How To Work With Your Assistant

With the demands placed upon executives in today’s competitive business environment, a greater need exists for them to use the time and talents of their executive administrative assistant. A fully-utilized assistant helps facilitate the executive’s job, sets the tone of the office, is seen as the channel of communication, and can be a center of influence.

This 3-hour highly-specialized workshop is exclusively for managers and executives.

• Discover how assistants who become an integral part of the management team make an even bigger impact on the bottom line.
• Learn specific ways to strengthen assistant/executive partnership.
• Achieve more in less time, with even better results.
• Clarify the skill set and competencies today’s assistant needs to excel.
• Identify tasks that should – and shouldn’t – be delegated to assistants.
• Provide constructive criticism.
• Build a business partnership.
• Open the lines of communication with your assistant.

Program Topic Outline

Perceptions

• Perceptions of an assistant’s role in the 21^st Century
• Perceptions of the assistant/executive strategic partnership
• Perceptions of tasks: To do or not to do?
• Administrative skillset/best practices
• Assistants are the “center of influence”

Striving for synergy

• Where are you and your administrator on the pyramid?
• Moving from team to partnership: What does it mean? What qualities does it take? How can you build or improve an existing relationship?
• Achieving a synergistic relationship

Communications

• Available communication tools; when to IM, text, talk, or e-mail?
• Communication styles and their impact on team productivity
• Implementing daily huddles
• Maximizing one-on-one time
• Bringing your administrator up to speed
• Verbalizing constructive observations

(OPTION: Online Video Conferencing) 

Call 800-STAR-139 for more information.