Likely the employee who most significantly impacts the superintendent’s performance is the Executive Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent (superintendent’s secretary). A good one can broaden the scope and quality of your work, and alternatively a bad one can severely hinder your progress. Today, let’s discuss four qualities required in an effective administrative assistant, and how we can move individuals toward these ideals. To begin, it is essential the individual be trustworthy. Superintendents must have the freedom to speak freely with, and around, their administrative assistant enjoying the strictest levels of confidentiality. It is not just the sensitivity of the topics …