In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I talk about the dangers of burnout creep for executive assistants and administrative professionals. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/151 Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community -- In-person meeting planning can be a lo...
Jan 23, 2022•10 min•Ep. 151
In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I talk about what should motivate us as executive assistants and administrative professionals when it comes to professional growth and development. Speaking of, if you're looking for some ways to grow, check out the following resources for your personal and professional development: The Leader Assistant Premium Membership Online Courses for Assistants at Assis...
Jan 16, 2022•16 min•Ep. 150
In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I talk about emotional intelligence, artificial intelligence, and how executive assistants and administrative professionals can future-proof their careers. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/149 Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leaderassistant....
Jan 09, 2022•24 min•Ep. 149
Natasha Huynh (pronounced "win") is a bi-lingual executive assistant with 8+ years of international business experience in the machine tool industry supporting C-Suite Executives. In this episode, Natasha talks about the challenges of working in a cross-cultural environment, across global time zones (check out worldtimebuddy.com fyi), and how she learned to not take things personally. She also shares a bit about her experience attending the all-day, online Leader Assistant Workshop. Speaking of,...
Jan 02, 2022•44 min•Ep. 148
Giovanna de Beij has worked as an executive assistant for 16 years at companies like Mattel, Philips, and HERE Technologies. In this episode, Giovanna shares insight from her years of experience as an executive assistant, including tips on working across cultures and what she would tell new assistants as they begin their career. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/147 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com ...
Dec 26, 2021•23 min•Ep. 147
Mimi Coiffait is a specialist sports industry EA and operations manager with over 10 years of experience supporting high profile organizations. In episode 146 of the podcast, Mimi talks about what it's like planning high-profile events, staying authentic in a world that can have a lot of "show business" elements, how to not take things personally, and more. She also tells us about the time she coordinated an event with Michelle Obama, David Beckham, and SpongeBob SquarePants. :-) Show Notes ->...
Dec 19, 2021•32 min•Ep. 146
Molly Rose Speed is the founder of Virtual Assistant Management, which provides solutions for virtual assistants. In this episode, Molly Rose shares a ton of insight on working remotely, leading a virtual team, building a virtual assistant business, and more. Enjoy our conversation! Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/145 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/commun...
Dec 12, 2021•27 min•Ep. 145
Nancy Imbs is a leadership and professional development consultant with a passion for helping you become more confident and successful in business and beyond. In this episode, Nancy talks about emotional intelligence, giving helpful feedback, and managing difficult conversations. Enjoy the show! Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/144 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leaderassista...
Dec 05, 2021•33 min•Ep. 144
Liza Roman is a seasoned executive assistant with over 25 years in the field. She has extensive experience with all administrative aspects in various industries. She’s held EA positions in the Legal field, music industry, accounting with one of the Big 6, the fashion industry, and more. In this episode, Liza shares stories from her long career, is honest about the sexual harassment and other challenges she's faced over the years, and much more. I was truly inspired by Liza's confidence and joy i...
Nov 28, 2021•30 min•Ep. 143
My friend Meagan Strout (CEO of Tack Advisors - the leading provider of management consulting and recruitment for administrative professionals) agreed to share the recording of this recent webinar she hosted with Lacretia Adamski about planning events in a post-covid world. In this webinar recording, Meagan and Lacretia (senior executive assistant at Salesforce) discuss the new paradigm for event planning, including pre-event communication, onsite testing, and creating a hybrid virtual experienc...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 142
Michelle Bowditch has several years of experience as an executive assistant, and also many years of experience managing events. She currently runs Door20a, a tech consulting agency, and recently founded the Australian Admin Awards. In this episode, Michelle shares her executive assistant career story, and talks about how to anticipate your executive's needs, the importance of elevating respect and recognition for the assistant profession, and much more. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/141 P...
Nov 14, 2021•34 min•Ep. 141
Tessa Young is an executive assistant in Louisville, KY who enjoys learning new tips and tricks to better support her leaders and teams. In this episode, Tessa shares a bit of her story working in a non-profit as an executive assistant . She talks about leading a development program for over 25 assistants in her organization, tips for leading a team of assistants, and how she takes care of herself when her job is to take care of others. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/140 Premium Membership...
Nov 07, 2021•21 min•Ep. 140
Crystal Esquivel and Alessandra Thomas are longtime executive assistants who co-founded the Cleverly newsletter, where they love to curate resources for the EA community, create tools and downloads to share, and encourage positive, confident workstyles. In this episode, Crystal and Alessandra share a bit about their experience as assistants and give us a glimpse of what it's like to work as a team. Of course, they also let us know all about what Cleverly is! Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/...
Oct 31, 2021•28 min•Ep. 139
I'm very excited to share this conversation between Paige McPheely (CEO of Base - the first software for modern assistants) and Llewellyn Gravely (Lead Executive Assistant Business Partner to the Global Head of Uber for Business) from a recent webinar Base hosted called "How to Take Charge of Your Career and Make it Your Own." In this conversation from a recent live webinar, Llewellyn talks about turning passion for diversity and inclusion into becoming a change agent on a global scale for Uber ...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 138
In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I talk about how executive assistants can cultivate a deep-rooted confidence. I hope this episode helps you gain the confidence of a game-changing, Leader Assistant. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/137 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leader...
Oct 17, 2021•15 min•Ep. 137
Nick Ginsburg is a passionate and innovative Executive Assistant and mental health advocate. By day he is the Executive Assistant to the Provost and Senior Vice-President at Monash University and by night he is the host of The Open Drive Podcast and Founder of The Collective, a judgment-free community for administrative professionals worldwide. Nick and I talk about authenticity, building and cultivating a community, and more! Note: this is Nick's second appearance on the show, so be sure to che...
Oct 10, 2021•39 min•Ep. 136
Tarah J is the executive assistant to the chief marketing officer at PODS. She has over 10 years of administrative support experience, including many years at Estée Lauder Companies in New York. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Tarah shares her EA career story, tips for leading your executive(s), and advice for new assistants. I really enjoyed Tarah's energy and passion for the EA profession and trust you will too! Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/135 Premium Membership ->...
Oct 03, 2021•42 min•Ep. 135
Shayanne Wright is a Los Angeles based two time startup builder. Currently, she helps executive assistants manage and measure the right tasks in company operations while getting them off the craziness of Email/ Slack/ Calendar and onto the Office Otter software. This enables them to send tasks in one click, organize their task list, and get real time insights on their reports. In this episode, Shayanne shares why she started a software company to support EAs, and how assistants can support their...
Sep 26, 2021•46 min•Ep. 134
Ever since my book, The Leader Assistant came out, people have asked me why I chose to use an image of a climbing rope and carabiner for the book's cover. Well, I'm glad you asked. In this episode, I share a recording from my book launch party where I walk through the multiple meanings of the rope and carabiner image. I also share a quick overview of the entire book, so I hope you enjoy it! Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/133 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book ->...
Sep 19, 2021•17 min•Ep. 133
In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I talk about the loneliness assistants can feel, as well as the dehumanization of our role. I hope this episode reminds you that you're not alone and encourages you to seek out a community of assistants to support you. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/132 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events ->...
Sep 12, 2021•17 min•Ep. 132
In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Luiza Schneider talks about the importance of prioritizing self-care, specifically by finding and spending time on hobbies you love. She rightly encourages us to find hobbies that energize us and free us from the grind of "being productive." Luiza's hobbies include competing in world swimming championships and hiking national parks. This episode is a great reminder that we are all more than professionals – we are human beings with one life, so we...
Sep 05, 2021•33 min•Ep. 131
This episode is special because my friend Meagan Strout (CEO of Tack Advisors - the leading provider of management consulting and recruitment for administrative professionals) agreed to share the recording of one of their recent webinars called "Admin Leader in Action!" Meagan hosts an engaging conversation with Tack Advisors' Executive Business Partner, Alexa Gundermann and Alissa Stearman, Executive Business Partner to the CEO and Co-Founders of sweetgreen. Alissa and Alexa discuss the dos and...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 130
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to answer the following questions from assistants all over the world: How do you manage a team where one person has poor boundaries and the other is happy to take advantage? How do you encourage a fellow EA to be more humble? How do you encourage people to be accountable to deadlines? What is the ONE core competency that an EA must have to be excellent? What’s the greatest bias you have encountered as an EA? Show Note...
Aug 22, 2021•16 min•Ep. 129
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to answer the following questions from assistants all over the world: Do you ever suffer from imposter syndrome? Have you ever reached a place when you want to leave a company or are feeling unfulfilled and how have you dealt with that? What conversations have you had? What was the transition like from working within a church (non-profit) environment and then transitioning to the corporate (for-profit) world? I'm real...
Aug 15, 2021•14 min•Ep. 128
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to answer the following questions about my podcast from assistants all over the world: How do you handle negative reviews about your podcast? Who are the top three people you would love to interview on your podcast but haven’t had the opportunity to? How long does it take you to produce each episode? How do you decide who to have on the show? What tools do you use to record, edit, and publish your podcast? Show Notes ...
Aug 08, 2021•15 min•Ep. 127
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to answer the following questions about my book from assistants all over the world: How do you handle negative reviews about your book? How long did it take you to write the book and what kind of hurdles did you experience during the process? In hindsight, is there anything that you wished you would have added to your book? How much money did it cost you to publish The Leader Assistant? What if an executive does NOT h...
Aug 01, 2021•26 min•Ep. 126
In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to help with a listener's scenario and question about working with an unresponsive executive. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/125 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community -- In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is...
Jul 25, 2021•11 min•Ep. 125
The interviewer (me) gets a chance to be interviewed by you! In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , I do my best to answer the following questions from assistants all over the world: If you didn’t have to worry about money and paying your bills, what passion would you pursue? If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self at the beginning of your career, what would it be? What is your best piece of advice for maintaining a good work/life balance? Especially...
Jul 18, 2021•12 min•Ep. 124
Ann Hiatt is a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years of experience as the Executive Business Partner for Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon, and as Chief of Staff for Eric Schmidt, CEO/Executive Chairman of Google. In this episode, Ann shares the story of how she landed the job supporting Jeff Bezos at Amazon (after a 9 month interview process), the time she booked a helicopter for Bezos that ended up crashing, and what it was like growing in her career while working at Amazon in the “early” d...
Jul 11, 2021•46 min•Ep. 123
Stephanie Slagle is the Executive Operations Director at MountainSeed, a commercial real estate services company in Atlanta, GA. In this episode, Stephanie walks through a game-changing process she and her team use to lead productive and efficient meetings with the c-suite and leadership teams at her company. Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/122 Premium Membership -> leaderassistant.com/membership Book -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com Free Community ->...
Jul 04, 2021•36 min•Ep. 122
