https://hbr.org/2022/06/is-executive-assistant-the-right-career-for-you World famous executive assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen (assistant to actress Olympia Dukakis and a highly respected TEDx speaker) gives candid career advice about the realities of being an EA in today’s world.
The way you view your salary just changed. https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-400-000-for-an-executive-assistant-do-it-all-aides-are-pricier-than-ever-11659553138
How often do you hear this request: please book a meeting six weeks from now. How many times have you done this: You open the calendar and count six weeks from today. Stop doing that and start using this technique today. First, open a new appointment in Outlook Calendar Plug in the phrase, six weeks…
As assistants, we send duplicate emails every single day. For example, “Hi John, I’m writing to confirm your meeting with Bob tomorrow at 2 p.m.” But, thanks to Outlook’s Building Blocks your days of repetitively typing the same messages are over. You create a block of text, such as a frequently used email, save it,…
Be cheered by the fact these myths were debunked by the inspirational team at https://founderandforcemultiplier.com/
Check out this article from Harvard Business Review (2011): ‘The Case for Executive Assistants‘. This article is definitely worth a read. I encourage you to share it with the one you assist. Since this article was first published, the world has changed dramatically. Return to read more articles like this focused on how assistants pivoted…