Time is a limited resource, and as we head into 2025, finding ways to free up your executive’s schedule can make a difference for the business and their personal life. Here’s a proactive approach to yearly planning that will help streamline travel, manage priorities and empower your executive to make strategic choices that allow them to step away when it counts.
The end-of-year calendar may say “holiday season,” but the reality for many companies spans far beyond a single celebration. With December around the corner, now is the perfect time for forward-thinking executive assistants to craft holiday plans that make every team member feel seen and celebrated.
Executive assistants are uniquely positioned to coordinate emergency responses across all levels of an organization. As companies face an increasing variety of natural disasters, EAs must be prepared for multiple scenarios. Here’s how to develop a comprehensive crisis-management approach.
Helping prepare and deliver weekly update emails … 10 ways to spend rare instances of downtime
Do you miss deadlines more than you meet them? Is it challenging for you to remember all the little details surrounding each assignment? Are your important files getting lost in the depths of your computer? Enter ClickUp, a versatile project management and collaboration platform that’s revolutionizing the way EAs organize tasks, manage projects and communicate with their teams.
Uncluttering the Gmail main screen and using Categories, Flags and Stars.
If you’re like most computer users, you have filled up a hard drive, network folder or cloud storage. Even if you haven’t filled it to capacity, the clutter of too many files may be keeping you from being as productive as you want to be. Here are a few techniques and strategies to declutter your automated files (and keep them uncluttered).
Your ability to foresee and address potential issues is invaluable as an executive assistant. Proactive problem-solving not only streamlines operations but also solidifies your role as an indispensable asset to your executive and organization. Here’s how you can cultivate this crucial skill.
Writing effective emails and voice memo to-do lists.
The number of ways you can track your tasks and to-do items seems to keep expanding. Before implementing or changing how you choose to do it, consider these issues.