TY - BOOK AU - McIlroy, Jonathan, AU - McIlroy, Jonathan, TI - The new executive assistant : : exceptional executive office management SN - 9780648116301 U1 - 651.3 MCI PY - 2018/// CY - Brunswick, VIC PB - : Monterey Press, KW - Management KW - Office services KW - Administrative assistants -- Handbooks, manuals, KW - Secretaries -- Handbooks, manuals, KW - Office management KW - Office management -- Handbooks, manuals, KW - Economics, Finance, Business & Management KW - Self-help & personal development KW - Australian N2 - A practical guide for executive assistants and personal assistants, their executives and their organisations, that want to get the best results out of their EA-executive partnerships, with insights into how EAs and executives can establish those working partnerships to make this happen. The core objective is to help executive assistants move from being reactive and directed to being proactive and managing. The book provides a guide towards EAs reaching this stage, including the many skills and knowledge areas they should focus on, and a clear model for how to establish a working EA- executive partnership. The book includes useful tools, models and methodologies, highlights the intangible elements of the EA role, provides step-by-step processes for building a stronger working relationship based on trust. It helps ensure alignment in communication, vision, boundaries and objectives, and provides a clear pathway for managing the office of the executive in a true partnership, with the EA working alongside the executive rather than as a directed and passive assistan ER -