Opinion
Issue: May / June 2018

Executive Support LIVE – a Conference that is more than a Conference

By - May 25, 2018

Julia Schmidt explains how attending Executive Support LIVE has expanded her learning experience
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: May / June 2017

One Profession One Voice

By - May 25, 2017

Music is the oldest language in the world and has the power to connect people at an emotional level says Helen Rees
Profiles
Issue: May / June 2017

PROFILE – Wendy Rapana

By - May 25, 2017

Wendy Rapana is the former President and current Business Development Adviser for the Association of Administrative Professionals New Zealand (AAPNZ).
Editor's Letters
Issue: September / October 2016

How Will You Serve Your Profession?

By - September 26, 2016

Those of us that are doing well have a duty to give back. As Gandhi said ‘the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others’.
Profiles
Issue: May / June 2016

PROFILE – Kathleen Drum

By - May 25, 2016

Introducing the new Editor of Executive Support Magazine, Kathleen Drum
Editor's Letters
Issue: March / April 2016

Don’t just count your years, make your years count

By - March 25, 2016

Back in 2011, with 23 years’ publishing experience behind me, I took the leap of faith and launched Executive Secretary as a global magazine
Opinion
Issue: March / April 2016

A Conference is not just a Conference

By - March 25, 2016

Joanie Nel explains why attending a conference, such as LIVE Johannesburg, can be a minefield of golden nuggets ready and waiting for you to snatch them up
Editor's Letters
Issue: January / February 2016

The Gift

By - January 28, 2016

Our new Isipho Admin Bursary will provide opportunities for those who have limited access to educational resources to train for a year to be an Assistant.
Editor's Letters
Issue: March / April 2015

One Profession, One Voice

By - March 25, 2015

Our friend Bonnie Low Kramen is fond of saying that there has never been a more exciting time to be an Assistant. She’s right! There is so much change in the pipeline and the role is evolving like never before. As promised, the video we made of Assistants all over the world that we put... Read more »
Events Excellence
Issue: March / April 2015

So You’re Attending Executive Support LIVE – Now What?

By - March 25, 2015

Kathleen Drum’s guide to getting the most from a conference
Editor's Letters
Issue: January / February 2015

The Way Forward

By - January 26, 2015

So that’s it! The International Year of the Secretary and Assistant is no more. After a year of speaking, writing, campaigning and generally stirring up the world’s 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 »
Editor's Letters
Issue: November / December 2014

Excellence and the Assistant – doing ordinary things extraordinarily well

By - November 25, 2014

Striving for excellence is an important part of professionalism in any job explains Lucy Brazier
Editor's Letters
Issue: September / October 2014

Coming Full Circle

By - September 27, 2014

Earlier in the month, I had the honour of presenting the keynote at PAFSA’s IYOTSA Conference in South Africa. As Global Brand Ambassador for International Year of the Secretary and Assistant, I have visited many countries this year, explaining to Assistants how the role has changed and encouraging them to think of themselves as strategic... Read more »
Editor's Letters
Issue: July / August 2014

Summer Space

By - July 25, 2014

As many of you know, I spend my summers out at our apartment in Spain. I am still working but it gives me head space to plan and look at new options that we might offer you in the coming year. It’s a precious time, where I have time and space to step back from... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: July / August 2014

PROFILE – Matthew Want

By - July 25, 2014

Matthew Want is EA to Lucy Brazier, Publisher of Executive Secretary Magazine
Editor's Letters
Issue: May / June 2014

Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

By - May 27, 2014

So here is the thing. Those of you that have seen me speak or met me in person will know that I have a pathological phobia of flying. It has been known to scare me so much that it has made me physically sick. Even the thought of flying sent me into apoplexy and heading... Read more »