Course: Administrative and Executive Secretarial Skills

Course Outline

Building on existing skills and developing the role/ Organisational skills and time management

• What is your role?
• Becoming more proactive
• Self-development and expanding your knowledge of the business

Organisational skills

• Planning and prioritising – taking control over your work load
• Organisational skills and time management (cont)/Dealing with change
• Goal setting
• Time management under pressure
• Managing stress in self and others
• Coping with, and taking advantage of, change in the work environment

The importance and value of communication skills

• Why are communication skills so important?
• Expressing yourself with clarity
• Spoken, written and remote communication – differences and implications
• Telephone techniques
• Writing more effective business letters and e-mails
• Improving reports – structure, relevance, layout and editing
• What makes a good presentation – tips to excellent presentations

Managing your manager and raising your profile

• Image management
• Building an effective working relationship with your manager
• What is expected of you?
• Using your skills to enable your manager to concentrate on his/her priorities
• Delegating and improving the quality of delegation received
• Working as a team

Interpersonal intelligence and influencing skills

• Being a team player and flexibility
• Understanding yourself and other people
• Influencing skills – gaining support and cooperation of others
• Improving self-confidence
• Assertiveness
• Resolving conflict
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Taking forward ideas for improvement
• Action planning

The Scandinavian Academy for Training and Development adopts the latest scientific and professional methodologies in training and human resource development, aiming to enhance the efficiency of individuals and organizations. Training programs are delivered through a comprehensive approach that includes:

• Theoretical lectures supported by PowerPoint presentations and visual materials (videos and short films).
• Scientific evaluation of participants before and after the program to measure progress and knowledge acquisition.
• Brainstorming sessions and practical role-playing to simulate real-life scenarios.
• Case studies tailored to align with the training content and participants work nature.
• Assessment tests conducted at the end of the program to evaluate the achievement of training objectives.

Each participant receives the training material (both theoretical and practical) in printed form and saved on a CD or flash drive. Detailed reports, including attendance records, final results, and overall program evaluations, are also provided.

Training materials are prepared professionally by a team of experts and specialists in various fields. At the end of the program, participants are awarded a professional attendance certificate, signed and accredited by the Scandinavian Academy for Training and Development.

Program Timings:

• 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Arab cities.
• 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in European and Asian cities.

The program includes:

• A daily buffet provided during the sessions to ensure participants comfort.

introduction

The support you provide as an administrative professional is vital to your organization’s ability to achieve its goals and objectives. Today, most senior managers expect you to have leadership and management skills in order to set your own administrative priorities. In addition, you must have skills to manage all contacts, create, store and retrieve documents, plus a broad variety of other administrative skills.  To do all of this successfully, you need to have strategic insight and be able to innovate better processes. At the same time, you must be tactical, process-oriented, and driven toward continuous improvement. Organising and Behavioural Skills for Administrative Professionals and Executive Secretaries course gives you a wide range of skills to help you handle any work challenge with greater confidence and effectiveness. Leave with an action plan of best practices to apply immediately on the job.

Objectives​

•  build and improve upon your existing skill sets
• develop your role and become more proactive
• identify ways to expand your knowledge of the company and business area
• have more control over your time and work output
• develop and apply your interpersonal intelligence
• manage your manager to mutual advantage
• write more effective letters, e-mails and other forms of business correspondence
• support and make memorable presentations

The Scandinavian Academy for Training and Development is committed to hosting all training programs in dedicated and well-equipped hotel facilities specifically designed for conducting and delivering training sessions, unless explicitly stated otherwise on our website. Participants will be notified of the program venue within 7 to 21 days prior to the programs start date, based on the Academys assessment and the programs circumstances. The Scandinavian Academy for Training and Development emphasizes that it holds no responsibility for any force majeure events that may prevent the program from being held at the designated venue. Nevertheless, the Scandinavian Academy for Training and Development will make every effort to provide suitable alternatives and extend the necessary support to participants in the event of a venue change due to unforeseen circumstances.