Hi Reader, Yesterday, we had a great session for Leader Assistant Premium Members so I thought I'd share a summary and let you know how you can access the replay! Cortney Hickey (Executive Business Partner to the CEO of Zapier) walked us through practical examples of how we as assistants can use automation to scale our value. Here are some of the key points from the call: Cortney emphasized the importance of EAs thinking in systems rather than tasks to thrive in evolving roles. She shared...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I'm heading out on vacation this week and a few of my flights are quite long, so I'm extra thankful for on-demand video streaming services this trip. I love movies but rarely have time to watch them so these long flights are a great opportunity to catch up on that watch list I've been neglecting. Speaking of on-demand video, my all new professional development resource, The Leader Assistant Academy includes a course with bite-sized, on-demand videos in each lesson. Nothing...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Listen -> #330: Aliina Rowe on Managing Constant Change as an Assistant Aliina Rowe is an experienced Executive Assistant and certified Change Management Practitioner. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Aliina shares her career journey and talks about managing constant change as an assistant. Listen to episode 330 on your favorite podcast app or stream via the show notes -> leaderassistant.com/330 --Get your digital copy of The Leader Assistant Workbook at...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Listen -> #329: Mike Todasco on Leveraging AI as an Executive Assistant Mike Todasco is a former Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal and current Visiting Fellow at San Diego State University. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Mike talks about the AI landscape, how executive assistants can leverage AI to enhance their role (instead of being replaced by AI), boost efficiency, and future-proof their careers. Listen to episode 329 on your favorite podcast platform or stream via...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Listen - #328: Elle Tyra - Executive Assistant to the President of ABC News Elle Tyra is an Executive Operations Specialist currently serving as Executive Assistant to the President of ABC News. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Elle talks about the rise of executive operations, how it changed her career, and how it enables her to better function as a leader within her role. Listen to episode 328 on your favorite podcast platform, or stream the conversation via the show notes...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I'm thrilled to officially launch my brand new, AI-powered, on-demand professional development resource – The Leader Assistant Academy! You can cut to the chase and check it out here, but I wanted to share a bit of backstory before diving into what's included. When I published my first blog post on July 3, 2016, I encouraged executives to empower their assistants. I urged them to take the executive <-> assistant partnership seriously if they wanted to accomplish their goals and...
3 months ago • 2 min read
New episode -> #327: Annie Croner on How to Stop Taking Things Personally In this spotlight episode of Annie Croner's show, The Whole Assistant Podcast, Annie talks about how to stop taking things personally. Listen to episode 327 of The Leader Assistant Podcast on your podcast app of choice, or stream via the show notes -> leaderassistant.com/327 --More from The Leader Assistant... The Leader Assistant Academy -> leaderassistantbook.com/academy Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I'm super excited to announce The Leader Assistant Podcast has just crossed the 1,000,000 downloads mark! Thank YOU for listening and sharing the show over the last few years. Here's to the next million downloads! In the newest episode of the podcast, Matt Oden (CEO of Execify.ai, an AI-powered executive operations platform) talks about his experience working with executive assistants, improving the productivity of executive operations teams, and leveraging AI technology to scale...
5 months ago • 1 min read
#318: Good, Fast, Cheap with Jess Lindgren Jess Lindgren is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Ask an Assistant podcast. In this Ask an Assistant spotlight episode, Jess talks about good vs fast vs cheap. Stream episode 318 on your favorite podcast platform or via the show notes -> leaderassistant.com/318 -- More from The Leader Assistant... Book, Audiobook, and Workbook -> leaderassistantbook.com Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
5 months ago • 1 min read