
Trying to match your natural working style with your diary commitments. You need to leverage your time as well as possible and not have it wasted by poorly-run meetings, or meetings you didn’t need to go to at all!
Making sure time is only set aside if (and only if!) there is a clear objective and agenda for each appointment. Ensuring you are always aware of your commitments and don’t miss anything, even if your schedule is changed at short notice. Scheduling appointments with sufficient buffer time between them, to allow for travel time, pre-meeting preparation or even a much-needed lunch break. However, don’t be fooled, the topic is more complex than that – after all, just about anyone can add an event to Outlook! Yes, the clue is in the name: diary management is the management of your diary. It’s a valuable skill to get to grips with – whether you want to do it yourself or want to know more about the topic so you can feel confident entrusting your schedule to a PA. In this post, we’ll explore what it takes to successfully manage your busy schedule. But what exactly does it take to manage their diary successfully? What does it take to have really great “diary management skills”?
With an ever-growing team of Virtual PAs at Virtalent, I’d estimate upwards of 25% of the time we spend working for our clients is spent on diary management.