Productivity
Issue: August / September 2023

Executive Time Management Secrets for a Hybrid World

By - July 25, 2023

In a hybrid world, we need a way of being highly efficient whilst maintaining maximum flexibility, explains John McLachlan
Career Development
Issue: February / March 2023

Valuing 1:1 Time with Your Executive

By - January 25, 2023

Time spent with an Assistant is the best use of an executive’s time, argues Rachael Bonetti
Productivity
Issue: December 2022 / January 2023

Everyone Wants Your Time

By - November 25, 2022

Abigail Barnes details five strategies to remain productive and maximise your energy
Productivity
Issue: June / July 2022

Elevate Your Productivity

By - May 25, 2022

Rethink your relationship with time for a perspective shift on productivity, explains Abigail Barnes
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: June / July 2022

Making Time for Time

By - May 25, 2022

We need to redefine our relationship with time, suggests Chris Menzel
track your time
Technology
Issue: April / May 2022

Track Your Time

By - March 25, 2022

Traci Williams explains how to set up a spreadsheet so that you can track your time
Career Development
Issue: November / December 2020

Start Your Day the Right Way

By - November 25, 2020

Steuart Snooks shares his top tips to help you start your day the right way
Productivity
Issue: January / February 2016

Make Space for the New by Letting Go of the Old

By - 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
Issue: July / August 2015

Take Back Your Day! 5 Tips for Understanding and Planning Your Time and Resources

By - July 25, 2015

Be an office hero with Sandy Geroux's timely advice
Cover Story
Issue: September / October 2014

Time Management or Behaviour Management?

By - 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
Issue: May / June 2014

Squirrel!

By - 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
Issue: May / June 2014

No – Not as Bad as It Sounds

By - 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 explains Claire Lister
Project Management
Issue: January / February 2014

Be Results Driven

By - 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
Issue: January / February 2014

The Key Attributes of an Effective Executive Personal Assistant

By - January 25, 2014

The role of the Executive Personal Assistant is growing exponentially says Richard Arnott
Project Management
Issue: January / February 2014

Make Deadlines Your Friend

By - 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
Issue: September / October 2013

Work/Life Balance and Managing Our 24 Hours

By - 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 »