SEE ALSO: Four Effective Natural Stress Remedies For those of us fortunate enough to have great assistants, we know how significantly they can improve our effectiveness. I’ve been blessed to have two incredibly great assistants, and while each has moved on to positions of greater responsibility, their contributions remain with me.

High Payoff Contributions

The following four items are tasks (or performance areas) that a trusted assistant can undertake readily, freeing your time of up to a couple of hours a day immediately and dramatically improving the operation of your office — unless it’s already a finely-tuned machine.

Potential Game-Changers

The remaining four items contain items some managers are comfortable with, and some items many are very uncomfortable with. No one promised management was easy; these potential game changers can help a great assistant help you be vastly more effective. (Photo credit: Young Woman Wearing Headset via Shutterstock)

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