Wishing your assistant could help manage your emails? While you are out meeting with clients or developing projects, your assistant is a great resource for staying on top of your inbox. Here are tips for helping your assistant help you:
Share Your Calendar – Make sure your calendar is synced properly, so you are both looking at the same, most up-to-date schedule. This allows your assistant to help you schedule appointments and meetings.
Establish Best Practices – Make sure your assistant knows your preferences, like how much buffer time is needed between appointments, how to identify when an appointment is still tentative, etc.
Share Email Folders – Consider sharing email folders with your assistant, so you can quickly and easily delegate emails for them to respond to on your behalf.
Schedule a Check-In Meeting – Create a quick check-in meeting each day so your assistant has an opportunity to ask you all of his or her questions. By batching questions together, you both will eliminate unnecessary emails.
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