Executive Assistants

 

In the changing business environment, as an executive assistant, you play a very special role. It’s your job to help keep a key decision maker more focused on what’s important, and therefore more effective as a leader. Your communication skills are vital, and your interaction with your peers and other decision makers is a key a factor in how well ideas are transmitted across the company, and how easily important feedback reaches your boss.

 

To do your job well requires efficiency, excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently and creatively, often making decisions on your own.

 

You also need:

• Interpersonal effectiveness to deal effectively with other people, inside and outside your organization.

• Project management skills when you are given assignments to carry out which may require you to work and collaborate with people working in other departments, or even outside your company.

• Finance skills to grasp the basic concepts of finance, and then understand the ‘language’ of the numbers, so that you will be better prepared to assist your boss in financial matters such as budgets and business plans.

• Effective writing skills to get the right words on paper quickly and effectively. You will be able to communicate more clearly, more concisely and more persuasively.