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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Strive to develop these skills so you can be the best minute taker you can.

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The 43 Folders Method (Paper System)

Office Dynamics

I mentioned the 43 folders method in my Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving post and a lot of you wanted more information on this method. Imagine you have a paper item that needs to be used to trigger an action in the future—say, an agenda your Executive wants you to give to him on the day of a meeting two weeks from now.

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3 Key Qualities of a Good Team Player

Success

Coach Boone might have taught ball-handling strategies, but the more critical skill he imparted to his players was communication. Harboring hidden agendas, relaying messages through third parties, sugarcoating bad news, beating around the bush and airing grievances on social media are surefire ways to sabotage group relations.

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How to Enhance Your Professionalism (While Staying True to You)

Eat Your Career

It’s not about being robotic or aloof (though professional detachment is a useful skill to develop). Welcome feedback as an opportunity to refine your skills and approach it with an open, self-analytical perspective. Arrive on time for meetings, stick to agendas, and avoid hijacking conversations.

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10 Changes Your Organization Must Make To Succeed This Year

Allwork

McKinsey states that building a company with institutional knowledge of, and capabilities for, using new tools to redefine business strategies is crucial to adapt moving forward. Adapting to this shift involves employees developing new skills and institutional knowledge as industries and technologies change.

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How to Start a Mentorship Program

Success

During the pilot program, look to match mentors and protégés based on common interests and skills. Have your pilot pairs meet once every two months with guidelines and meeting agendas. If the teams start with something in common, it will facilitate connection as the relationship develops.

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

The Account Manager role was a little side step along my career path but required the same skills I would need in my next role as a PA and Administrative Manager. Taking minutes, writing agendas and attending meetings. Just think how many of these skills we as Executive Assistants still use today! Dressing professionally.

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