Here are a some books and other resources that have influenced and benefited me in the Executive Assistant chair. I recommend them to any EA who would like to brush up on basics, challenge their thinking, and rise to new levels of performance.
Please feel free to contact me to suggest other resources for this list.
Books
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
- The Effective Executive: The Definite Guide to Getting the Right Things Done, by Peter F. Drucker
- The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper, by Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly
- The Chicago Manual of Style, by the Staff of The University of Chicago Press
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, and Roger Angell
- The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, published by Crossway
- Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Manners, Freshly Updated, by Judith Martin
- New Complete Guide to Executive Manners, by Letitia Baldridge
- True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor, by David Mamet
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell
- The Inner Game of Tennis, by W. Timothy Gallwey
Essays
- “Politics and the English Language,” by George Orwell
Audio
- Proverbs: Wisdom for True Living, a 22-part lecture series by Dr. Timothy J. Keller.
Web resources
- LinkedIn: Career networking site. Find old colleagues and get job recommendations.
- Monster: Fully-functional job search website.
- USPS.gov: Useful search capabilities and little-known postal-related information.
- WhitePages: Great for reverse look-ups on phone numbers and addresses. An investigator’s dream.
- CitySearch: If it’s in your city, and it’s worth knowing about, it’s probably here.
Design
- Graphis Design Annual, by B. Martin Pedersen. Inspiration for graphic design and communicating with images.
