Understanding your personality and communication preferences
Understanding your personality and communication preferences Understanding your Executive's personality, behaviours and communication preferences are crucial to building an effective relationship and partnership. But! Before we do that you also have to do the work [...]
Career transitions for Executive Assistants
Career transitions for Executive Assistants Being an Assistant isn't for everyone. I mean, let's face it, the job has its challenges, and I think you have to love the role to succeed in it genuinely. If [...]
What support do you need from your Executive to work in partnership?
What support do you need from your Executive to work in partnership? What support do you need from your Executive to work in partnership? This will ultimately be something that is personal to you but [...]
Assistants and the #Metoo Movement
Assistants and the #Metoo Movement I'm Bonnie Low-Kramen. I'm the author of Be The Ultimate Assistant. I'm a speaker and a trainer, and most of all, I am a human, who [...]
How automation can help Assistants
How automation can help Assistants When you’re an Assistant and wearing lots of hats, juggling different tasks, clients and struggling with an overflowing to-do list it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Being organised is key, and [...]
Where do Assistants draw the line? Setting boundaries for Assistants
Where do you draw the line? Setting boundaries for Assistants Let's start with a question. Would you say that you are good at setting boundaries? Here is an even more important question - are you [...]
Artificial Intelligence: Will it help or hurt the Assistant Profession?
Artificial Intelligence: Will it help or hurt the Assistant Profession? I have been very aware of artificial intelligence, as a coming event into my business. In fact, we had a fascinating [...]
Completing your Assistant performance review in 2020
Completing your Assistant performance review in 2020 It is that time of year again, performance review season. Accept the world has completely changed this year. Completing your Assistant performance review in 2020 is going to [...]