Over the course of the last two Weekend Polls, we’ve been looking at professional attributes – first your own and then, this weekend, those of your role models and other admin. professionals you admire.The focus of this past weekend’s poll:

What attributes do your role models bring to the profession?

The results: 

You identified a number of qualities, and I’ve compiled them below. Have a look at the range of attributes readers identified, and consider which ones you already possess – or are working on enhancing.

List six qualities/attributes of your professional role model/admin. professionals you admire.  

• Analytical
• Approachable
• Bold
• Calm
• Communications / skilled communicator / superior communication skills
• Composed
• Confident /confidence
• Conscientious
• Courageous / fearless / guts to go for what she wants
• Decisive
• Delegates effectively
• Discretion / discreet
• Efficient
• Empathetic
• Energetic yet poised
• Flexible
• Generous
• Gracefully assertive / able to say no
• Guts to go for what she wants
• Influential
• Informed / makes a point of being aware of sectoral trends
• Initiative / takes initiative
• Innovative
• Inspiring / inspires confidence / inspires trust
• Integrity
• Intelligent
• Kind
• Knowledgeable / makes a point of being well informed
• Leader / leadership qualities
• Multi-tasker
• Organised
• Outcome-focused
• Patient
• Personable
• Poised
• Positive attitude / cheerfulness / positive role model
• Prioritises / able to prioritise and reprioritise
• Proactive
• Professional/consummate professional
• Relationships / Builds effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Represents our company very well
• Resilient
• Resourceful
• Self-motivate
• Tact / tactful
• Tech savvy / technological/IT skills; expert in Excel, charts and diagrams
• Trustworthy / inspires trust
• Unflappable
• Well read

Have you told your role model(s)/admin. professionals you admire that you respect their work? 

• Yes: 82% of respondents
• No: 18% of respondents