Example Achievement Log for a Personal Assistant

A year in the life of a Personal Assistant's log

• Jan - task: Restructured recurring calendar blocks for Marcus (CEO). Built templates for board prep, investor calls, and monthly one-on-ones. Saves roughly 40 minutes per week on meeting setup.
• Mar - feedback: Marcus said in a 1:1: "I can actually think during the day now. You've basically given me back two hours a week."
• Mar - achievement: Negotiated hotel rate for Q2 all-hands in Austin: got us from $189 to $156 per room by bundling three nights plus room blocks. Saved the company $4,200 on lodging alone.
• Apr - task: Discovered finance team was booking domestic flights through the wrong corporate account. Caught and corrected three April bookings before they processed. Created shared booking checklist to prevent repeat.
• Jun - achievement: Coordinated three-city fundraising roadshow: San Francisco, New York, Boston. Locked deck versions, coordinated 14 investor meetings, managed 18 flight and hotel changes. Raised $22M Series B.
• Jun - feedback: Lead investor Sarah Chen told Marcus in the closing call: "Your team is organized at a level we rarely see at this stage. Personal Assistant was the glue."
• Aug - task: Took on quarterly board deck coordination while executive assistant was on leave. Built tracker for five board members' feedback, consolidated three rounds of edits, and managed final print logistics for July meeting.
• Sep - achievement: Implemented new expense reporting system. Migrated 18 months of historical data, trained seven staff members, and reduced monthly reimbursement turnaround from 12 days to 3.
• Sep - task: Visa run to Toronto went wrong; Marcus's passport clearance didn't come through until 4 hours before departure. Rebooked flights same day, coordinated with embassy, got him on a 9 PM flight instead of cancelling the investor meeting.
• Nov - achievement: Built relationship with VP of Sales' new scheduler and created handoff protocol for customer dinner logistics. Cut email thread length between our departments from 8 messages to 2 per event.
• Dec - feedback: VP Sales told me in the office kitchen: "Your process is insane. In a good way. Everything just happens and I don't have to think about it."

What makes a strong entry

How this becomes your review in November

Over the year I restructured Marcus's calendar to reclaim roughly two hours per week, which he noted immediately made a real difference in his ability to think strategically. I coordinated the three-city Series B roadshow across San Francisco, New York, and Boston, managing 14 investor meetings and 18 logistics changes, and that process was polished enough that our lead investor specifically mentioned it in the closing call. I also spent the summer covering quarterly board deck coordination while our executive assistant was out, implemented a new expense system that cut reimbursement turnaround from 12 days to 3, and built repeatable handoff protocols with other departments that have made collaboration noticeably smoother.

Starting your own log

Don't try to reconstruct a year you have already had. Start from today, one line whenever something happens, and let it build. The Perform Review Achievement Log does this for you and can capture wins straight from Slack, and how to start an achievement log covers the wider playbook.

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