Here are the results of this past weekend’s poll. The focus?

What attributes make you shine in your role as an admin. professional?

The results: 

I asked you to list six of your best professional attributes – technical and/or soft skills. Here’s a compilation of your responses. Again, where an attribute received repeat mentions, I’m listing such terms only once.

• Analytical / problem solver
• Approachable / friendly / caring / personable
• Communications – good communication skills
• Conscientious
• Context / understand context / have an eye on the big picture, while managing details
• Dedicated / hard working
• Delegate appropriately
• Detail-oriented / eye for detail
• Engaged / contribute in team meetings
• Flexible
• Grammar / good grammar
• Influential
• Integrity  / able to speak truth to power
• Knowledgeable
• Leader / servant leadership
• Legal expertise
• Listening skills / good listener
• Loyal
• Management skills
• Negotiating / good negotiating skills
• Organised / organisational skills
• Patient
• Polyglot
• PowerPoint presentations
• Proactive
• Professional Development focus / open to learning/teachable
• Proofreading
• Reliable / “go to” person
• Reporting / effective recording
• Resilient
• Respectful
• Service-minded / competent in prioritising and meeting clients’ needs
• Team player / share ideas / coach junior staff / helpful/supportive of colleagues/fellow EAs, PAs/ fee earners across departments
• Tech-savvy
• Trustworthy
•  Time management

Next … I asked respondents whether you were able to list and identify six of your best professional attributes for this weekend poll. The answer was affirmative for all, and one respondent wrote, ” Although as a pa we have way more than 6 attributes. It depends what tasks are r”. Here, our writer ran out of space; perhaps s/he was referring to what tasks are required?