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From Administrative Tasks to Strategic Support: How Assistants Drive Business Growth

C-Suite Assistants

Delegate Tasks Great assistants don’t just take things off your plate; they often redesign the plate entirely. They help structure delegation across teams, clarify priorities, optimize workflows, and prevent executive time creep. EAs can also organize and lead special projects as delegated.

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Leveraging Technology: How Recruitment Agencies Identify Tech-Savvy Assistants to Support Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Businesses in a Digital World

C-Suite Assistants

They’ll also need strong customer service skills and the ability to clearly explain the digital tools and systems they use—such as scheduling software, collaboration platforms, or automation tools—to clients and stakeholders who may be less tech-savvy. Larger organizations have specialists and more staff to delegate tasks to.

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Why your organization needs both AI moonshots and mundane wins

Work Life

In this new landscape, AI strategy cannot be delegated to the CTO alone. The CEO as Chief AI Orchestrator The transformative power of AI is so great that it demands a fundamental change in the role of the CEO. The CEO must become the chief orchestrator of the AI portfolio, balancing competing priorities while maintaining strategic coherence.

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Can you be too self-aware for your own good?

Work Life

Job interviews : The self-aware candidate says, “I’m still learning how to delegate.” Ridiculous, yes, but if you go with the modest, accurate versions, namely IT Manager, Customer Service Representative, Organizational Change Consultant, and Financial Analyst, no one will care, remember, or be remotely impressed. Some examples?

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Employee Engagement Challenges: Perspectives and Solutions

Vantage Circle

Train managers to delegate tasks effectively and communicate the desired outcomes or constraints. They may feel that their feedback goes unnoticed, which might decrease their productivity and impact customer service or sales. However, the long-term consequences can outweigh any short-term gains.

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Ep 333: Sarah Fulton on Hotel Venue Sourcing for Assistants

Go Burrows

Our benefit is in the customer service and the quality of work and the relationship we’re able to build with our clients. We’re delegating where needed. So that’s where we put our eggs in the basket, right? So that’s where it’s really awesome. You know, we’re project managing.

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Business decision-making: 4 common mistakes and how to overcome them

Insperity

Examples: Personnel decisions ( hiring , firing, promoting and disciplining) Selection of benefits programs Annual goal setting Budgeting and financial planning Adjustment to new laws and regulations Improvement of customer service. Fear of delegation in business decision-making. If X happens, I will do Y.”. “