Business Strategy & Acumen
Issue: October / November 2024
Issue: October / November 2024
The Critical Thinking Assistant
By Cathy Harris - September 25, 2024
Great critical thinking skills help us to solve the many problems and challenges that we face daily, explains Cathy Harris
Leadership
Issue: June / July 2024
Issue: June / July 2024
Why Trust Is an Important Value in the Workplace
By Cathy Harris - May 25, 2024
If we cannot trust our own decisions and judgements, how will we be able to trust others? asks Cathy Harris
Editor's Letters
Issue: February / March 2024
Issue: February / March 2024
New Faces and Fresh Insights
By Kathleen Drum - January 25, 2024
Kathleen Drum extends a warm welcome to the new members of Executive Support Magazine's advisory board
Career Development
Issue: April / May 2023
Issue: April / May 2023
The Silo Syndrome
By Cathy Harris - March 25, 2023
Cathy Harris explains how to move from âsilo syndromeâ to âpowerful networkâ
Profiles
Issue: September / October 2018
Issue: September / October 2018
PROFILE – Cathy Harris
By Kathleen Drum - September 25, 2018
Cathy Harris is the author of The Executive Secretary Guide to Creating an Internal Assistant Network and a mentor for the Isipho Admin Bursary
Opinion
Issue: September / October 2018
Issue: September / October 2018
Dealing with Personal Financial Challenges
By Cathy Harris - September 25, 2018
It is always our decision to spend or not to spend says Cathy Harris
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: January / February 2018
Issue: January / February 2018
Balance
By Cathy Harris - January 25, 2018
To find balance, make realistic choices that add value and harmony to your life as a whole explains Cathy Harris
Leadership
Issue: November / December 2017
Issue: November / December 2017
Creating an Internal Assistant Network
By Cathy Harris - November 25, 2017
In this extract from The Executive Secretary Guide to Creating an Internal Assistant Network, Cathy Harris explains the value of an internal network
Personal Development
Issue: July / August 2016
Issue: July / August 2016
Assistants behaving badly, a double-edged sword
By Cathy Harris - July 25, 2016
Cathy Harris shows us how to be great, be prudent, and prove our integrity
Business Strategy & Acumen
Issue: September / October 2015
Issue: September / October 2015
When Collaboration and Teamwork Meet, Magic Happens!
By Cathy Harris - September 25, 2015
It takes two, says Cathy Harris (or three, or four …) Most of us have experienced that euphoric feeling of falling in love, that feeling of âoh my gosh, this is it!â An explosion of romantic emotion and subtle flutters of butterflies and buzzy bees. It is an amazing and beautiful feeling. Yes, I know,... Read more »
Editor's Letters
Issue: January / February 2015
Issue: January / February 2015
The Way Forward
By Lucy Brazier OBE - January 26, 2015
So thatâs it! The International Year of the Secretary and Assistant is no more. After a year of speaking, writing, campaigning and generally stirring up the worldâs Assistants and Executives it has all come to an end. PAFSA in South Africa will be collating all the results over the next couple of months in order to take a view... Read more »
Cover Story Processes & Procedures
Issue: January / February 2015
Issue: January / February 2015
Creating an Assistant Network Within Your Organisation
By Cathy Harris - January 25, 2015
Cathy Harris leads the way with her comprehensive guide to creating an Assistant Network within your organisation
Cover Story
Issue: November / December 2014
Issue: November / December 2014
Grow Your Career â Expand Your Responsibilities
By Cathy Harris - November 25, 2014
Going through the motions? Cathy Harris has a cure⊠Taking stock of your profession at a point where you feel routine has taken over, when you feel like a robot that gets switched on at 8am and off at 5pm, and when your profession has now become a sense of duty rather than a passion,... Read more »