Education remains one of the most valuable professional tools available to Estate Managers. Whether entering the field for the first time or taking on increased responsibility across complex households, an Estate Manager benefits from formal training, skill-specific instruction, and strategic development.
In many estates, the laundress is handling some of the most fragile and irreplaceable items in the house. One of one couture gowns and suits made by hand on Savile Row require expert care. The skilled laundress knows not only how to interpret laundry care symbols, but has an extensive repertoire of textile reactions to liquids, heat, steam, chemicals, and common care methods.
After 15 years of teaching The Essentials of Household & Estate Management, Estate Management Solutions has redesigned The Essentials Class to enhance its impact on you and your career path!
By identifying potential fire hazards and assessing the condition of fire prevention systems, you can plan procedures that will mitigate risks and ensure the safety of residents and staff should something happen.
Charles MacPherson has put together a playbook for your first 90 days.
When you hire new household staff, you cannot expect them to know exactly what you want or how you want it done. Even though you may have covered some of the job requisites during the interview process, you still need to develop an effective household staff training plan.
Cross-training among staff members is a great way to get everyone on the same page and to build consistency with service delivery. The experience provides an opportunity for employees to grow professionally while expanding their skill sets and strengthening their bond with the team. PRO MEMBER CONTENT
Forbes Magazine reported that in 2020 there were roughly 500 new billionaires in the US – many hiring an Estate Manager for the first time. Here’s our chance to train our employer by: shifting out-of-date expectations, implementing boundaries and providing win/win solutions to our industry’s toughest challenges, to create a sustainable position that you love.
There’s no ‘single path’ to becoming an Estate Manager. Here from a panel that transitioned from various backgrounds and get their tips and advice. The panel will be followed by a breakout Q&A / workshop that you’ll automatically be seated in when the discussion ends so that you can add to the conversation.
Relevant and focused training improves skills, increases productivity, and builds an indispensable network of international subject matter experts. Hot training topics include cybersecurity, crisis management, and digital organization in a virtual world.
This is it, the key moment all the previous steps have been preparing you for. What happens next will be the difference between being offered a dream job or experiencing the nightmare of rejection or even worse, the acceptance of a horrible fit.
Over the course of the pandemic, millions of people lost their jobs. Even though this is a global crisis, you can also use it to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be, professionally.