Check requests, collect missing files, open approval tasks. Every one is ready to run, and you can adjust it in plain language.
Reply to work email and alert the backup to pressing leader requests.
Your senders hear back while you're away, and your backup sees requests that need attention before you return.
Draft replies to executive correspondence for review.
Get a reply draft in the original email conversation when you're unsure what to say, with the earlier exchange taken into account.