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What Top Entrepreneurs Expect from Their PA
PA for an entrepreneur - What do they want and expect Being a PA for an entrepreneur is very different to being a PA in the Corporate world. What do top business owners really want from their Personal Assistants? When you’ve spent years working as a PA, secretary, or...
Confidence at Work: How PAs and Secretaries Can Bounce Back from Mistakes and Shine Again
Confidence at Work: Rebuilding After a Tough Day Even the most experienced PA or secretary can have a bad day. You sent the wrong email. The meeting link doesn’t work. Your boss’s presentation pointer dies even though you checked it before they left the office, and...
Is Multitasking Making You Less Productive at Work?
Why Focusing Beats Multitasking Every Time: Productivity Tips for Busy Admin Professionals Do you ever feel like you’re spinning too many plates? Your inbox is overflowing, your boss keeps changing priorities, you’re halfway through writing minutes when a calendar...
Time Management Skills: How to Boost Productivity and Achieve More
Time Management skills for everyday use Effective time management is essential for Personal Assistants, Virtual Assistants, and business professionals alike. Without a structured approach to managing tasks, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and underproductive. But with a...
Active Listening: The Ultimate Skill for PAs and Secretaries and administrators
In the bustling world of Personal Assistants (PAs), secretaries and administrators, success often hinges on more than just technical know-how. The subtle, people-focused skills set exceptional professionals apart from those who turn up. There are many skills, but the...
How to prepare for an appraisal with a bullying Boss
To prepare for your upcoming appraisal, dealing with a bullying boss can be an emotionally challenging experience. However, there are some steps you can follow to ensure you are prepared for the appraisal and are armed with all the information you need to protect yourself and your professional reputation.
Unlocking The Power of a Virtual Assistant
Are you looking for an efficient and cost-effective way to supercharge the growth of your business? Virtual Assistants (VAs) can provide businesses with a powerful solution that can help to hone internal operations.
What is CPD in an Office
Have you heard of the term CPD? Do you know what it means, and, more importantly, do you know what it involves?
Why Should I Back Up My Computer
Why should I back up my computer, it takes time and I can’t figure out the best way.
What is a Virtual Assistant?
A Virtual Assistant can work anywhere, anytime. Having run a successful Virtual Assistant business for nearly ten years, I am frequently asked, "What is a Virtual Assistant?" I suppose the term is not familiar to everybody, and it can sound like quite a strange...
What does a PA Do?
What does a PA Do? and indeed, what is a PA. A PA is Personal Assistant to the manager, department or CEO. They provide administrative support and take care of their boss so that they can Perform their jobs with ease and confidence. A Personal Assistant could also be...
Services I should not have offered as Virtual Assistant.
Services I should not have offered as Virtual Assistant turned out to be just as important as those I wanted to offer.
Missing the important points when taking minutes?
https://youtu.be/YVrGudGTbgk Have you ever been asked to take the minutes of a meeting and then started to worry about missing the important points when taking minutes. Don't worry, this is always the first question I get when I start to run my Minute Taking Training...
How to change the size of a signature image in Outlook 2016
Do you want to change the signature image in Outlook 2016 to make your emails look professional, elegant and smart? With more and more options in MS Office and outlook, sometimes we just need a few hints along the way. To make sure your signature image in...
small claims for personal assistants
Small Claims for Personal Assistants: What Every PA Should Know As a PA or EA, you’re often the one expected to deal with the messy jobs no one else wants. Chasing late payments is one of them. A director might casually tell you, “Can you sort this out? They owe us...
What is Computer Ransomware?
At PA Tips and Secretarial Support, we want to give you all the information you need to keep ahead of your boss and those around you. To help you stay ahead, we have created a number of posts that will help you understand some of the technical terminologies that are...
What does your email signature say about you?
I am a great believer in having an email signature on all my emails. I am also a great believer in keeping up with modern work techniques and changes that take place. Which is why I started this blog giving PA Tips and Secretarial Support. When I started school...
What is a Firewall and why should I care?
What is a Firewall? The term firewall is thrown about by those in the know about computer security, but what is it? In the most general of terms, a firewall is a defence measure that your computer uses in an effort to protect itself from unwanted programmes and...
Being Proactive for a PA and Secretary
When you think of a PA or a Secretary, you immediately think of someone organised, who is ultra-efficient and has their hand on the heartbeat of the department or their Boss’s Day. In effect, being proactive. Being Proactive is management speech stating that ‘a person...
Your Net Worth? Have you ever considered what you are worth?
Have you ever wondered what your net worth is, as a human being? What your experience from birth to right now, this very moment has made you worth? It is one of those questions we can often think about, but as women never answer or avoid at all costs. There...
SMART Objectives for PA and Secretary
During your appraisal or work performance interview, you may be asked to set some SMART Objectives or goals for your future development within the company or department. Goal setting is of particular importance for a PA and Secretary if you want a promotion to become...
New Year’s Resolution for a PA, EA and Secretary
I am a great believer in continued professional development and, as a result, I listen to some podcasts on different business practices. This evening, I was listening to a podcast by an Australian Pro-blogger called Darren Rowse. He made an interesting suggestion...
Preparation for the Appraisal Process
Depending on your company internal calendar of events and procedures the appraisal process isn’t that far away. Most appraisals start in March/April in preparation for the new financial year. For a PA, EA and Secretary this is the time when the task of organising...
What Are the Major Concerns during an Appraisal?
Preparation for an Appraisal As a PA (Personal Assistant), an EA (Executive Assistant) or secretary you may be asked to undertake an appraisal, this could be for junior members of staff. An Appraisal, Performance Review or Staff Review happens once a year. The...
What is a SWOT Analysis?
Why would a PA need to know? Whether you are starting a business, expand an existing business or looking for a new PA Job, a SWOT analysis could help you to make the right choices for your business or career. SWOT is an acronym to remind you of subject headings you...
Performance Review for a PA or Secretary
A Performance review or appraisal is one of the tasks managers hate to do, and employees hate to receive. The entire process can cause sleepless nights for both concerned and create lots of anguish. However, I would like to suggest that you may be looking at a...
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