Elevate Your Game: Supercharge Your Executive-Assistant Partnership
Introducing the transformative 2nd Edition (pub. 2024) of the “Executives and Assistants Working in Partnership Guide,” authored by the esteemed Joan Burge. Building on the success of its predecessor, this edition expands beyond best practices to explore the nuanced dynamics essential for peak executive-assistant partnership performance.
This Guide illuminates the overlooked challenges that hinder productivity and success, offering strategies to overcome these barriers. With a keen focus on the modern workplace’s shift towards remote and hybrid models, this guide adapts to current and future working environments, making it a vital resource for executives and assistants striving for excellence in collaboration.
Executives & Assistants Working In Partnership: The Definitive Guide to Success
- Approach the day and business with a unified mindset.
- Engage in future-focused planning that prepares you for tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges.
- Increase individual and team productivity by 25% or greater.
- Achieve transformative communication that drives meaningful outcomes.
- Modernize approaches to daily activities to streamline processes.
- Adopt best practices for prioritization, streamlining workflows, and refining decision-making.
- Foster a partnership of shared vision and mutual success.
- Optimize your workday by focusing on high-impact activities.
- Achieve shared objectives with greater precision and speed.
- Think more strategically resulting in better decisions.
- Transform daily operations into a powerhouse of productivity and results.
A Practical Resource for Executives and Assistants
A practical resource that works like a self-guided, self-paced coaching program with Joan Burge, the world’s leading expert on administrative effectiveness. Includes:
Self-Guided, Self-Paced
Works like a self-guided, self-paced coaching program with Joan Burge, the world’s leading expert on administrative and executive effectiveness.
30+ Years of Best Practices
Best practices consolidated over 30+ years of research and coaching 300+ Executive and Assistant partnerships.
Solutions for Common Challenges
Comprehensive and flexible solutions for addressing the most common challenges facing Executives and Assistants.
Specific Conversation Points
Specific “conversation points” facilitate open communication between Executives and Assistants, helping you to create your own unique partnership with clearly defined operating procedures.
Time-Tested Solutions
Time-tested solutions that work in any professional environment and industry.
Proprietary Assessments
Proprietary assessments to help you better understand the nature of the partnership and your key areas for improvement.
"In the dance of executive and assistant partnerships, success is not led by one but choreographed by both. Together, they turn strategy into symphony."
People + Process = Success
This 100-page Guide is based on a simple equation that illustrates the two most critical elements in any partnership: the synergy between people and processes. It emphasizes that optimal performance and outcomes are achieved not just through individual excellence, but through the harmonious integration of human interaction and operational efficiency.
Part One (People)
- Understanding the Stages of Growth
- Communication: The Foundation of Trust
- Being in Agreement
- Resolving Partnership Problems
Part Two (Processes)
- Mastering Information-Flow Management
- Streamlining Calendar Administration
- Enhancing Meetings and Meeting Preparation
- Optimizing Email Management
- Elevating Prioritization and Assessing Value
- Advancing Project Management
- Establishing Seamless Travel Systems for Executive’s Peace of Mind
- Representing Your Executive Through Intent and Influence
- Implementing Effective Follow-Up Systems
- Plus, a treasure trove of additional insights!
Bonus!
Invest in your partnership today and you’ll receive Joan Burge’s Mastering Business Travel Planning (Downloadable PDF)—Tools to minimize stress in the pre-travel planning process.
Pair With The Executive’s Competitive Edge for the Ultimate Synergy
Get your executive on board with learning how to leverage your time and talents with The Executive’s Competitive Edge: Why You Need to Leverage the Talents & Time of an Executive Assistant. Crafted for the visionary leaders of today—executives, managers, and entrepreneurs—this book by Joan Burge and James Bristow, PhD, initiates a crucial dialogue on the necessity of an executive assistant. Joan and James candidly speak to leaders on how to leverage their assistant’s capabilities, create a dynamic strategic partnership, refine their delegation skills, and foster a growth-oriented mindset for their assistant.
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About the Author
Joan Burge is widely considered the pioneer of administrative training and development. A former Executive Assistant herself, Joan experienced the life of a high-level support professional for over 20 years. While she excelled in the role, she watched many of her peers struggle and began to wonder what separated the star performers from the rest of the herd. At the same time, Executives didn’t adequately know how to utilize their support staff, nor did they have the resources to learn how to maximize the time and talents of their staff.
In response to this realization, Joan launched Office Dynamics, an internationally recognized training organization focused on bridging the education gap for Administrative Professionals and Executives. With over four decades of experience on both sides of the desk, Joan possesses a uniquely balanced point of view. She knows the challenges facing Executives and Assistants because she helps solve them every day. She has personally coached more than 300+ teams, helping them increase productivity by 25% or more.
