Career Development Cover Story
Take Your Strategic Partnership to the Next Level
By Don Harms - November 25, 2022
Don Harms, CEO of Emmre, details six best practices to take your strategic partnership to the next level
Career Development
How to be a Strategic Partner as the Office Manager
By Hana Gray - November 25, 2021
Translating company objectives into areas you can influence ensures you are seen as an integral part of the business, explains Hana Gray
Career Development
Transactional versus Strategic Executive Assistants
By Michelle Bowditch - March 23, 2021
Michelle Bowditch shares the results from her recent survey and research paper on the role of the Executive Assistant
Editor's Letters
What is Happening Now, Has Happened Before
By Lucy Brazier OBE - July 31, 2020
My timeline is full of people being let go. And whilst it is reminiscent of the last recession, it feels different because everything just changed
Communication
Maintaining a Strategic Partnership in Times of Stress
By Bonnie Low-Kramen - May 25, 2020
Bonnie Low Kramen shares some top tips for maintaining a strategic partnership in times of stress
Opinion
How Executive Assistants Use Influence
By J Basil Read III - May 25, 2020
Basil Read provides the results of his study into how Executive Assistants use influence for the good of the business
Editor's Letters
An Open Letter to Anyone Working with an Assistant
By Lucy Brazier OBE - April 21, 2020
There has never been a more difficult time to be a business leader. You need a proactive administrative partner contributing to the business partnership
Career Development Cover Story
Take Your Seat at the Innovation Table
By Dinah Liversidge - March 25, 2020
If you want a seat at the innovation table, you must take credit for your ideas and make them happen says Dinah Liversidge
Career Development
Ideation and Iteration
By Ebony Belhumeur - March 25, 2020
Ebony Belhumeur discusses ideation, iteration and the art of strategic problem solving
Career Development Leadership
How to Build A Strategic Business Partnership
By Julia Schmidt - January 25, 2020
Julia Schmidt explains how to build a strategic business partnership with your Executive
Career Development Cover Story
See Yourself as a Strategic Partner
By Joan Burge - September 25, 2019
Joan Burge’s top tips on how to become a strategic partner to your executive
Cover Story
Trust me, I’m an Assistant
By Helen Monument - July 25, 2019
When there’s trust in a relationship, you feel confident that the intentions of the other person are honest, genuine and open says Helen Monument
Cover Story
A Road Map for the Future for Professional Assistants
By Melba J Duncan - November 26, 2018
No one can do the work that is necessary to be done in your life but yourself, explains Melba Duncan
Leadership
Becoming a Strategic Partner
By Rhonda Scharf - May 25, 2018
Stop thinking that you are supporting the function of your business and start realizing that you are a strategic partner invested in its success says Rhonda Scharf The days of taking dictation, personal assistance for each boss, and using an old-fashioned typewriter ended in the ‘70s. The secretary is gone. From secretary, we moved to... Read more »
Technology
Using Microsoft Outlook to create a powerful partnership with your Manager
By Vickie Sokol Evans - July 27, 2017
Vickie Sokol Evans interviews Executive Productivity Consultant, Jennifer Wilmoth This is my 20th year teaching Microsoft Office classes and one of the most frequently asked questions I receive from an audience of assistants is how to best use Microsoft Outlook to manage their own priorities side by side with their manager’s priorities. It’s such a... Read more »
Business Strategy & Acumen
Why today’s EAs need to get more strategic
By Adam Fidler - May 25, 2016
Adam Fidler explains why EAs must learn to operate more independently in order to move forward in the profession The role of the Executive Assistant (EA) continues to evolve and in my capacity as a trainer, educationalist and thought-leader in the industry, I continue to observe and reflect on what the role of the EA will... Read more »