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Managing Expectations: Building a Strong Relationship with Your Executive
Managing Expectations: Building a Strong Relationship with Your Executive In the world of executive assistance, the relationship between an Assistant and their Executive is paramount. It's the foundation upon which successful collaboration [...]
The Art of Networking: A Guide for Assistants
The Art of Networking: A Guide for Assistants It can't be understated how important networking is for Assistants. I know it isn't something most Assistants particularly like doing; it is slightly out [...]
Ensuring Your One-to-One Meeting Stays in Your Executive’s Schedule
Ensuring Your One-to-One Meeting Stays in Your Executive’s Schedule For Assistants, the one-to-one meeting with their Executive is a pivotal point in your workweek. It's when you can align your tasks, clarify [...]
Transforming wasteful meetings into productive ones
Transforming wasteful meetings into productive ones We all know that meetings are an essential way for teams to collaborate, share ideas, make decisions and progress projects. But we also know that many [...]
Creating a Detailed Guide to Your Executive’s Preferred Working Style
Creating a Detailed Guide to Your Executive's Preferred Working Style Our Strategic Business Partner Online Course has a session that talks assistants through creating a detailed guide to your Executive's preferred working [...]
Asking the Right Questions
Asking the Right Questions: The Key to Effective Assistance For many Assistants, most of your day involves asking questions, seeking status updates, negotiating with colleagues and suppliers, and clarifying processes and procedures. [...]
AI Tools Every Assistant Needs to Know
AI Tools Every Assistant Needs to Know With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), particuarly over the last yer with the introduction of ChatGPT and a wave of new AI software, [...]
10 Gmail features to boost your productivity
10 Gmail features to boost your productivity Assistants fall into two camps. You are either an Outlook user or a Gmail user. If you are a fan of Gmail, this is [...]