Assist With Impact

Episode 160 is my interview with Steuart Snooks, Based in Melbourne, Australia, he is an Email and Workplace Productivity Expert.

Steuart works with business owners, senior executives, their EAs and …

In order to assist with impact you need to be trustworthy, to be that safe pair of hands for your executive. But for you to reach that point you also need to have built and maintained your crediblity…

The final episode in my little three-part series with tips and strategies to help you lift your effectiveness when it comes to managing your Executive's inbox and crafting emails.

In this final episo…

My second hack for upping your effectiveness is about the structure of your emails.

It’s an approach called BLUF which stands for Bottom Line Up Front

A BLUF (bottom line up front) is a framework whe…

Welcome to the first of a three-part series designed to help you be more proactive and effective.

In this episode I share an approach to crafting email subject lines that have more impact.

Effective …

Ursula Kohler understands just how vital an effective EA can be for their manager and their organisation. As the founder and MD of Capital EA, Ursula is a leader and advocate for upskilling and train…

While our emotions have evolved to help us, there are times when our emotional responses no longer serve us for a variety of reasons. Unwanted emotional triggers can range from being a minor nuisance…

Lauren Calvert is a Strategic Business Partner and career EA with over 15 years experience working with CEOs of multi-national and blue chip organisations.

In 2019 Lauren launched The Well-Suited Gro…

1. The situation/context

2. The gaps…

I'm sharing some exciting news in this episode of the podcast that I hope you will be excited about too.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on my news so feel free to email me at [email protected] or se…

Episode 150 is the third in my series on the three biggest challenges I hear from Executive Assistants.

In this episode I share my own struggles with this topic and how I strive every day to overcome…

The second episode in my trio of episodes focusing on the top three challenges I hear from Executive Assistants.

This one is all about how to manage priorities. 

I share three concepts and approaches…

A solo episode kicking off 2022 with a book recommendation. 

- What defines a 'giver', a 'taker' and a 'matcher'

- Why this applies particularly to Executive Assistants

- How I relate to being a fail…

In my final episode for 2021 I share what I've seen in the Executive Assistants I've trained this year. Listen to the episode to hear the biggest pain points and my observations about why this is the…

In this solo episode, Liz shares why she LOVED this book by Liz Wiseman, and why it's a must-read for Executive Assistants who want to be impact players or Linchpin Assistants.

Part Two of my interview with ex-Linchpin Assistant Rachael Bonetti.

In the second half of our interview Rachael shares her five tips for developing your 'Executive Presence'.

Rachael says "It's in t…

The first in my two-part interview with Rachael Bonetti. Listen to the episode to hear her experience navigating the Career Spider Frame.

How Rachael got clear on the skills, behaviours and values th…

The third and final episode in my mini-series on how the dreaded Drama Triangle plays out for you as an Executive Assistant or Office Professional.

In this episode we focus on the 'Perpetrator'. Thes…

This week's episode follows on from Episode 140 and dives a bit deeper into the role of the 'rescuer' in The Drama Triangle. 

- The 3 situations where the victim looks to the rescuer to save them fro…