Get your hands dirty. A great assistant is never too cool to fix a paper jam, make a Starbucks run, or do whatever dues-paying tasks are required. If someone tried to gossip, she would gesture at the file and say, 'Sorry, I'm supposed to be taking care of this. "One legal assistant I know carried a file with her wherever she went, even to the break room. "Violate your boss's trust and your career could come to a screeching halt," says Anita Bruzzese, author of 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy. Keep it classy/ Be discreet with insider info, including on social media. "In a home-care setting, that might mean a nurse aide taking a patient's vital signs before the visiting nurse arrives or laying out patients' medications for review," she says.ģ. End the day on a high note. Consider what more can be done at the end of the day before retreating to check your texts for the evening's social plans, adds Christine Kovner, PhD, a professor of geriatric nursing at New York University College of Nursing. "I'd ask myself what facts she might need, like the time, location, dress code, other attendees, and what research I could do to help her walk into meetings like a hero." Peck then summarized the information in her boss's online calendar and handed off background materials in a labeled folder that could be read en route.Ģ. "I'm preternaturally happy when the walk-in fridge has been organized for the day without mentioning it." When she was an assistant, Amy Peck, now the chief culture officer at SoulCycle, developed a Sunday-night habit of reviewing her boss's schedule for the week ahead.
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Always think ahead. Ask yourself, What's happening next in my manager's life, and how can I prep for it? "I love it when my staff makes my life easier," says Emma Bengtsson, executive chef at Aquavit in New York City.