Cathy Harris

Personal Development
Issue: August / September 2025

Constant Change is the New Administrative Challenge

By Cathy Harris - July 25, 2025

Cathy Harris, author of The Executive Support Guide to Creating an Internal Assistant Network, shows us how to power up and become a change agent champion

Personal Development
Issue: April / May 2025

Moving From Perfectionism to Pragmatism

By Cathy Harris - March 25, 2025

We need to see perfection as a horizon that we can see but accept that we will never reach, explains Cathy Harris

Leadership
Issue: February / March 2025

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

By Cathy Harris - January 25, 2025

Use Cathy Harris’s top tips to own the decision-making process for you and your executive

Leadership
Issue: December 2024 / January 2025

The Power of the Internal Assistant Network

By Cathy Harris - November 25, 2024

An internal network can significantly impact both individual performance and overall organizational success, explains Cathy Harris

Business Strategy & Acumen
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

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

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

The Silo Syndrome

By Cathy Harris - March 25, 2023

Cathy Harris explains how to move from “silo syndrome” to “powerful network”

Profiles
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

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

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

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

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

When Collaboration and Teamwork Meet, Magic Happens!

By Cathy Harris - September 25, 2015

It takes two, says Cathy Harris (or three, or four ...)

Editor's Letters
Issue: January / February 2015

The Way Forward

By Lucy Brazier OBE - January 26, 2015

So that’s it! The International Year of the Secretary and Assistant is no more. After a year of speaking, writing, and campaigning it has come to an end.