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The Professional Executive Assistant

Get the key business skills you need to support management and take your career to the next level.

The Key Issues

The world of business is moving fast. As an Executive Assistant you are now not only supporting your manager, but very often you need to drive your own projects, be proactive and get results. You need to develop new skills to support your role and to get things done in the right way. These new skills include being more creative and assertive in hectic times.

Time management

Decision-making

Creative thinking

Key Competences

Management styles

Communication skills

Assertiveness
skills

The Right Programme for You

You are an experienced administrative professional or executive assistant. You manage a wide range of tasks and projects. You want to boost your career and get the key skills and knowledge you need for your role.

Highlights

Learn how to manage your time and set priorities in a hectic business world.

Develop your assertiveness skills and become more creative in driving decisions.

Get personal feedback from peers and MCE faculty on your progress.

Learn, Practice and Use

Learn to set personal objectives and develop a plan for your own career and knowledge development
Be able to apply creative thinking in difficult situations, and act more assertively when appropriate
Develop the confidence to handle stressful and delicate situations
Learn how to set priorities and manage your time

Programme Details

The Professional Executive Assistant is a 4 day or 6 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme focuses on the key skills you need in your role as an executive assistant today including: communication skills, assertiveness, time management and more.

Eight Programme Modules

1 | Motivation and Time Management

The Changing Business Environment
Understanding Motivation
Time Management

2 | Working More Effectively in a Top Management Team

Setting Decision Making
Diagnosing and analysing issues
Concentrating and making decisions effectively
Getting decisions implemented
Creative Thinking

3 | Understanding Management and Leadership Styles

Understand yourself, your boss and others
Tips for cross-cultural and remote working

4 | Effective Communication

Skills and strategies for handling important relationships
How to improve performance
How to improve self-confidence

5 | Conflict Management

Conflict Management

6 | Assertiveness

Negotiating, persuading, influencing techniques
Giving feedback Them in a Virtual Environment

7 | Projecting Yourself and Effective Presentation Skills

Projecting Yourself and Effective Presentation Skills

8 | Working on Continued Personal Growth

Working on Continued Personal Growth

Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

Upcoming Programmes

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4 days

€2,995

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Location

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28 Jul – 31 Jul 2025

Vienna

City Centre

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06 Oct – 09 Oct 2025

Frankfurt

Radisson Blu Hotel, Frankfurt

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6 sessions

€2,995

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Sessions

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06 Oct – 09 Oct 2025

8 Sessions

06 Oct, 09:00 – 12:00CET
06 Oct, 14:00 – 17:00CET
07 Oct, 09:00 – 12:00CET
07 Oct, 14:00 – 17:00CET
08 Oct, 09:00 – 12:00CET
08 Oct, 14:00 – 17:00CET
09 Oct, 09:00 – 12:00CET
09 Oct, 14:00 – 17:00CET

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Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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The Professional Executive Assistant

The Key Issues

Time management

Decision-making

Creative thinking

Key Competences​

Management styles

Communication skills

Assertiveness skills

The Right Programme for You

Highlights

Develop your assertiveness skills and become more creative in driving decisions.

Get personal feedback from peers and MCE faculty on your progress.

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

Eight Programme Modules

Faculty

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

Upcoming Programmes

Contact Us

Contact Us

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

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