Assist With Impact

This weeks episode is intended to give you an overview of the Assistant Competency Model created by Liz as well as the Ten Power Skills that propel assistants into the top quadrant as a Linchpin Assi…

A solo episode discussing why it's so vital that regardless of how much you love you job you must always prioritise your love for yourself above it. 

That can be tricky when you're anxious and stress…

A solo episode ruminating on my own experience thinking of my career as a ladder and struggling at times to feel that I had options and that there were benefits to gain from making a lateral, diagona…

Padraig O'Sullivan or Pod as he is known was the business leader I supported in my role as an Executive Assistant. He was a mentor and informal coach to me and I consider myself fortunate to have com…

Padraig O'Sullivan or Pod as he is known was the business leader I supported in my role as an Executive Assistant. He was a mentor and informal coach to me and I consider myself fortunate to have com…

Robin Sharma is the author of The Leader Who Had No Title and in this episode I share his recommendations on how to lead from where you are and four things you can do NOW to build your leadership ski…

Catching listeners up on the content of a free webinar I delivered today sharing the ONE thing I believe we truly need in order to be indispensable.

Unfortunately the recording of the webinar is only…

A common problem for EAs (and in fact common to most of us) is struggling to communicate effectively in crunch moments.

When it comes to tackling a tricky situation that requires you to speak up, how…

I came up with the concept of My Value Star™ when I was post breast cancer, struggling with a lack of confidence and self belief.

In Chapter 11 of my book “Coming Home from Breastcancerville" I talk …

Resources mentioned in this episode

Rosanne Badowski book on Managing Up: https://myeacareer.com/resources/managing-up-how-to-forge-an-effective-relationship-with-those-above-you/

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Is your self-worth as an Executive Assistant driven by activity or output? 

An output is something you do. An outcome is something that happens as a consequence of something that you do.

This episode…

In this interview with Mike Van Vliet we discussed the important terminology that EAs need to understand and the various sources of information that provide insight into how projects are travelling.

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In this week's episode Liz shares a couple of bits of news and also an article that might resonate with you exploring the topic of burnout. 

You can find the blog post by Bonnie Low-Kramen here or c…

A solo episode ruminating on a blog post that I wrote about EAs adopting what I call a Slinky Mindset.

Read the blog post here

I've written another post about the way Slinky's can also get tangled u…

In this episode Liz is sharing the projects she's working on including a new membership for EAs called The Empowered Assistant Academy.

Register your details so you can be the first to know when the …

I prescribe to the view that respect cannot be demanded, it must be earned. Thinking that you "deserve" respect is a path to unhappiness and frustration. Instead, I recommend taking a proactive appro…

Executive Assistants that I coach and mentor struggle with the feeling of not being in control. What I find is that it's not just a case of 'too much work' or 'not enough support'. When we feel overw…

As you support your managers and colleagues, families and friends during Covid-19 it's important to support yourself. In particular, your immune system.

Ange Sinclair, otherwise known as the Digestiv…

As I celebrate the milestone of making it to 100 episodes I am looking back at my most downloaded episodes and re-releasing them for those of you who are new to the podcast and haven't scrolled all t…