I recently came across an article about The Top Seven Connections for Successful Administrative Professionals.
This article got me thinking about how we interact with the people around us and even with ourselves.
Connections. The first type of connection the article mentions has to do with the people around us: our employer, our colleagues and our team.
- To succeed as an administrative assistant, you have to know how to interact with your manager, communicate effectively and know how to deliver what she wants.
- You have to be able to rely on colleagues and peers to help you hone your skills and share perspectives.
- Finally, you have to interact with your team in a cooperative and collaborative manner, relying on teamwork to get the job done well.
We also have to connect with something inside of us if we’re to be successful, too.
- We have to be able to identify our dreams and aspirations so that we know where the road ahead will take us and self-guide our way.
- We have to get in tune with our own personality and figure out how best to make it work for us, not against us.
- We also have to be able to identify our strengths and our weaknesses so that we can use our skills and strengthen our weak areas.
Make these connections, and you’re sure to give your administrative assistant career a real boost.
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