BMT Office Administration

JULY 30, 2024

Soft skills from the POV of a hiring manager As a hypothetical, pretend you’re a hiring manager trying to find a candidate for a computer programmer position at your organization. Lastly, managers must make their preferred communication channels clear to employees.

Skills

C-Suite Assistants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Project management skills required for executive assistants to COOs and executive assistants for CEOs are similar, but these two officers have different areas of responsibility so there can be variation. For example, PC magazine has a useful ranking of the top project management platforms based on various criteria.

Project Management

Allwork

JULY 28, 2025

From UMA — Upwork’s AI companion — to the rise of fractional executives and agentic project orchestration, this conversation dives deep into what it means to build lean, borderless teams. It has contracts, but I contract an entire, can I contract and entire company’s organizational structure and manage it through Upwork?

AT&T

C-Suite Assistants

JUNE 30, 2025

If you’re scaling a business, managing investors, or navigating complex operations, an exceptional executive assistant isn’t a luxury — they’re a force multiplier. When an EA manages administrative tasks, they help the executive streamline processes, so they don’t have to be directly involved.

Project Management

C-Suite Assistants

JULY 7, 2025

Today’s EAs operate more like owners: owning tools, managing systems, and catching blind spots before they slow you down. An EA will likely need to manage complex projects and use automation, AI, and data analytics effectively. They are not looking for support. They are looking for a second brain.

Agencies

Success

JUNE 17, 2025

That means learning how to delegate and manage challenges along the way. While trusting others to accomplish goals sounds straightforward, micromanagement—the tendency to control every part of a task, project or enterprise—has serious setbacks. Here are seven ways that leaders and project managers can learn to let go: 1.

Skills

C-Suite Assistants

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Technology helps them stay better organized by managing calendars and to-do lists. Automation tools and AI for executive assistants reduce their need to do manual expense tracking and scheduling so that they can focus on more strategic tasks like decision-making support and project management.

Microsoft Outlook

C-Suite Assistants

JUNE 26, 2025

Gather and ensure your new EA will have: A place to sit A phone A computer An email account Basic supplies Also, make sure they will have access to the productivity tools used within the company, such as: Calendar management software (e.g., Ideally, this will be their new manager, someone from HR or a key co-worker.

Training

Entrepreneur.com

JUNE 30, 2025

Entrepreneur® and its related marks are registered trademarks of Entrepreneur Media LLC Home Home Breadcrumb Arrow Leadership Breadcrumb Arrow Management Grief Forced Me to Step Away From My Company. Build a team you trust not only to "do," but to think Its one thing to have a team that completes tasks. One that owns you.

Social Media

Allwork

JANUARY 30, 2025

Skills like data analysis, AI-oriented project management, and prompt engineering are becoming increasingly valuable, especially as AI is integrated into tasks that once required only human expertise. Nonetheless, it remains vital for companies to foster an organizational culture that rewards continuous learning.

Agencies

Allwork

JANUARY 5, 2025

With tools like Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet becoming integral to daily operations, businesses are expected to continue capitalizing on technology to bridge gaps between teams, even if the overall economic climate changes. Others may transform into collaborative hubs where team members come together for key projects or brainstorming sessions.

Policies

Entrepreneur.com

AUGUST 1, 2025

StackCommerce As a founder juggling client projects, product launches, and team collaboration, any tool or knowledge that sharpens project execution is worth exploring. You also get in-depth Jira training for digital planning, tracking, and team coordination. The material teaches both mindset and mechanics.

Project Management

BMT Office Administration

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Why your team structure matters The success of your organization is directly tied to the strength of your teamwork. Projects, daily tasks, and administrative work require team-based work and decision-making, so your team structure must be impeccable. There are many different types.

Collaborate

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 10, 2025

Considerations for Optimizing the Hybrid Ea Work Environment For routine tasks such as scheduling, managing email, creating spreadsheets and documents, or updating social media accounts, an EA can work from home, where they’re not distracted by co-workers. Contact our recruiting team today.

Google Docs

Jennie Lyon

JULY 29, 2025

If you are running a service-based business, you might be wondering if AI is something you need to pay attention to right now. Maybe you feel like it is too advanced, too expensive, or not relevant to your work.

Expenses

ProAssisting Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Are you juggling multiple projects and feeling like there aren't enough hours in a day? Enter the realm of remote executive assistants—the unsung heroes who can transform into your virtual project managers. From organizing your calendar to managing intricate project details, they're the Swiss Army knives of the virtual world.

Project Management

BMT Office Administration

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Beyond simple tasks: The real challenge of management Business management isn’t hard; it’s complex. However, the challenge that business managers face is balancing each of these tasks within the context of keeping a company afloat. What is strategic management? Business never sleeps.

Management

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s no secret that I’m passionate about project management. A lot of project management practices have broad application; they can be used for managing many aspects of work, far beyond projects. This framework is designed to be flexible and is perfect for projects where things are changing frequently.

Project Management

Tips From T. Marie

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, I looked at the skills and experiences I already had, from leading PTA committees to managing demanding customers, and started figuring out how to repurpose them. That’s time management and multitasking under pressure. That’s project management, marketing, leadership, and execution. ” You’re not fluffing.

Skills

The Leader Assistant Podcast

JULY 20, 2025

Sarah Fulton manages hotel sourcing worldwide, facilitates hotel communications, coordinates site tours, and negotiates contracts to maximize value and secure favorable terms for assistants and their teams. Like, hey, you know, where is your team located? And it was very, very small. It was for a golf course. Do you work with?

Negotiating

Eat Your Career

MAY 11, 2020

Projects involve an interconnected set of tasks designed to achieve a specific outcome within a finite period of time. Technology can help organize your projects, and it can even help execute certain elements of your projects, but it can’t manage your projects for you. And that’s just the beginning!

Project Management

Success

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Whether you’re hiring contractors to renovate your home or just doing some weekend DIY projects, learning how to think like a project manager and get the best out of your team is a skill you can improve to help ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible. What is a project manager?

Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 25, 2017

Project management is a key skill for PAs these days. So many organisations are recognising that PAs are natural project managers – we are organised, we structure our work in a way that lends itself well to project work and actually we’ve been managing projects for most of our working life!

Project Management

ProAssisting Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

They effortlessly navigate a spectrum of responsibilities, from managing calendars and scheduling appointments to orchestrating complex projects across various domains. They possess a strong foundation in administrative duties, adeptly handling scheduling, email management, and organizing information.

Negotiating

Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

Management

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

At the recent Future Assistant conference we held a session on Project Management for beginners. It was a really popular session and it made me think that we could do a lot more blog posts on project management, particularly as so many of you are working on your own projects and in supporting project teams.

Project Management

Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

  The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.    His team is global, so physical solutions (like white boards and sticky notes on a big wall) will not work for him. 

Central Desktop

Allwork

MARCH 21, 2023

A recent study at the University of Birmingham found that 52% of managers agreed that working from home improves concentration, 60% said it improves productivity, and 63% stated it increases motivation. Another key finding from the study is that managers are becoming more aware of the challenges of remote and flexible working.

Management

Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 18, 2016

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. Finally the Dependency Sequencing model.

Project Management

Allwork

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, there’s more to an asynchronous workforce than just project management. The post Why Asynchronous Work Is Critical For Distributed Teams appeared first on Allwork.Space.

Time Zones

Allwork

AUGUST 25, 2022

Another benefit of PSA solutions comes in the form of collecting necessary analytics to improve business and project management. . The post How Automation Can Improve Project And Employee Management appeared first on Allwork.Space.

Management

Allwork

MAY 23, 2023

Working with managed development service providers gives you the ability to scale up or down based on your needs, helping reduce costs while alleviating the time crunch involved with delivering high-quality, innovative, customized apps. One of the most common phrases in project management is “good, fast and cheap – pick two.”

Management

Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Just because some of these project management tools have all these fancy bells and whistles don’t go assuming they’re the best. Good ole’ Google calendars are a really quick and simple project management tool. This tool works really well when there’s a team of you. But first … a little advice. Google Calendars.

Project Management

The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 16, 2013

Consider this: two projects are in trouble; one team bring their project to a successful conclusion; the other team fails. Leaving aside the variables, the difference may well be the personality traits of the project managers in charge. This is when good project managers show their mettle.

Project Management

Productivity Bits

JUNE 9, 2015

The skills that are required of you as a project manager are numerous and various. You are supposed to be able to manage time and schedules well, and only those with developed planning skills can do this successfully. A message from the Productivity Bits Blog Team. Thank you for subscribing! Thank You! ~

Project Management

Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This app combines mind mapping and task management. Suited for busy individuals and small teams, Ayoa also comes with all the features you’d expect in a project management platform: sharing, deadlines, task prioritization, chat and more. For teams, Todoist is $5 per month. Ayoa can help. Trustpilot : 4.1

2022

Small Business CEO

JANUARY 21, 2021

But here’s to people who run teams, the Project Managers. Several qualities of excellent project managers differentiate them from their other team members, and rightly so. It’s no big secret that being a Project Manager is not everybody’s cup of tea.

Project Management