Career Development
Issue: June / July 2025

AI and the Art of Influence

By - May 25, 2025

Influence is not given, it is claimed, explains Lucy Brazier
Career Development
Issue: June / July 2025

The 2025 State of the Profession

By - May 25, 2025

Lucy Brazier explains how administrative professionals can lead, evolve, and thrive in her review of 2025 ASAP State of the Profession Report
Career Development
Issue: April / May 2025

Indispensable

By - March 25, 2025

Lucy Brazier and Melba Duncan discuss her legacy, leadership, and the future of the Assistant profession
Leadership
Issue: February / March 2025

Empowering Administrative Leaders: Insights from Louise Mandalia

By - January 25, 2025

During a recent session of Executive Support’s Administrative Leaders Network, Louise Mandalia shared her journey, insights, and strategies for empowering administrative professionals to thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Profiles
Issue: August / September 2024

PROFILE – Margot Roache-Green

By - July 25, 2024

Margot Roache-Green is the 2023 San Francisco Admin Awards’ recipient of the Jeannette Castellano Lifetime Achievement Award, with an extraordinary career spanning 63 years… and counting!
Processes & Procedures
Issue: April / May 2024

Organising Your Executive’s Travel

By - March 25, 2024

Lucy Brazier shares her top tips for successfully organizing an executive who travels a lot  
Business Strategy & Acumen Cover Story
Issue: October / November 2023

Building Powerful Partnerships

By - September 25, 2023

In this extract from her new book, The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential, Lucy Brazier explains the importance of building powerful partnerships
Editor's Letters
Issue: April / May 2023

Show the World What Administrative Professionals REALLY Do

By - March 26, 2023

It’s coming up to Administrative Professionals Week. Everywhere I turn, we seem to be celebrating excellence.
Events Excellence
Issue: April / May 2023

A Fascination with Excellence and Customer Service

By - March 25, 2023

Reto Leder is CEO of Trafo Baden. In this interview he explains why putting customer service at the heart of your event will never go out of fashion.
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Editor's Letters
Issue: February / March 2023

Is a Change of Title the Key to Changing Perceptions?

By - January 25, 2023

A chance encounter leads Lucy Brazier to an 'aha moment' about the next generation of managers and administrative job titles
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Editor's Letters
Issue: December 2022 / January 2023

Business as Usual?

By - December 20, 2022

After two years of the pandemic, 2022 was the year things started to get back to normal. Except everything has changed.
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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 - September 26, 2022

One of the most important meetings in the calendar for administrative professionals takes place in October explains Lucy Brazier
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Editor's Letters
Issue: August/September 2022

The Business of Business

By - 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.
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Editor's Letters
Issue: June / July 2022

A Life of Service

By - May 31, 2022

Long before the term 'servant leadership' became popular, Queen Elizabeth II was the epitome of what the term means
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Editor's Letters
Issue: April / May 2022

A New Era

By - 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.
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Editor's Letters
Issue: February / March 2022

Diversity Is a Fact, Inclusion Is an Act

By - 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’