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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

They got promotions, salary increases, developed bet­ter relationships with their executives; they joined committees and chaired events; they set healthy boundaries; they gained immense confidence! Don’t you dare settle for mediocre goals. What is a stretch goal? It is a goal that causes you to go beyond what you know.

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What It Means to Be a Career Executive Assistant

Worxbee

They are proactive about ensuring the company has good systems and processes so that tasks can be streamlined and goals can be met. They are sounding boards for their executives, helping them through their decisions and, if the work involves travel, there are many EAs who travel with their executives.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

The Office Professionals Place

Form a committee, then within the committee form subcommittees for activities throughout the event. Have a sub-committee for the catering/venue (if the event is not going to be held at the company), another sub-committee would be for entertainment. This is a chance for you and your committee to be creative.

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How to juggle multiple bosses without dropping the ball

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve even been Account Manager for 12 Committees. Most of us in the corporate world will be asked to support other people in the company even if it is just to arrange travel or do expenses. Remember that all of you should share the same goals. I’ve been Executive Assistant to the CFO, COO and Company Secretary.

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

And no matter how good you grow at this, you can always set a stretch goal to grow a bit more in this area. Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”].

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

And no matter how good you grow at this, you can always set a stretch goal to grow a bit more in this area. Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”].

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Building Your Network

Ian's Messy Desk

Many people have the unfortunate goal of doing as little as possible for as much money as possible. When you join, your strategy should be to look at the various committees of the organization. You will find that the members of the key committees are usually key players in the business community as well. But not the winners.