Training on Business Automation for Executive Assistants
It’s easy to become overwhelmed as an Assistant balancing multiple responsibilities, clients, and an overflowing to-do list. Being organized is essential, and employing technology significantly eases maintaining control of things. Automation might be the solution if you find yourself spending a lot of time on manual and repetitive activities. It also offers a number of other advantages, including minimizing human error while transmitting data between systems. Additionally, automation helps to achieve reliability
and scalability, and increased efficiency.
This training on business automation for executive assistants equips participants with a better understanding of the shifting responsibilities and expectations of the modern Executive Assistant role.
Target Participants
Training on business automation for executive assistants is ideal for executive assistants in government institutions and the private sector who have an interest in business automation.
Course Duration
Online 7 Days
Classroom-based 5 Days
What you will learn
By the end of this course the participants will be able to:
- Understand the benefits of automation in the office
- Use different applications to schedule meetings and tasks
- Effectively manage their calendar
- Effectively streamline and manage meetings
- Sort and manage emails effectively
- Efficiently manage time
Introduction to Business Automation
- What is business automation?
- Benefits of utilizing an office automation system
- Strategic ways to automate business processes
Scheduling and Calendar Management
- Fundamentals of calendar management
- How to set up an ideal week calendar and why it’s a must-have
- Technology and tools for effective calendar management
Meetings Management
- Planning and scheduling meetings
- What meetings should make it into your Executive’s schedule?
- Streamlining meetings for your Executive
- Managing your Executive’s one to one meetings
- Creating a time audit for your Executive
- Online meetings
Email Management
- Do’s and Don’ts for managing your boss’s email
- Email sorting
- Colour coding emails
- Email management tools
Task Management
- Defining your tasks
- Understanding the context
- Improving communications and setting expectations
- Task management tools
Document management
- Overview of document management
- Document management tools
Productivity Management
- Overview of productivity management
- Productivity management tools
Collaboration
- Why collaboration is important
- Collaboration tools
