Editor’s Letters

Editor's Letters
Issue: December 2023 / January 2024

Our Focus for 2024 and Beyond

By Kathleen Drum - November 25, 2023

Kathleen Drum explains the skills that Executive Support Magazine will be focussing on for the next 12-24 months

Editor's Letters
Issue: October / November 2023

Partnerships, Presence and Planning

By Kathleen Drum - September 25, 2023

Collaboration is the hallmark of a great Assistant-Executive relationship. But, whilst planning for the new year, don’t forget to plan your own development and training explains Kathleen Drum

Editor's Letters
Issue: August / September 2023

A New Road of Professional Growth Awaits

By Kathleen Drum - July 25, 2023

The times are definitely changing, and a new road of professional growth awaits. Use this issue as your guide and let us support you on your journey.

Editor's Letters
Issue: June / July 2023

The Changing of the Guard

By Kathleen Drum - May 25, 2023

Some things may be changing behind the scenes, but our commitment to you, and the profession, remains the same, explains Kathleen Drum

Editor's Letters
Issue: April / May 2023

Show the World What Administrative Professionals REALLY Do

By Lucy Brazier OBE - March 26, 2023

It’s coming up to Administrative Professionals Week. Everywhere I turn, we seem to be celebrating excellence.

Editor's Letters
Issue: February / March 2023

Is a Change of Title the Key to Changing Perceptions?

By Lucy Brazier OBE - January 25, 2023

A chance encounter leads Lucy Brazier to an 'aha moment' about the next generation of managers and administrative job titles

Editor's Letters
Issue: December 2022 / January 2023

Business as Usual?

By Lucy Brazier OBE - December 20, 2022

After two years of the pandemic, 2022 was the year things started to get back to normal. Except everything has changed.

Editor's Letters
Issue: October / November 2022

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead

By Lucy Brazier OBE - September 26, 2022

One of the most important meetings in the calendar for administrative professionals takes place in October explains Lucy Brazier

Editor's Letters
Issue: August/September 2022

The Business of Business

By Lucy Brazier OBE - July 25, 2022

The number of calls that we are taking from businesses wanting to understand how to best utilize their administrative function means that consultancy is fast becoming part of our core business.

Editor's Letters
Issue: June / July 2022

A Life of Service

By Lucy Brazier OBE - May 31, 2022

Long before the term 'servant leadership' became popular, Queen Elizabeth II was the epitome of what the term means

Editor's Letters
Issue: April / May 2022

A New Era

By Lucy Brazier OBE - April 5, 2022

Change is always hard. Our routines have changed, as have our social relationships and boundaries, so it's natural to feel a level of anxiety.

Editor's Letters
Issue: February / March 2022

Diversity Is a Fact, Inclusion Is an Act

By Lucy Brazier OBE - January 25, 2022

Time and again in our profession we see examples of a lack of inclusion, some being so ingrained they are viewed as ‘normal’ and ‘‘acceptable’

Editor's Letters
Issue: December 2021 / January 2022

An Emotional Rollercoaster

By Lucy Brazier OBE - December 7, 2021

The emotional rollercoaster we are all riding changes weekly. Let’s concentrate on creating a new world of work, based on the right resources and support.

Editor's Letters
Issue: October / November 2021

Let’s Go Change the World!

By Lucy Brazier OBE - September 30, 2021

We are delighted to publish a supplement containing the Global Skills Matrix with commentary from some of the world’s leading authorities on our profession about what it means.

Editor's Letters
Issue: August / September 2021

Your Skills Define Your Role

By Lucy Brazier OBE - July 31, 2021

The Global Skills Matrix : a globally recognised framework for administrators and HR teams that makes it possible to realise the potential to an organisation of an effective administrator

Editor's Letters
Issue: June / July 2021

Dedicated to the Profession

By Lucy Brazier OBE - May 31, 2021

There have been a few moments since I began this journey 10 years ago when I have pinched myself and wondered how I got here.