Friday 25 May 2012

Diploma sunshine


As the summer sun reached London a new group of PAs completed their programme for the APA Diploma in Personal Assistance (DipPA) in the glorious surroundings of the MeliĆ£ White House Hotel near Regents Park.

The final stage of training for the diploma is a combination of validation of prior learning, a series of scenario-based team exercises to test understanding and the last teaching sessions ahead of the final skills test. Again the course was found to be challenging but rewarding and gave attendees valuable tools and techniques to use for the benefit of themselves, their businesses and their bosses.

“This was another strong group and reinforced my belief that PAs are special people and their skills massively misunderstood, not by their bosses but, by others around them,” said Gareth Osborne who mentored this group. “They are increasingly an integrated element of the success of any organisation and vital in enabling their boss to achieve his or her strategic goals. As their real duties become better understood the so will their status and reward. I never cease to be impressed by their talents and diversity.”

Pictured (L-R) are three attendees: Karen Lovatt (from Abu Dhabi), Nasreen Burke and Samantha McElhill.

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