Exclusive to Executives

How To Effectively Work With Your Assistant

With the demands placed upon executives in today’s competitive business environment, a greater need exists for executives to use the time and talents of their administrative and executive assistants. 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, executives, and vice presidents. Attendees will:

• 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/manager partnerships
• Maximize the time and talents of your administrative assistants
• Open the lines of communication with your administrative or executive assistant
• Keep your assistant connected to you
• Achieve more in less time, with even better results
• Clarify the skill sets embraced by today’s top assistants
• Communicate your expectations
• Identify tasks that should – and shouldn’t – be delegated to assistants

Program Outline:

I.  Perceptions

• Administrative role; team relationship; tasks
• Mission of process improvement: e-mail, travel, telephone calls, meetings, prioritization, daily activities
• Setting high expectations

II.  Striving for Synergy

• Assistant/Executive Team Pyramid and Stages
• Moving from a team to a partnership
• Achieving a strategic business partnership

III.  Communications

• Staying connected using various tools
• Scheduling daily huddles
• Maximizing together time
• Verbalizing constructive observations

IV.  Questions and Answers

New: Now available as a webinar just for your organization. The Client needs to provide the technology for the webinar; Office Dynamics International provides the electronic handount, PowerPoint, and speaker. Program length: 60 minutes.

Call 800-782-7139 or fill out our contact form for more information.

“We continue to receive a tremendous amount of positive feedback from everyone who attended the workshop and we thank you for sharing your knowledge in a way that was easily received, and very easy to learn and apply – the workshop was full of great insights and ideas!”

David Forrester, President
Forrester Construction