Over the years, the role of PAs has evolved into business assistants rather than personal. They have become specialists in office management, but we still hear people (including PAs themselves) refer to them as “just a PA”. This observation shows that the role is underrated sometimes and that even some of the people who have those roles, do not realize how important they are to every executive they are assigned to and the organization as a whole. It is concerning because if you do not understand your value and authority, you probably will not deliver in the right capacity needed. Here are some points to highlight the importance of the PA with the right skills.
Managing Specialist: An executive is often focused on higher-level tasks for the development of the company, but a company needs to run on daily tasks as well and someone has to be trusted to handle them efficiently for the company to progress. Having a trusted PA means you can be away for business meetings and potential deal-closing meetings and not have to worry about the emails to be sent for the next important appointment.
Human Calendar: If you have ever acknowledged the importance of setting alarms and reminders or circling dates on your calendars, then imagine how helpful it will be if you did not even have to set the alarm yourself, and even better, it walks into your office in person to remind you of a task, gives you all the documents you need just in time for you to be prepared? Work could not get better than that.
Mediator: There is a gap between the executive, the employees, and external stakeholders. The PA often stands in that gap. This is the reason why effective communication skill is a must-have to be a successful PA. The PA passes across messages to all parties, these messages must not be altered or sent wrongly as it could endanger the business in general, therefore, it is important that the PA knows what to communicate to whatever party, when to do so, and in the most appropriate way.
Organizer: Some executives have all these well-thought ideas for the company but sometimes, due to the workload, it feels overwhelming. A great PA who possesses great organizational skills, helps you organize your tasks and workplace procedures to keep things going smoothly and efficiently.
At the Global PA Training Academy, we ensure to train PAs on these core skills and prepare them to take on their roles efficiently as excellence in delivery is the core of our business.
Take some quick and affordable courses at your convenience on https://www.globalpatrainingacademy.com/p/the-role-of-the-executive-assistant
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