Rindy Anstee has received glowing recommendations from multiple former employers praising her skills and professionalism as a personal assistant. Specifically:
1) She transformed one manager's work life through her efficient and organized approach, allowing them to focus on targets.
2) A partner at a law firm commented that she quickly understood their priorities and ways of working to determine urgency without constant input.
3) A church leader said Rindy proved invaluable due to her broad skills and people skills, helping the organization grow and meet targets through mutual trust.
Positive Psychology meets Service Design - "2 psychologists enter in a shop a...Edite Amorim
Positive Psychology and Service Design workshop, presented in the Global Conference of Service Design in Stockholm, October 8th, 2014.
By Edite Amorim & Rita Pureza, THINKING-BIG
www.thinking-big.com
Positive Psychology meets Service Design - "2 psychologists enter in a shop a...Edite Amorim
Positive Psychology and Service Design workshop, presented in the Global Conference of Service Design in Stockholm, October 8th, 2014.
By Edite Amorim & Rita Pureza, THINKING-BIG
www.thinking-big.com
The Organisation of Professional Assistants in Nigeria had a Q&A session with one of the leading voices of the Executive/Personal Assistant profession in Africa- Enid Busolo
personality development assignment by sanabeer salahudeen cochin!!! guyzz plz dnt copy paste plzz add ur own points !! if u have any doubts plzz add a comment!!!!
21 Things you MUST know about Your Customer.Libby Spears
I developed this for the ACCE conference in OK City as a follow up to my presentation "Selling the Intangible". Whether you work for a Chamber of Commerce or not, this applies to anyone who sells a product or service. And let's be honest: we are all in sales.
Social Media + IRL Networking = A Job! A real life success storyNick Rovisa
I gave this presentation at the Social Media and Communications Symposium at RIT on 9/29/11. It focuses on my story using social media and real life networking to land a digital gig in NYC.
I am in talks to give this presentations at a few more colleges and am always looking for new opportunities to present. If interested, please reach out to me at nicholas.rovisa@gmail.com
Personal Branding, Social Media, and YouReema Ibdah
What is a personal brand and why do you need it? How do you brand yourself as a professional using social media? Which networks will benefit you and where do you start? This presentation will begin to answer these questions and more.
B+A and Management Today came together for a Leadership Lessons Live session where participants wrote a book together in 40 minutes. "Innovate or Die" focuses on the challenges business face during Covid-19, and the attempts taken to overcome them. This is the digital version of the book. If you'd like your own print version, or would like to learn more about what B+A do, contact elliot@bandaequals.com
Linda Descano, CFA, President and CEO, Women & Co., and Managing Director and Head of Content and Social, North America Marketing at Citi shares advice on how she hires.
Managing projects effectively has become essential in every organisation large or small. The uncertainties of the world business economy, rapidly changing technology, and the intensifying focus on sustainability has driven many organisations to develop specific methods for managing projects and to seek highly qualified and competent people to manage those projects. These driving factors require today’s project managers to accept and adapt to change, lead diverse teams, act as ambassadors for their organisations and deal with a multitude of challenging project stakeholders.
It is clear that Project managers are placed in a unique position. They must balance their roles as leader and manager, interface with multiple types of stakeholders, are often the "face" of their organisation to its customers, and must deal with a seemingly unending stream of challenges to be successful. These challenges and the ability to address them require the project manager to maintain awareness of personal brand of and the impact it will have on project assignments, career opportunity, and the willingness of project teams to work for and support the project manager. As the profession of project management evolves and the demand for competent and value driven project managers increases, personal brand and reputation have become major factors in the criteria used to select and assign people to project leadership positions.
Indispensable Factors
The project manager must develop skills and competencies in several areas to be considered for an assign. In addition there are 4 major factors a project manager must address and continue to develop:
Accomplishability: your ability to achieve and deliver valued results.
Value/cost: the value delivered perception relative to the cost.
Supply/Demand: the market dynamics of your position, skills, etc.
Likeability: how others perceive you.
This presentation addresses the importance of the professional project manager in today’s business environment and the need for the project manager to continually enhance existing skills, adapt to a changing environment, and become a “go to” person in the organisation. Emphasis is placed on understanding the business needs of an organisation, clearly and visibly creating value from a client and supplier view point, and continually developing and managing personal brand.
The Organisation of Professional Assistants in Nigeria had a Q&A session with one of the leading voices of the Executive/Personal Assistant profession in Africa- Enid Busolo
personality development assignment by sanabeer salahudeen cochin!!! guyzz plz dnt copy paste plzz add ur own points !! if u have any doubts plzz add a comment!!!!
21 Things you MUST know about Your Customer.Libby Spears
I developed this for the ACCE conference in OK City as a follow up to my presentation "Selling the Intangible". Whether you work for a Chamber of Commerce or not, this applies to anyone who sells a product or service. And let's be honest: we are all in sales.
Social Media + IRL Networking = A Job! A real life success storyNick Rovisa
I gave this presentation at the Social Media and Communications Symposium at RIT on 9/29/11. It focuses on my story using social media and real life networking to land a digital gig in NYC.
I am in talks to give this presentations at a few more colleges and am always looking for new opportunities to present. If interested, please reach out to me at nicholas.rovisa@gmail.com
Personal Branding, Social Media, and YouReema Ibdah
What is a personal brand and why do you need it? How do you brand yourself as a professional using social media? Which networks will benefit you and where do you start? This presentation will begin to answer these questions and more.
B+A and Management Today came together for a Leadership Lessons Live session where participants wrote a book together in 40 minutes. "Innovate or Die" focuses on the challenges business face during Covid-19, and the attempts taken to overcome them. This is the digital version of the book. If you'd like your own print version, or would like to learn more about what B+A do, contact elliot@bandaequals.com
Linda Descano, CFA, President and CEO, Women & Co., and Managing Director and Head of Content and Social, North America Marketing at Citi shares advice on how she hires.
Managing projects effectively has become essential in every organisation large or small. The uncertainties of the world business economy, rapidly changing technology, and the intensifying focus on sustainability has driven many organisations to develop specific methods for managing projects and to seek highly qualified and competent people to manage those projects. These driving factors require today’s project managers to accept and adapt to change, lead diverse teams, act as ambassadors for their organisations and deal with a multitude of challenging project stakeholders.
It is clear that Project managers are placed in a unique position. They must balance their roles as leader and manager, interface with multiple types of stakeholders, are often the "face" of their organisation to its customers, and must deal with a seemingly unending stream of challenges to be successful. These challenges and the ability to address them require the project manager to maintain awareness of personal brand of and the impact it will have on project assignments, career opportunity, and the willingness of project teams to work for and support the project manager. As the profession of project management evolves and the demand for competent and value driven project managers increases, personal brand and reputation have become major factors in the criteria used to select and assign people to project leadership positions.
Indispensable Factors
The project manager must develop skills and competencies in several areas to be considered for an assign. In addition there are 4 major factors a project manager must address and continue to develop:
Accomplishability: your ability to achieve and deliver valued results.
Value/cost: the value delivered perception relative to the cost.
Supply/Demand: the market dynamics of your position, skills, etc.
Likeability: how others perceive you.
This presentation addresses the importance of the professional project manager in today’s business environment and the need for the project manager to continually enhance existing skills, adapt to a changing environment, and become a “go to” person in the organisation. Emphasis is placed on understanding the business needs of an organisation, clearly and visibly creating value from a client and supplier view point, and continually developing and managing personal brand.
1. Testimonials
“Rindy worked in my team for 18 months and in that time transformed my working life. Her efficient,
pro-active and highly organised manner alleviated the stress of trying to manage my own busy diary and
meeting scheduling and allowed me to focus on achieving my aggressive financial targets. Rindy has a
highly professional approach and displays a strong desire to develop and continue to grow both
personally and professionally. This coupled with her vivacious and sunny personality make her a true
asset to any team.”
Amanda Vint, NPE&D Manager – Standardisation & Productivity EMEA, Avon UK
"Rindy is an outstanding EA who took the time to learn my ways of working even though there were up
to four partners with different styles and personal preferences. She quickly understood what my
priorities were and how I had established those priorities. Thus Rindy was able to determine the urgency
and importance of matters for me without constant recourse to me. She immediately grasped the
importance to me of "house-style" and adjusted her own preferred style when dealing with my clients
and contacts so that many of them almost felt that they were dealing with me personally. I would be
happy to recommend her in a similar role without any hesitation."
Jim Muir, former Partner and Head of Financial Services, RSM
“Rindy Anstee worked as my PA for a period of four years, being 2003-2007, when I was the Senior
Associate Pastor of Abundant Life Church and Principal of the Abundant Life Leadership Academy.
Because my role was very varied, I required a PA with a broad range of skills; both technical and
pastoral. Her strengths in the role quickly became apparent, first bringing efficiency to the role due to
her keen eye for the detail of the processes we managed, then secondly proving invaluable because of
her people skills. In the period she worked for me our organisation grew and I was able to attain a
number of targets because of the mutual trust and understanding we enjoyed. I would highly
recommend Rindy as a highly skilled PA with excellent social skills.”
Stephen Matthew - Speaker, Author, Church Coach and Principal of the Building Church Academy
“During my time as Director of Abundant Life Publishing, Rindy was a valued team member using her
excellent proof reading and copy editing skills to great effect across a range of publications.”
Stephen Matthew - Speaker, Author, Church Coach and Principal of the Building Church Academy
2. Testimonial: Rindy Anstee
There are two types of qualities a great PA should have:
Essentials:
Accuracy and Attention to detail: Your reputation will depend on the quality of your PA’s work. It needs
to be first rate
Control of the diary: Your productivity depends on your PA’s effectiveness with this critical tool. If you
travel, you need to be able to trust completely in the arrangements your PA makes for you.
Tact and discretion: Your PA will be privy to things that should not be general knowledge. No
relationship can survive betrayal of confidence.
Nice to Have’s: The difference between an “OK” PA and a great PA
Political sensibilities: A senior member of staff will inevitably be involved in things that have impact on
many areas of the organisation. If their PA is alive to what’s going on and the key people and issues,
he/she can help keep you up to date in your absence. Your PA can position what you do to enable you to
be more effective.
The ability to take the initiative. A good PA will read the mails and alert you to what’s hot, again making
your time more effective.
The ability to be a good listener: Your PA will come into regular contact with many parts of the
organisation. He/she can alert you to developing issues, discontent, or things that are affecting morale.
Rindy’s capabilities and performance in these areas was one of the best that I have encountered in 20
years of working with a PA. I cannot remember times where she made material errors or caused me a
problem through the quality of what she did. I travelled extensively and never had the habit (or the
need) to check the arrangements she made for me. I would study them on my phone as I left the house,
trusting that she had thought of all the details. I trusted her implicitly and never found her wanting.
Rindy has life experience. She applies that to what she does and sees the back-story behind the things
that are going on. I was able to rely on her to “watch my back” when out of the office. She also routinely
scanned my mails and alerted me to urgent and important things so that I could attend to them
promptly when back on line. I was surprised at how quickly she became able to sort the “important few”
from the “trivial many”. She also was able to alert me to any issues that as a leader, I had to address so
as to keep the motivation and direction of my areas in good shape.
In an age where computers take care of the routine stuff, and AI promises to help us with the non-
routine, it might seem that a human being as a PA is “of the past” and will become like a blacksmith,
thatcher or wheelwright. Not yet though, and while a senior leader has a need of a human being to help,
Rindy comes highly recommended.
Steve Fisher – former Executive Director of New Product Engineering & Development, EMEA, Avon UK