The roles of an EA and PA are highly demanding and require the right mix of experience, skills, flexibility, and personality.
This course focuses on key skills which are fundamental to the EA/PA role – managing your manager, effective communication, problem solving, managing workflow, dealing with issues, understanding working styles, leadership, handling pressure and managing stress levels.
The course will be of value to anyone working as an EA/PA, whether they are new to the role , or have many years of experience.
Overview of the EA/PA position. Why the manager and EA/PA role is a collaborative relationship. How to work effectively with your manager(s).
Strategies for dealing with issues in a timely manner and managing expectations. Effective 5 Step problem solving process to gain consensus.
Accountability and ensuring that focus is on what really matters. Identify top time-wasters and implement strategies to increase personal productivity and effectiveness.
How to work effectively with others when their personality temperament/working style is very different to yours. How to handle difficult conversations.
Modelling the way. Being a positive role model and gaining consensus. Increasing and enhancing communication skills to gain workable outcomes.
How to minimise the impact of stress and build resilience. Proven strategies to manage pressure and to help you maintain alertness and productivity.
2025 Course Dates for Auckland
Dates: 20 February | 15 May | 19 August | 05 November
Investment
Standard Fee: $650 + GST
Early Bird Fee: $595 + GST
2025 Early Bird Cut Off Dates
Dates: 20 January | 15 April | 19 July | 05 October
Duration
A one day course, starting at 9.00am and concluding at 4.00pm.
Location
Registered course attendees will be provided with full venue details.
Limited Numbers
Course numbers are limited to 10 participants. Please register early to avoid disappointment.
Inclusions
Highly experienced trainer, a comprehensive manual, ITS Certificate of Achievement, lunch and refreshments.
Training Outcomes
- Enhanced understanding of how to work collaboratively with managers.
- Uses course tools to manage workflow and deals with issues in a timely manner.
- Proactive in dealing with assumptions and expectations.
- Recognises differing working styles and how to handle them effectively.
- Models positive leadership in interaction with staff and across all levels.
- Applies the different tools for problem solving and gaining consensus.
- Demonstrates increased self-confidence in managing confrontational conversations.
- Maintains productivity through better self-management when under pressure and stress.
- Produces a 3-week Action Plan to apply training in real-worktime.
Course Feedback
Brilliant, very engaging. Information on problem solving, working styles and managing stress was particularly useful. Going back to work with great new ideas.
Very good and informative. Assertiveness, time management and dealing with difficult people was the most enjoyable part but was impressed by all of it.
Great, very interactive. This course was excellent and I will be taking away great work & life skills. Highly recommend it.
Everything I learnt today is vital to my role & position. Marie, everything you covered today was everything I needed to know and MORE!! Thank you.
I was very impressed – the best training and trainer I have ever had on a course. This has made me wake up and showed me how to start developing my career and ways to improve myself.
This course was great. Understanding different working styles, how to manage stress and handle difficult people was really helpful and will make my job easier.
An excellent course which covers essential topics. Not only informative in dealing with the workplace but also personal life. Course was full on but not at all boring & tiresome like some courses.
Thank you for and excellent course, very helpful and relevant to my workplace situations.
Everything the course covered was a great help. Managing stress levels, working styles & handling office politics gave me useful information which I can apply in the office.
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