The Strategic AI Assistant: Certified AI Masterclass for Personal Assistants

The Strategic AI Assistant: Certified AI Masterclass for Personal Assistants

MASTERCLASS OVERVIEW

Artificial intelligence has moved from a novelty to a core operating requirement for administrative and executive support professionals. Generative AI tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Google Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude are rapidly being embedded into everyday office workflows — from drafting correspondence and summarising reports to managing complex diaries and travel logistics. Organisations that fail to equip their Personal Assistants with these capabilities risk falling behind on efficiency, responsiveness and executive decision support, while their competitors extract measurable productivity gains from the same technology.

Personal Assistants occupy a uniquely privileged position at the centre of executive information flow. This makes them ideally placed to become an organisation’s most effective adopters of AI — but it also means they carry significant responsibility for data confidentiality, accuracy and ethical use. The PA who masters AI does not merely work faster; they shift from reactive task execution toward proactive, insight-driven support — anticipating executive needs, synthesising information before it is asked for, and freeing senior leaders to focus on strategic priorities.

Failure to build this capability leaves organisations exposed to inefficient administrative processes, inconsistent quality of executive communications, missed opportunities for automation, and PAs who remain confined to a purely administrative role. Conversely, organisations that invest in AI-enabled Personal Assistants gain a genuine strategic multiplier: faster turnaround on executive deliverables, higher-quality briefings and reports, and administrative professionals who function as true business partners.

The Dupleix Institute 5-Day Certified AI Masterclass for Personal Assistants is a practitioner-focused, intensive training programme designed to transform Personal Assistants into strategic business partners. The first three days build deep, hands-on fluency in generative AI tools — advanced prompt engineering, process automation, no-code workflow design, data synthesis, AI-powered research, and AI governance and ethics. The final two days build the critical human capabilities that determine whether that technical fluency translates into real strategic value: proactive time management, stakeholder management, executive communication, emotional intelligence, and professional information governance.

All content is grounded in real administrative and executive-support scenarios and is consistently contextualised to the demands of a modern corporate or public sector office environment. Case studies, exercises and self-assessment tools are drawn from realistic PA and executive-support scenarios to ensure direct relevance and immediate applicability from the first day back at the desk.

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Investment:  R14 999 Excl VAT (Excluding Corporate Gift)

Investment:  R19 999 Excl VAT (Including Corporate Gift)

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