: Donna Lindsay

Practically Perfect PA

I get up at 5.15 As I am getting ready and putting on my make-up. The minute I arrive at work I have a quick look at my calendar, then make up my to do list. Some days I eat my lunch on a train if I am travelling but I like it most when I am in my own office and have lunch in our kitchen area with my friends.

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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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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Follow-up Items. Training & Development. WHAT WOULD WE TALK ABOUT? Special Projects.

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Maximising your productivity and dealing with interruptions

Practically Perfect PA

Or even better, if you have to screens keep one just for your outlook calendars. If you commute to work do take time on the train to prepare yourself for the day ahead. Can they get the information themselves or is that you struggle to be assertive with lazy colleagues – can you say ‘no’ more often?

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SMART objectives

Practically Perfect PA

Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. To complete a training course on web analytics and optimisation so that I can report on the data in a useful and meaningful way for the business to improve it’s online marketing and content. To be completed for Q3.

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