INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT 2014

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT 2014

WE NEED YOU TO GET INVOLVED!

 

 

Want to know...

How we are going to try to change the world for you in the next 12 months?

Who is involved?

What the vision is?

Why it's important?

What the IYOTSA Charter is?

And most importantly how you and your company can get involved?

We need your help whether you are part of an Association, run a networking group, or are an individual Assistant who would like your company to understand what you actually do and how best to work with you.

Join #adminchat later today to find out about the International Year of the Secretary & Assistant 14, which kicks off in January and could change perceptions of the Assistant role across the world.

http://twubs.com/adminchat?utm_source=Executive+Secretary+Magazine&utm_campaign=f8dc8646bc-ntl_Yr_of_the_Secretary11_28_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1cadabbeae-f8dc8646bc-333571449

6pm GMT, 7pm CET, 1pm EST, 10am PST for LIVE online discussion.

Just sign in using your Twitter handle at www.twubs.com/adminchat

If you can't attend today or hate Twitter, but would like more information and details as to how you can get involved, please email me at lbrazier@executivesecretary.com and I will send you our information pack.

Executive Assistants or Chief Communication Officers?

 

 

 

 

 

Aside from their vital role to the CEO, perhaps one of the most important roles any Executive Assistant plays is the portal for information to and from the CEO.

 

It is in this capacity that they must be exceptionally effective communicators; and at a higher level than almost anyone else as communication is about understanding, and understanding is performance.

 

In this regard one could argue that the EA is more often a Chief Communication Officer (CCO). As such, their ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of people on an even wider variety of topics is of paramount importance to the entire organization.

The most widely accepted theory for modeling these various communication habits belongs to Harvard psychologist William Marston, who developed the DISC theory of behavior.

Marston’s model has been applied in more business settings than any other model in the world and has helped many millions of people.

Go on reading this article here http://www.executivesecretary.com/

 

 

About the authors:

 

Jay Niblick is the Founder and CEO of Innermetrix Incorporated.

 

Allan Miller is the Managing Director of Innermetrix Europe and UAE as well as owner/founder of IMX UK

Professional Consulting/Coaching and Training Company.

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