[alexinparis]

Hi everyone!

Here is my current issue. I've just started my new job as senior PA to the CEO of a division within a large luxury group. The division includes two directors (HR and Financial) who each have an assistant. And then there are several project managers and financial controllers on staff. My boss would like me to work on better coordination for the entire team. As I'm the newbie my first ideas were, diplomatically, setting up brief weekly monday meetings with the two assistants and requesting that they give me their superiors' schedule (even if these are ever changing) on Friday afternoons. I'm also doing the rounds of all the other senior staff, diplomatically once more, to find out exactly what they do, what their priorities are and any cyclical scheduling events.

Please, any other suggestions/advice/reading? I have to underline that this is a French company and not at all touchy feely. But I would like to act as a catalyst for better information flow in all directions.