As an executive assistant, part of your job is to work out the details so that your executive can focus on the bigger picture. An essential part of this is meeting preparation, including creating effective meeting agendas.

Enable the “Send & Archive” button in Gmail to save yourself extra clicks and the time it takes to re-read emails you have already handled.

How can EAs help make meetings be a better use of everyone’s time? Here are 5 tips to help set up your team for great meetings.

Letterboards can bring a bit of fun and wit into the workday!

Writing respond-able emails is an art. It’s not just the subject line or the email content; it’s when the email is received, and how you follow-up on the email. Lucky for us, there are several tools out there to help manage these processes and help you get more responses.

Save yourself some time later (and make a great impression on your executive) with recurring reminders!

As an EA, you have to be comfortable in a service role; but we all know you also need to be confident and take charge of any situation to get the job done.

Here are some best practices that will help you create clear and useful subject lines for calendar invitations.

Scheduling your emails helps ensure you can work when it’s best for you, rather than when it’s best for the recipient.

Taking notes with pen and paper isn’t a dead skill— and it shouldn’t be! Ditch your laptop in your next meeting and see if these benefits prove true for you.