Editor's Letters
Issue: March / April 2017

Demand to be inspired and inspire others! ~ Al-Husein N Madhany

By - March 24, 2017

Al-Husein N Madhany blew the stereotypes surrounding the Assistant role out of the water this weekend at Executive Support LIVE in London
Editor's Letters
Issue: January / February 2017

The Power of Association

By - January 25, 2017

On 1 February, one of the oldest Associations for Assistants in the world, EUMA (European Management Assistants) changes its name and brand to IMA (International Management Assistants). And this year, the IAAP (c) celebrates 75 years.
Editor's Letters
Issue: November / December 2016

A Modern Day Epidemic

By - November 25, 2016

Our global and UK Workplace Bullying Survey results have been released; we finally have what we need to prove our point and give the HR departments facts.
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’.
Editor's Letters
Issue: July / August 2016

Space – the final frontier

By - July 26, 2016

I am a great believer that if you don’t make time for recreation then ultimately you will need to make time for illness, explains Lucy Brazier
Editor's Letters
Issue: May / June 2016

I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul ~ Invictus, William Ernest Henley

By - May 29, 2016

Will you take up the challenge? Will you be the master of your fate? Will you be the captain of your soul?
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
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: November / December 2015

Reflections

By - November 30, 2015

The year is drawing to an end and we are entering the period traditionally associated with reflecting on all we have to be grateful for, explains Lucy Brazier
Editor's Letters
Issue: September / October 2015

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others ~ Mahatma Gandhi

By - September 25, 2015

It’s been an extraordinary couple of months, says Lucy Brazier
Editor's Letters
Issue: July / August 2015

A New Dawn

By - July 27, 2015

It has been ten years since there was an in depth piece of research on the Assistant role in the United Kingdom
Editor's Letters
Issue: May / June 2015

Vive la Difference

By - May 26, 2015

This weekend I spent an informative and inspirational day with over 200 Assistants from Italy, says Lucy Brazier
Communication
Issue: May / June 2015

When It’s Not Love at First Sight…

By - May 25, 2015

Lucy Brazier explains three strategies to adopt whilst you rule yourself in or out of this new relationship
Editor's Letters
Issue: May / June 2015

An Open Letter to the World’s CEOs on Administrative Professionals Day

By - May 6, 2015

There is a quiet revolution going on in offices across the world and it is coming from the most unlikely of employees.
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
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, and campaigning it has come to an end.