⚡️About Assistants Together I (Henrietta) started Assistants Together in March 2020. I have spent the last ten years working in talent and have worked with thousands of Assistants to help them create the career that they want. One of the things I love the most about my job is speaking with Assistants, when I interview and speak with them I find out so much about their lives, their careers and who they are in the world. I wanted to bring this to you and share what I’ve learnt and am learning thro...
Dec 23, 2020•8 min
Hana Gray is the Founder of the Black and White Office Consultancy and The Office Management Group. Their aim is to support and advise people that are responsible for running offices, including general office management, facilities, procurement and business continuity planning. Hana is a total force within our industry and was on the podcast in March speaking about her career and how she launched these two businesses and grew her community. You can listen to that episode if you haven’t already b...
Dec 17, 2020•36 min•Season 4Ep. 6
⚡️About Assistants Together I (Henrietta) started Assistants Together in March 2020. I have spent the last ten years working in talent and have worked with thousands of Assistants to help them create the career that they want. One of the things I love the most about my job is speaking with Assistants, when I interview and speak with them I find out so much about their lives, their careers and who they are in the world. I wanted to bring this to you and share what I’ve learnt and am learning thro...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 5
⚡️About Assistants Together I (Henrietta) started Assistants Together in March 2020. I have spent the last ten years working in talent and have worked with thousands of Assistants to help them create the career that they want. One of the things I love the most about my job is speaking with Assistants, when I interview and speak with them I find out so much about their lives, their careers and who they are in the world. I wanted to bring this to you and share what I’ve learnt and am learning thro...
Dec 02, 2020•54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Claudia is an incredible networker, starting her business with just 30 LinkedIn connections after leaving a role in a Mayfair Private Equity firm she knew she had to change something. Claudia started networking, developing her knowledge about business and she hasn't stopped. Her tenacity and ability to see the bigger picture in her work and in life is really clear. In this episode we talk about: - Her love of old school stationary - What being organised means to her - How she has always been doc...
Nov 26, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 3
This episode was recorded live for The Miss Jones PA Virtual Showcase last month. I was so excited to have been asked by Lisa to do this, what an honour to be up there with all those amazing speakers and Lisa did such an incredible job organising it all as well. The atmosphere was so great and I loved recording this episode with Michelle Bowditch. I thought it would be really fun for you to be able to listen to it as well in case you weren't at the Virtual Showcase. Huge thanks to Lisa and Miche...
Nov 18, 2020•39 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Jacqueline Howard is a client experience specialist and virtual assistant who has built her career supporting entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, creators, as well as being the host of the Optimize to Scale podcast. In addition to managing this, Jacqueline is a homeschooler and continues to amaze me with her meticulous time planning to with fit everything she needs to into her day. Jaqueline brings so much focus and rigour to everything that she does. Her operational discipline to conceive and ...
Aug 28, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Christel Arias is the Founder of Elite Assisting, a community for Assistants that she launched in 2019. Christie has an incredibly successful career, having started as a receptionist, Christie is now the Executive Assistant to the CEO and CFO of the Saint Laurent (Americas), within the Kering Group. Previously, Christie has worked in other high profile fashion companies such as Victoria’s Secret and Burberry. Christie really wanted Elite Assisting to be a safe space for Assistants to share ideas...
Aug 13, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Claire Reed is the Founder of The Sunny PA. Claire launched her business in January 2020 and has quickly grown her business in just a few months and during a pandemic! Claire helps creative entrepreneurs and small businesses achieve business growth and work/life balance by doing the tasks they don’t have time to do or that take up too much of their time. Claire has found her niche working with creative businesses, she loves the space and has connected to the work in a way that allows her to real...
Aug 06, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Laura Johnston is the creator of The Assistant's Handbook and a Dubai-based EA. Laura is an EA cheerleader and is passionate about sharing knowledge, team culture and employee engagement. Laura's journey started just out of university when she joined an automotive consultancy supporting the Chairman. Becoming an EA wasn't originally the plan but she immediately found the role hugely rewarding and loved the fact that no two days were the same. Since then Laura has worked in both startups and corp...
Jul 23, 2020•58 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Anna Beam is my guest this week. She is currently the C-Suite Executive Assistant & Office Manager at Engenius < https://engeniusweb.com/ >, a web design & digital marketing agency based in Greenville, South Carolina. Anna has been in the assisting industry since 2012, and is a passionate advocate for empowering other assistants. Anna shares her experiences of becoming an Executive Assistant, her current job and how she has evolved, to take a seat at the leadership table. Anna spea...
Jul 16, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
My guest this week is Suzy Sanders, the Founder of Alchemy Virtual Assistance. Suzy had worked as an Executive Assistant supporting a board level Executive within a global recruitment company, but her outlook, mind set and focus shifted dramatically when she became a mother. Alchemy Virtual Assistance was founded by Suzy in 2016, to provide remote administration, practical marketing and flexible PA support to businesses. Suzy wanted the three F’s, as she calls them: freedom, flexibility and fulf...
Jul 02, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Ursula is the Founder of Capital EA, a virtual and in-person Executive Assistant and concierge service based in Canberra, Australia, which she founded after she was made redundant in 2010. Ursula spotted a need in the market for remote Assistants and having worked with an Executive who had been remote for sometime, she was able to understand how to develop that experience into a new and viable career. Ursula built her business around three key pillars; Coaching for Assistants which she runs onli...
Jun 25, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 10
My guest this week on Assistants Together is Rebecca Steifle. Becca is an Executive Assistant to an Executive Director and a Board of Commissioners at Renewable Water Resources in South Carolina. Becca’s story really resonated with me. She loves her job and the joy that it clearly gives her is obvious when you hear her speak. Becca and I discuss her career, beginning with how started as an Executive Assistant and then spent twenty years in Banking, working for a Community Bank. Becca found her w...
Jun 18, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Jess and I discuss what her motivation was to create The Assistant Room and how she has created a hugely successful business. The Assistant Room is a testament to Jess's tenacity and commitment, Jess has brought Assistants from all over the world together. Jess has recently introduced The Assistant Room Ambassadors and has an event coming up in July. Jess has many more plans for The Assistant Room and I was so pleased to speak with her. In 2016, after spending ten years as an EA working for heav...
Jun 12, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Melissa Peoples is a productivity and organization expert who coaches and trains Executive Assistants to elevate their profession and take their seat at the table. As a career C-suite Executive Assistant and Certified Microsoft Trainer, she uses her unique experience to bridge the gap between technology and practical application that enables Executive teams to manage the demands of their career. By building a framework of communication, organization, and automation, she helps executive teams bec...
Jun 05, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Jeremy Burrows is a longtime Executive Assistant supporting high-capacity, influential leaders. He's worked with CEOs, Professional Athletes, Celebrities, Pastors, Authors, Billionaires, and Board Members in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors. Jeremy is EA to the Founder and CEO of Capacity – an artificial intelligence software company in St. Louis, MO. Jeremy is also founder of the online Assistant and Executive training resource LeaderAssistant.com (aka - GoBurrows.com), and host of the...
May 28, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Hana Gray is a specialist office and facilities management consultant with over 15 years’ experience; she founded Black & White Office Consultancy in 2016 and a unique online resource, The Office Management Portal in 2017. Hana has worked for companies that include JP Morgan, RBS, City Index & Berenberg as the Office / Facilities Manager managing teams of up to 10 staff and managing all aspects of the office to include Health & Safety, Procurement, Reception, Business Continuity, Fac...
May 22, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Lauren Bradley is the founder of The Officials, an online platform that empowers assistants through community, courses and coaching. She is passionate about providing affordable and accessible training. A truly international powerhouse, she has worked in the USA, UK and with companies in Australia and Thailand. She is a private PA to HNWIs, corporate trainer, mentor and coach, brand ambassador and public speaker. She currently lives in London where you can find her constantly neglecting her cup ...
May 14, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The incredible Lindsay Taylor from Your Excellency, a learning and development specialist who works with clients globally and just fabulous person. I’m sure you know her or have attended one of her amazing conferences. Lindsay has taken her training and coaching online during the pandemic. Lindsay has been a huge advocate for EAs, PAs and Admins and her passion is to allow people to understand just how much value they are to the organisations they work with. It was such a pleasure to speak with ...
May 04, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Michelle Bowditch from Door20A speaks with me today about the variety of tech based challenges that have been occurring due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Assistants all around the world have moved entire companies to people’s homes in a matter of days. Many Exec’s aren’t familiar with the platforms available to them and the speed with which this has happened has left Assistants implementing new ways of working and staying connected. Michelle brings so many useful and highly practical strategies and ...
Mar 30, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Phoenix Normand is the Chief of Trib. and he’s travelled around the world delivering training. Finding out what it really means to be a top performing Assistant and helping people achieve it. Trib. brings people together and is a real community. We speak about his career, his book and how Assistants are responding to having to go above and beyond at the moment. His own experience as an Executive Assistant in Silicon Valley and commitment to other Assistants really shines in this episode. If you ...
Mar 27, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Aimee and I talk about what it’s like for us at the moment as we were trying to come to terms with our new temporary normal and feeling so many different and conflicting emotions. Aimee speaks about how we can give ourselves the permission to be kind to ourselves during this enormously challenging time. Aimee really does help me work through some of the things I often suffer from like perfectionism, which has no place in a time like this and how we can try to take each day at a time to try to ke...
Mar 26, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Skevi Constantinou is an Executive Assistant and the Founder of The PA Way, a platform for Assistants. Having originally trained as a Chef, life threw a curve ball and she had to change career direction. Skevi re-trained and became an EA working with many corporates throughout the UK. Skevi’s tenacity, positivity and creativity has led her to create an Assistant platform that inspires, motivates and empowers Assistants but additionally supports, develops and creates truly unique events for Assis...
Dec 12, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Emilia Powell is my guest this week, Emilia is an incredibly talented Virtual Assistant who has built her career, and now business , due to her entrepreneurial attitude and through the ability to take the first step. Her Virtual Assistant business started in London and has allowed her to travel through Europe, India and she is currently in very sunny Bali. Emilia’s story is one of approaching life with a sense of understanding yourself and working out what’s been holding you back. Her growing bu...
Nov 28, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Will Graham is my guest on Assistant Stories this week. Will has an incredibly successful career supporting celebrities such as the astronomer Shelley Von Strunkle, the presenter Claudia Winkleman and the artist Jonathan Yeo. Will speaks really fondly and openly about his career, the people he has supported and how the people he has worked alongside have shaped and influenced him over the years. We discuss this and how the industry is evolving, the importance or networking for support and whats ...
Nov 21, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Aimee Browne is a fantastic Assistant who candidly speaks about how she developed her career, her subsequent burnout and the incredible journey to becoming a super successful Coach for Assistants. If you’re interested in connecting with Aimee, and I think you should...you can find her on: Insta: http://bit.ly/2lIrjUc FB: http://bit.ly/2lKz6AK Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2p31PTm Where she shares, tips, strategies and general infectious positivity. You can also email her directly on themindfulassistan...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
