Gain confidence in managing executive time and priorities. Master techniques for optimizing calendars, triaging requests, and setting realistic expectations. Learn to protect executive focus, balance competing demands, and communicate scheduling constraints with professionalism.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Setting Realistic Timeframes and Expectations
- Drafting a Thoughtful Schedule for Your Executive
- Prioritizing Competing Executive Tasks
- Negotiating Timelines with Confidence
- Unit 2: Respecting Scope Without Overcomitting
- Acting Within Your Scope
- Clarifying Executive Requests Confidently
- Taking Accountability for Client Communication Mistakes
- Unit 3: Saying No with Professionalism and Tact
- Protecting Executive Focus in Difficult Conversations
- Supporting a Peer with Boundaries and Stress Management Under Pressure
- Offering Alternatives When Over Capacity
- Unit 4: Communicating Scheduling Constraints
- Resolving Executive Double Booking with Discretion
- Declining a Meeting Invitation with Professionalism
- Scheduling Boundaries with Stakeholders