ILM Chief of Staff Executive Assistant Programme. Online or Classroom

Price: £1200 inc. vat

ILM Accredited Programme, receive an ILM Digital Award on completion

You will come away from this programme with an increased sense and understanding of the role that Chief of Staff perform and how important their role is in supporting Chairman, CEOs & Executive Directors. This course will deepen the Executive Assistant/Director Business Partnership.

Your Executive will gain a business savvy and proactive EA/Chief of Staff who will feel confident to take on additional business projects, attend meetings and become an expert at forward planning and protecting the Executive Office from constant interruptions. As an EA/Chief of Staff you are often the only person who can ask leaders ‘to take a minute, slow down and look at things from a different perspective.’

• Chief of Staff are influential and resilient and uphold the highest professional standards at work.
• Develop a diverse set of skills and competencies for the Chief of Staff role
• Learn to think strategically in relation to your Executive’s business challenges, and how you can support them
• Advance your communication skills and develop an effective communication strategy with Executives, Heads of Departments, Senior Managers, External Contacts
• Manage and oversee projects and events on behalf of your Executive
• Develop critical thinking and problem solving skills to analyse, evaluate and interpret information objectively and rationally
• Be a champion of organisational performance, dedicated to improving work systems and processes and pass on your enthusiasm to others
• Review the core competencies of a Chief of Staff – measure your competencies against the ‘Great Eight Competencies’ framework
• Undertake efficient management and coordination of Board Meetings, Board Members and Board Packs.
• As a Chief of Staff develop your Supervisory, Delegation & Performance Management skills.