Career Development
Valuing 1:1 Time with Your Executive
By Rachael Bonetti - January 25, 2023
Time spent with an Assistant is the best use of an executive’s time, argues Rachael Bonetti
Productivity
Everyone Wants Your Time
By Abigail Barnes - November 25, 2022
Abigail Barnes details five strategies to remain productive and maximise your energy
Productivity
Elevate Your Productivity
By Abigail Barnes - May 25, 2022
Rethink your relationship with time for a perspective shift on productivity, explains Abigail Barnes
Health & Wellbeing
Making Time for Time
By Chris Menzel - May 25, 2022
We need to redefine our relationship with time, suggests Chris Menzel
Technology
Track Your Time
By Traci Williams - March 25, 2022
Traci Williams explains how to set up a spreadsheet so that you can track your time
Career Development
Start Your Day the Right Way
By Steuart Snooks - November 25, 2020
Steuart Snooks shares his top tips to help you start your day the right way
Productivity
Make Space for the New by Letting Go of the Old
By Kathleen Drum - January 25, 2016
Bin dead projects and create some valuable time, but don't rush to fill it with new things says Kathleen Drum
Productivity
Take Back Your Day! 5 Tips for Understanding and Planning Your Time and Resources
By Sandy Geroux - July 25, 2015
Be an office hero with Sandy Geroux's timely advice
Cover Story
Time Management or Behaviour Management?
By Joanne Barnfather - September 26, 2014
With 86,400 seconds a day to negotiate, Joanne Barnfather navigates a path Time is precious. You cannot save time. You cannot put a couple hours away in a cupboard to use later when you need them. It seems that time is the greatest enemy of many people. Yet some people seem to get the job... Read more »
Career Development
Squirrel!
By Rhonda Scharf - May 25, 2014
Imagine that it’s 7.15am on Monday morning, in the dead of winter. The phone rings and it’s a radio station calling to tell you that you’ve won an all-expenses-paid trip for two to a beautiful Caribbean island. The airplane leaves Wednesday morning. Would you be on that airplane? I assume you would. I know I... Read more »
Processes & Procedures
No – Not as Bad as It Sounds
By Claire Lister - May 25, 2014
No! A simple two-letter word which can often be one of the hardest to say when it comes to our careers. And so the story goes, instead of saying “No”, the word “Yes” inadvertently escapes, and before long we’ve over-committed ourselves to a task which we all know we shouldn’t have. Not only can this... Read more »
Project Management
Be Results Driven
By Joan Burge - January 25, 2014
‘A professional is someone who cares about results, not just the activity. The only catch is that it takes a certain kind of person’. Michael Hammer, author of Re-engineering the Corporation Successful leaders do not think “What are the tasks I have to do today?” They think “What are the results I have to achieve?” Their... Read more »
Leadership
The Key Attributes of an Effective Executive Personal Assistant
By Richard Arnott - January 25, 2014
The role of the Executive Personal Assistant is growing exponentially says Richard Arnott From humble beginnings the Executive Personal Assistant is now normally university qualified and required to perform demanding roles on behalf of their boss such as preparing executive reports, making presentations, attending and even making strategic contributions during executive board meetings etc. Executive... Read more »
Project Management
Make Deadlines Your Friend
By Rosie Gray - January 25, 2014
It’s tempting to think of deadlines as negative, especially when imposed on you by others. Deadlines can make you feel powerless, frustrated, even stressed if you feel it’s out of your control to meet them. But deadlines can be extremely powerful too when used to positively manage yourself and drive your productivity, putting you back... Read more »
Career Development
Work/Life Balance and Managing Our 24 Hours
By Jeannine Clontz - September 25, 2013
We all have the same amount of time to expend each and every day, so why does it seem like some people have mastered their time better than others? As Assistants I think we struggle with this quite a bit. No matter what we do, whether we work in the corporate world or manage our... Read more »
Project Management
Why Multitasking is Getting You Nowhere – Fast!
By Dave Crenshaw - July 23, 2013
Multitasking hurts us every time we attempt to engage in it explains Dave Crenshaw I’d like to share a valuable principle with you, but it may go against the grain of some of your beliefs. Because of that, I ask you to keep an open mind. Multitasking is a myth. It just doesn’t exist. Does... Read more »
