Executive Assistant Insights & Professional Development
Thoughtful, well-considered articles supporting executive assistants and administrative professionals across different roles, sectors, and career stages.
The content explores how the profession is evolving, how roles are being redefined, and how the future of work is shaping executive support careers over time — offering perspectives that support clear thinking about your work, your role, and your career direction.
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Achieving an executive assistant career development plan
What other jobs can executive assistants do? A defined career pathway for executive support professionals isn’t obvious and for ambitious administrative professionals, this awareness can be a little disconcerting. However, opportunities for career growth do exist.
Gatekeeper or Facilitator? What’s best for an agile leadership?
As the needs of organisations change, so has the way executive and personal assistants work with their managers and teams to drive outcomes. What is the best type of executive support for today’s agile leadership?
The Good Fight - Challenging Perceptions of Executive Support Professionals
For decades, executive and personal assistants have been fighting the good fight. They are slowly but surely taking steps to dislodge the profession from sticky stereotypes that have long overshadowed its true worth and value.
Achieving PRESENCE with C.A.R.E.
For admin professionals in executive support, having presence is essential to building credibility and engaging with authority.
Work/Life. Is Balance Possible?
With remote work now the norm, the flexible work dynamic that executive and personal assistants were dreaming of was unexpectedly made possible due to the pandemic. Suddenly, the idea that we could finally ‘balance’ work and life was loaded with promise because we were closer to our ‘life’ by working from home. But, the reality has been less than ideal.
Getting through challenging times
Challenges are temporary—but developing a sense of purpose and gratitude is forever.
LEADING THE EVOLUTION: Be the change you want to see
The change needed to make the executive support role more visible, more accepted as a strategic advisor or business partner in name and scope seems daunting. But is it?
From WFH to the new way of work - making a successful transition
Have you started to make the transition to a new type of workplace? The one with the regularly sanitised offices and the expectation of a hybrid WFH/office set up, perhaps? Read on....
Working remotely? Vital skills to thrive in your role
Remote work has been the new normal for most people around the world. In this new way of work, a distinct set of soft skills have become essential for executive and personal assistants to succeed in the workplace.
Struggling to 'be heard'? You're not alone.
The challenge of not 'being heard' is not a unique experience in the life of an executive or personal assistant. Is it a question of credibility? Trust? Perhaps a personality clash? How do you make your voice resonate in your unique workplace dynamic?
6 Steps to Get Your Career Moving Forward
The end of the year signals Performance Review time for many. This is a meeting that can happen in a New York minute. Or, with preparation, it can be a solid opportunity to shape your future and elevate your standing, credibility and value as the business partner the c-suite is looking for.