Strategic Development for Executive Personal Assistants Workshop

To successfully operate among C-Suite Executives an understanding of strategy is essential. This training workshop is designed to give PAs and executive secretaries that edge to communicate confidently among the C-Level. It will also build the leadership abilities needed by PAs and senior secretaries who handle executive communications, meetings and lead a team.

This training workshop will help you to master your own emotions in all situations and create balance between head and heart when making decisions and dealing with people.

Introduction to Strategic Thinking

• What is Strategic Thinking?
• The importance of strategy to an organization
• Linking Strategic planning and decision-making
• Different types and characteristics of strategy

Introduction to Leadership

• Leadership vs management
• Classic leadership styles and leadership strategies
• Authentic leadership
• Values and ethical leadership

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence

• What is Emotional Intelligence (EI)?
• The nature of intelligence
• Approach to EI
• EI’s “dark side”

This training workshop is suitable for:

• Executive secretaries
• Senior secretaries
• Executive assistants
• Personal assistants
• Senior administrators
• Administrators, secretaries and assistants looking to take their career to the next level.

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand to importance of strategic thinking in executive decision-making.
• Develop your innate leadership potential and skills.
• Appreciate the role of emotional intelligence in managing people more effectively.