Worxbee

MAY 10, 2021

A key difference is that executive assistants tend to take a project management role, managing several moving parts and not necessarily doing all of the “doing,” but making sure others do. In contrast, virtual assistants are task managers. They follow a set list of tasks in a day.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Through it all, it’s our job to teach our managers how best to utilize us in modern ways and with the fullness that reaches our prowess in technology, emotional intelligence, project management and so on. We need to take the initiative to put ourselves onto their calendar and have the conversation.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 31, 2023

There are many ways to go about this, including time-tracking apps, project management software, timesheets, screenshots, spreadsheets, and asking team members to track their own progress. Without monitoring tools in place, you’ll have no way to keep track of your team’s progress on specific tasks and projects. Project insights.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

They can be project managers, ambassadors of their manager’s vision, and more. Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. Administrative stress levels are higher due to changing priorities and fast deadlines. And assistants need to work with the same devices their executives use!

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Project Management. Process your emails OUT of your inbox and into a TASK or CALENDAR appointment so you get them into your system for follow up, tracking, and completion. Filing – paper and digital. Travel Planning.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In fact, I’m going to give you a complete overview of my brand new time management system. But before I get into all that, I want to share what I learned about the pros and cons of electronic time management systems since this is one of the most common questions I receive regarding organization. Learning a new system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

" The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. But ironically, all that unfinished "little stuff" can stress us out more than the big projects we haven't gotten around to yet. Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Not Really!"

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. A week or two ago, it was one of those weeks where my brain just felt tired.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 27, 2010

In addition to locating your competitors backlinks, focus on learning about them organically. By all means, check links directing to the website, where they rank in search results, and how well they rank in different search engines, but do not make it the entire focus of your research.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

If you don’t have those basics down, it’s not really something you can learn well enough to truly change the trajectory of your career in a reasonable amount of time. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels.

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