Opinion
A Death in the Organization: Thinking about the Unthinkable
By Marion Freund - November 25, 2021
Marion Freund wants Assistants to be better prepared if the unthinkable should happen
Opinion
Out of Africa
By Helen Monument - November 25, 2021
Helen Monument shares her experience training young Maasai students in Kenya
Leadership Opinion
Good Morning, I Love You
By Libby Moore - September 25, 2021
Libby Moore discusses bringing the energy of love back into business and teaching people how to love themselves
Opinion
Analyse, Adapt, Approach: Meeting Your Executive Where They Are
By Meghan Breen - September 25, 2021
Use emotional intelligence to manage yourself, your executives and their wider team, explains Meghan Breen
Opinion
Making the transition from Executive Assistant to Strategic Business Partner
By Hettle Vasani - September 25, 2021
Aim for a more strategic role and focus on growing your abilities, explains Hettle Vasani
Opinion
The Pandemic Helped Me Discover the Best Way to Utilize My Strengths
By Evon Wood - September 25, 2021
Evon Wood shares how working from home allowed her to re-evaluate her career development to utilize her strengths
Opinion
A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen
By Bonnie Low-Kramen - July 25, 2021
Bonnie Low-Kramen describes her mutually respectful partnership with Olympia Dukakis, in which they both felt truly supported
Opinion
Bonnie’s Workplace Wish List
By Bonnie Low-Kramen - January 25, 2021
Bonnie Low-Kramen shares her workplace wish list for 2021 We will all remember 2020 as the year that got put on hold. Assistants the world over had what felt like five minutes notice that their world was turning upside down. As we tried to catch our breath, by May we settled into working from home... Read more »
Opinion
We Have Always Worn Masks
By Thom Dennis - January 25, 2021
Thom Dennis explains why we have always worn masks and how COVID-19 has further shaped them Wearing a mask has never been more important; it is saving lives globally. But in business, at home and socially, we already wear many masks. These vary according to the multiple roles that we play in our lives, from... Read more »
Opinion
Recognising Negative Thoughts
By Graham W Price - January 25, 2021
Negative thoughts always want something that cannot be changed to be different explains Graham Price Many years ago, a CEO I worked with shared with me one of his secrets of success. He told me that the way most people think entails ‘wishing for the impossible’. The Executive explained he was referring to negative thoughts.... Read more »
Opinion
Key Lessons Learned from Mental Health Challenges
By Kemetia Foley - November 25, 2020
Kemetia Foley shares key lessons learned from mental health challenges and how they helped her prepare for the pandemic lockdown Twenty-five years ago, a tsunami of years of family chaos, twenty-one moves in 18 years, a divorce, and a binge drinking problem brought me to my knees. Little did I understand how that collapse would... Read more »
Opinion
When the Going Gets Tough
By Shelagh Donnelly - November 25, 2020
Shelagh Donnelly offers her perspective on actions you can take when the going gets tough It’s November, and spring is underway in the southern hemisphere. Those of us in northern climes recently marked the close of Daylight Savings Time for this year. Darkness falls upon our locales a little earlier each day – and will... Read more »
Opinion
Leadership and Social Influence Skills
By Lucia Landini - November 25, 2020
Lucia Landini explores the leadership and social influence skills that Assistants use in their role Assistants are leaders and, like any leader, must improve and develop many skills. 1. Reliability and Trustworthiness Assistants need to be reliable and trustworthy – for our executive(s), for our colleagues and for the organization. Our personal values and traits... Read more »
Opinion
How to Plan a Career Break without Sabotaging Your Career
By Sarah Kerrigan - September 25, 2020
Sarah Kerrigan gives us her top tips on planning a career break Taking a career break is easier than you might think and once you’ve set your mind to it, the process is a simple but meticulous matter of saving and planning, with a clear end goal in sight. I took the time out to... Read more »
Cover Story Opinion
Black Women and the Workplace
By Ayanna Castro - July 25, 2020
Ayanna Castro shares her experiences, and those of other Black women, and the workplace I am Black and I am a woman My mother often reminded me of this because there would be times when I would have to be twice as good to receive half the credit. Degrees, certifications, experience and accomplishments might go... Read more »
Opinion
I am the Woman
By Jacqueline Smith - July 25, 2020
Jacqueline Smith shares her experiences as a Black woman in the United Kingdom I am the girl who couldn’t wait to go to school. I enjoyed learning, making friends, riding my bike and playing after school. A relatively normal childhood. I remember hot summer days when you could play outside until you were exhausted and... Read more »
