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Executive Education

Project Management for Administrative Professionals

Lead your projects and large tasks to success

Feeling overwhelmed by tasks and deadlines? Designed for executive assistants and other administrative professionals, this program shows how to use project management techniques to change the way you approach projects and large tasks. Learn how to plan, prioritize and manage projects and deadlines in fast-paced work environments, with less stress and better results.

Executive assistants, office administrators, administrative assistants, coordinators, and other administrative staff.

  • Make sound decisions about how and where to direct your time and energy
  • Take better control by differentiating project tasks from daily ongoing tasks
  • Build skills in planning, prioritizing, monitoring, controlling and evaluating projects and timelines
  • Apply project management and communication processes for supporting multiple people and projects in a team setting
  • Overcome common project challenges and avoid getting overwhelmed
  • Manage project workloads more efficiently, and lead projects for maximum results
  • Project management terminology
  • Creating a project kick-off document that captures the goals, completion criteria an all of the work to be done
  • Identifying and communicating with project stakeholders
  • Using a work breakdown structure to better plan tasks and check points
  • Applying project templates to develop communication, risk and task management plans 
  • Generating a realistic project schedule
  • Tools for tracking and controlling projects
  • Responding proactively to project risks and changes
  • Improving your team leadership skills in a project environment
  • Practical solutions to common project challenges
  • Closing out project activities successfully

Special features

You will work on a variety of project scenarios, applying what you are learning to real-world situations. You will leave with a reference guide and templates to support ongoing learning back at work.

Tracy Page

Tracy Page

Tracy is a certified project management consultant who works locally and internationally to help clients deliver successfully on complex strategic projects. Her workshops in project management, communication and leadership help team members develop their delivery skills and become more effective in their day-to-day working relationships.

Upcoming sessions

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Jun 22 - 23, 2023
$2195.00 + tax (5%)

In-person

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8:30am – 4:30pm in Vancouver, BC

8:30am – 4:30pm in Vancouver, BC

UBC Robson Square
Oct 18 - 19, 2023
$2195.00 + tax (5%)

In-person

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8:30am – 4:30pm in Vancouver, BC

8:30am – 4:30pm in Vancouver, BC

UBC Robson Square

Participating organizations

Success stories

"A great step-by-step approach to the fundamentals of a project. So many levels were looked at, but at a manageable pace and with great instructor interaction.”  
“This program was all that I hoped it would be. When I returned to my organization, I felt confident and ready to use what I have learned. I am excited to assist my department with our projects.”

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