Executive Assistants: Enablers of Informed Business Decisions
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The Path to Becoming an Athena Assistant
Only the top 1% of applicants make it to the Athena Bootcamp – an acceptance rate more exclusive than Harvard University.
How much is an informed, data-driven decision worth? Potentially millions, as the right answer can mean the difference between sustained profitability and bankruptcy in an ever-increasingly complex business world. In fact, a recent McKinsey & Company study found that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, six times as likely to retain customers, and 19 times as likely to be profitable.
Where does that vital information come from? The unsung heroes of informed decision-making are often the Executive Assistants (EAs) working tirelessly behind the scenes, serving as capable counterparts of the most powerful decision-makers and businesses.
The Invaluable Art of Information Gathering
An excellent Executive Assistant possesses a keen understanding of where to source, how to interpret, and communicate complex information. They skillfully navigate industry publications, company databases, and public records, and even leverage their professional networks to extract the most valuable data for their executive. The better the EA, the more impactful the effect of the decision will be. It's a skill, combining resourcefulness with knowing the right questions to ask.
Think of them as curators who not only identify relevant data points but contextualize, filter, and interpret them.
One of the best qualities of an Executive Assistant in analyzing data is being able to separate hype from substantial, distilling vast amounts of information into actionable and measurable insights.
Here are just a few examples for what such an EA can do:
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How much is an informed, data-driven decision worth? Potentially millions, as the right answer can mean the difference between sustained profitability and bankruptcy in an ever-increasingly complex business world. In fact, a recent McKinsey & Company study found that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, six times as likely to retain customers, and 19 times as likely to be profitable.
Where does that vital information come from? The unsung heroes of informed decision-making are often the Executive Assistants (EAs) working tirelessly behind the scenes, serving as capable counterparts of the most powerful decision-makers and businesses.
The Invaluable Art of Information Gathering
An excellent Executive Assistant possesses a keen understanding of where to source, how to interpret, and communicate complex information. They skillfully navigate industry publications, company databases, and public records, and even leverage their professional networks to extract the most valuable data for their executive. The better the EA, the more impactful the effect of the decision will be. It's a skill, combining resourcefulness with knowing the right questions to ask.
Think of them as curators who not only identify relevant data points but contextualize, filter, and interpret them.
One of the best qualities of an Executive Assistant in analyzing data is being able to separate hype from substantial, distilling vast amounts of information into actionable and measurable insights.
Here are just a few examples for what such an EA can do:
