What are your deliverables? This is a matter of getting things done by doing the right thing! And this is a matter of changing from unmasked efficiency to effectiveness mindset. Align and collaborate with your admin. Aren’t you familiar with scratched my back and I’ll scratch yours? Your relationship with your admin is critical. Leverage that relationship.

Delegate and push things to admin. Coach, gather feedback and be effective! You get the best possible administrative assistant money can buy and delegate. It would be better to get in trouble with your admin task and not for anything else. Pay a little bit more. Admin might teach you a few things too. There are executives who want the best quality at the lowest price. You want high reliable workmanship try paying higher rates too. Admin helps out of loyalty and this is a huge value in your organization.

Maybe you will know by now how important admin is for the executive. You can even ask her to do a little time stretching when you are on field and needs assistance online. Things change when you will be traveling and it would be a delight to bring an admin on board. Admin definitely keeps bosses updated and their work areas clean.

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