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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

An EA/PA’s tasks may include the following: Schedule appointments and coordinate calendars (business and personal) Set up meetings and attend them and take notes Manage email correspondence and phone messages Book business travel and family vacations Organize speaking engagements Create expense reports Make restaurant reservations Do shopping and errands (..)

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Christmas Party Planning Tips

Ian's Messy Desk

Use this online party planning guide to get some quick tips and ideas to simplify your holiday routine and plan festive Christmas celebrations and parties for adults. Try to give people no less than three weeks’ notice—remember, holiday schedules fill up fast. The expense may be well worth the extra time and relief it provides.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

One afternoon, while mopping the floor, she overheard a phone call that left him in a terrible frown, Insurance asking for more money than he had, and her heart began to drown. But he found the maze of his care complicated, expensive and not focused enough on his goal: walking again. She woke him up at 5:30 a.m. STEPHEN SIMONETTO.

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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10 Tips to be a Better Executive Assistant - Part 1

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It would be good to make the choices inexpensive, medium, or very expensive or whatever spread of variety is possible. If asked for restaurants, choose one seafood/sushi, one steak, and one general/American cuisine. Answer the phone so the caller only needs to say yes or no. Money/gifts contributions etiquette.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." 411 Look Up 411.ca