Some things you can only learn the hard way. You can shout at a salesman, moan at manager, disagree with a director. But never, never, upset a PA.
Why? Because PAs wield so much power within the modern business environment. Operating at the very heart of every organisation and its strategy.
The role is far more than just being a gatekeeper, deciding whether to put a caller through to a director’s phone or book them a lunchtime appointment. The modern PA is a professional in every sense – trained, independent and empowered often pulling together HR, Health & Safety, event management, marketing initiatives, and office management, as well as their normal PA duties.
They make the organisation run smoothly, ensuring that everyone is where they are meant to be, at the right time, with the right information, in front of the right people. It’s they who are the experts on who to contact in an emergency; who remind directors of a vital call, smooth over ructions, act as peacemaker, remember vital details, spot the problems, make important financial and tactical decisions on the day to day running of a business.
Get it right and the business appears to run effortlessly. Get it wrong and reputations can be irreparably damaged, business lost, opportunities squandered.
In fact, the modern PA is like an orchestral conductor, quietly making sure that a large number of busy, demanding and competing individuals, each with their own particular agendas, skills and foibles, come together as an effective, harmonious whole.
Increasingly the PA is – quite literally – the voice of the operation, the first real decision maker any outsider comes up against.
At the Corporate Gift Company, we find that the majority of our enquiries come from PA’s. Often tasked with finding a promotional item or business gift in an impossible timeframe, engraved with a corporate logo, and packed in presentation boxing. Of course the best thing we can do is guarantee to deliver on time and in budget, but we also like to give an incentive of our own – a free gift with every order.
Spend up to £100 and get:
• Promotional Pen Worth: £22
• Leather Travel Wallet: £65 (Order value between £100 – £500)
• Corporate Leather Briefcase / Laptop Bag: £99 (Order value between £500 – £1000)
• Promotional Leather Weekend Holdall: £150 (Order value £1000+)
You can choose colour for each product.
Call our sales team today on: 0845 430 2902 to see how the Corporate Gift Co can add value to your corporate PAs gifts.
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