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Management Skills for Administrative Professionals

Enhance your performance with management and leadership capabilities.

Your immediate takeaway Effectively manage changing responsibilities Communicate and negotiate with confidence Apply management and leadership skills to achieve continuous improvement 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. This comprehensive seminar 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.

Seminar Number: 02294

  • In a Classroom
  • Online
  • Your Company Location

Course Scheduling & Pricing

Who Should Attend

Experienced administrative professionals, including executive secretaries, administrative assistants, secretaries or other members of the administrative support staff who need to expand their management skills so they can better support their organization and enhance their careers.

  •   Classroom3 Day(s)
    1.8 CEU
  •   Online4 Lesson(s)
    1.2 CEU
 
 

Your immediate takeaway

  • Effectively manage changing responsibilities
  • Communicate and negotiate with confidence
  • Apply management and leadership skills to achieve continuous improvement

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. This comprehensive seminar 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.

  • Manage changing roles and responsibilities whether working with bosses, peers, team members or customers
  • Meet dynamic work expectations by expanding your proactive capabilities 
  • Clearly and confidently communicate and negotiate to manage conflicts and achieve results 
  • Apply emotional intelligence and effective listening practices to your job 
  • Use strategic diplomacy to handle office politics, difficult people and demanding situations
  • Applying skills and strategies to manage personal and professional change dynamics 
  • Bringing about change even when faced with resistance 
  • Applying a systematic approach to plan and engage others in the change process 
  • Managing roles, responsibilities, and authority to meet goals 
  • Identifying and supporting differing work style preferences using new skills and best practices 
  • Recognizing and proactively using critical thinking to support achievement of team-based goals 
  • Applying a spectrum of priority setting and time management strategies to proactively accomplish skills 
  • Incorporating emotional intelligence and effective listening to prepare to be an effective colleague, partner and leader 
  • Applying assertive communication using verbal and nonverbal behaviors 
  • Exhibiting confidence and influence using tested presentation models 
  • Analyzing conflict, office politics, and interactions with difficult people 
  • Defining the sources of conflict in the workplace 
  • Negotiating to empower yourself and others to achieve goals

Special Feature

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner—producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.

Learning Objectives

  • Manage Changing Roles and Responsibilities When Working with Bosses, Peers, Team Members, and Customers
  • Meet Dynamic Work Expectations Through Proactively Managing Time and Priorities
  • Communicate and Negotiate with Clarity and Confidence to Achieve Results and Manage Conflicts

Manage Change

  • Use Personal Change Management to Work More Effectively with and Through Others
  • Bring About Change Even When Faced with Resistance
  • Apply a Systematic Approach to Plan and Engage Others in the Change Process

Manage Roles, Responsibilities and Team Work

  • Manage Roles, Responsibilities and Authority to Meet Goals
  • Identify and Support Differing Work Style Preferences Using New Skills and Best Practices
  • Recognize and Proactively Use Critical Thinking to Support Achievement of Team-Based Goals

Manage Time and Priorities

  • Establish a Systematic and Efficient Approach to Work Using Prioritization and Time Management Strategies
  • Identify Strategic Uses of Technology to Manage Information and Better Utilize Time
  • Evaluate Current Roles and Responsibilities to Identify Activities That Can Be Delegated

Manage Relationships and Communication

  • Use Emotional Intelligence and Effective Listening Practices to Prepare to Be an Effective Colleague, Partner and Leader
  • Apply Assertive Communication Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors
  • Exhibit Confidence and Influence Using Tested Presentation Models

Managing Negotiations and Conflicts

  • Define the Sources of Conflict in the Workplace
  • Employ Strategic Diplomacy to Handle Office Politics, Difficult People and Demanding Situations
  • Negotiate to Empower Self and Others to Achieve Goals

Action Plan

  • Review a Comprehensive List of New Management Skills and Strategies Learned and Practiced Throughout the Program
  • Reflect on Best Practices That Will Be Applied in the Near or Long Term
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Manage Changing Roles and Responsibilities When Working with Bosses, Peers, Team Members, and Customers
  • Meet Dynamic Work Expectations Through Proactively Managing Time and Priorities
  • Communicate and Negotiate with Clarity and Confidence to Achieve Results and Manage Conflicts

LESSON ONE

Manage Change

  • Apply Skills and Strategies to Manage Personal and Professional Change Dynamics
  • Use Personal Change Management to Work More Effectively with and Through Others
  • Bring About Change Even When Faced with Resistance
  • Apply a Systematic Approach to Plan and Engage Others on the Change Process

Manage Roles, Responsibilities, and Team Work

  • Identify and Leverage Roles, Responsibilities, and a Team Player Attitude to Manage Short- and Long-Term Tasks and Projects
  • Manage Roles, Responsibilities, and Authority to Meet Goals
  • Identify and Support Differing Work Style Preferences Using New Skills and Best Practices
  • Recognize and Proactively Use Critical Thinking to Support Achievement of Team-Based Goals

LESSON TWO

Manage Time and Priorities

  • Apply a Spectrum of Priority Setting and Time Management Strategies to Proactively Accomplish Skills
  • Establish a Systematic and Efficient Approach to Work
  • Use Prioritization Strategies
  • Use Time Management Strategies

Manage Relationships and Communication

  • Achieve Professional Confidence and Productive Workplace Relationships By Effectively Using Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills
  • Incorporate Emotional Intelligence and Effective Listening Practices to Prepare to Be an Effective Colleague, Partner and Leader
  • Apply Assertive Communication Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors
  • Exhibit Confidence and Influence Using Tested Presentation Models

LESSON THREE

  • Analyze Conflict, Office Politics, and Interactions with Difficult People to Identify Appropriate Strategies to Manage and Negotiate Workable Results
  • Define the Sources of Conflict in the Workplace
  • Employ a Tactful Strategy to Handle Office Politics, Difficult People, and Demanding Situations
  • Negotiate to Empower Self and Others to Achieve Goals

Action Planning

  • Review Program Learnings and Apply Them to a Typical Workplace Activity in Preparation for Final Planning and Action Planning
  • Reflect on Best Practices That Will Be Applied in the Near or Long Term

American Management Association is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.

Classroom Schedule

10 Sessions Available

Online Schedule

2 Sessions Available

  • $2,095.00 Non Members
  • $1,895.00 AMA Members
  • $1,605.00 GSA
Date Duration State City Zip
  2019-07-24 2019-07-26 Jul 24, 2019 - Jul 26, 2019 3 Days DC Arlington/Washington 22202-4807 Arlington/Washington Register Now

  2019-08-12 2019-08-14 Aug 12, 2019 - Aug 14, 2019 3 Days MA Boston 02110-1817 Boston Register Now

  2019-08-26 2019-08-28 Aug 26, 2019 - Aug 28, 2019 3 Days GA Atlanta 30309-7705 Atlanta Register Now

  2019-09-16 2019-09-18 Sep 16, 2019 - Sep 18, 2019 3 Days IL Chicago 60601 Chicago Register Now

  2019-09-30 2019-10-02 Sep 30, 2019 - Oct 2, 2019 3 Days DC Arlington/Washington 22202-4807 Arlington/Washington Register Now

  2019-11-06 2019-11-08 Nov 6, 2019 - Nov 8, 2019 3 Days NY New York 10019 New York Register Now

  2019-11-11 2019-11-13 Nov 11, 2019 - Nov 13, 2019 3 Days CA San Francisco 94103-3156 San Francisco Register Now

  2020-01-15 2020-01-17 Jan 15, 2020 - Jan 17, 2020 3 Days DC Arlington/Washington 22202-4807 Arlington/Washington Register Now

  2020-02-24 2020-02-26 Feb 24, 2020 - Feb 26, 2020 3 Days GA Atlanta 30309-7705 Atlanta Register Now

  2020-03-02 2020-03-04 Mar 2, 2020 - Mar 4, 2020 3 Days NY New York 10019 New York Register Now

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