EFFECTIVE MULTI-TASKING & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS During the workshop you will learn practical skills for managing multiple tasks and conflicting priorities. You will also learn tactics for coordinating multiple projects and juggling competing demands on your time and attention from multiple bosses. Specific challenges pertaining to the participants’ work environment will be discussed and a solution-convergence process will be used to identify practical suggestions for handling each situation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Be an effective office staff – Achieve boss expectations! A dynamic, thinking and action oriented administrative work productivity and performance The super administration professional – Increase administrative work productivity and performance The modern administrative professional – Proactivity, forward looking, action-oriented, productiveness and effectiveness Dealing with different situations Administrator self-management Emotional intelligence Organisation and planning skills Introduction to multitasking Costs and benefits of multitasking Setting and managing multiple priorities Interpersonal negotiation skills Using metrics and factual data Gaining cooperation in a multitasking environment Multitasking toolkit Managing stress and conflict in a multitasking environment Action plan for immediate application This workshop is geared for anyone who has to juggle with administrative task, multiple tasks and conflicting priorities under resources-constrained conditions. This may include individual contributors, project managers, program managers and administrative support personnel.