If you're ready to be more proactive and be the "little hinge that can swing big doors" then Assist With Impact is a must-listen podcast.
Join your host Liz Van Vliet and learn practical tips, strategies and insights that will help you move beyond being simply an order-taker.
Being Indispensable is celebrating its two year anniversary and to help plan ahead I've created a listener survey. If you could spare a few minutes I'd love to have you complete it.
Today's episode is sharing two tips from a recent keynote presentation I did in Sydney for Office Professionals Day.
Firstly, how thinking like a Sales Person can help you shift your minset...
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Super excited to announce that I have a book coming out later this year. Yes, I will be able to officially call myself an author!!!
With a working title 'Getting Home From Breast Cancerville (is the …
This week’s episode is my five starter tips for approaching the topic of Managing Up.
Managing Up can also be described as managing by influence. It’s a topic that goes right to the heart of what it …
Continuing on the theme of 'being' in this episode Liz shares how in pursuit of her 2018 word 'Strengthen' she has engaged a personal trainer and has noticed her internal flight reflex kicking in!
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In this episode Liz outlines techniques that she teaches in her workshops that focus on taking a step by step approach to preparing for and engaging in difficult conversations.
A bonus download is av…
The first episode about the 'being' part of Being Indispensable for 2018. Recorded on one of my walks it's all about how I've turned a corner in the injury department and am on the road to more stren…
According to the World Economic Forum there are 10 skills that will be vital for us to possess from 2020 and beyond. Funnily enough these are 10 skills that happen to be fundamental to your success …
As some wise person once said, a change is as good as a holiday. Well I've had a holiday and am finally getting back to work so it's now time for some changes.
I'm starting a new format for the show…
A belated wrap-up of 2017 focusing on my words for the year - Move, Consider & Consistency and how I score myself against delivering on their promise.
I'm also including a bonus for this episode whic…
Fifty episodes is a momentous milestone in the world of podcasting. Most podcasts don't make it to double digits let alone a half century. This episode is a road rambling celebrating the special peop…
Today's episode is a road rambling sharing some of the points I presented to an audience of Executive Assistants at a conference in Sydney run by Intrepid Minds. The topic was negotiating skills and …
A key area for festering mistrust and misunderstanding between Executive Assistants and their manager is around expectations and perceptions. Failing to communicate on these topics leads to frustrati…
Hallie Warner is the Chief of Staff for Adam Hergenrother. For the last seven years Hallie has been Adams right hand person. She epitomises the word linchpin and definitely fits the image of an indi…
Today's podcast guest is Roxanne Calder, Managing Director of boutique office support recruitment firm EST10 based in Sydney, Australia. Roxanne has been a previous guest on Being Indispensable. List…
We all know the benefits for team and personal morale of giving positive feedback. The weird thing is that when we are on the receiving end we can often be guilt of reading it, feeling momentarily ha…
Liz opens up about how anxiety and confidence issues have got in the way of her bringing regular episodes out.
This is an issue Liz has fought on an ongoing basis, in Episode 8 she discussed feelin…
This week is Part 2 of my two-part Road Rambling. It's a wrap-up of what was an excellent EA Leadership Summit 2017 run by The Growth Faculty. In the episode I share my thoughts on why our bosses nee…
This week is Part 1 of my two-part Road Rambling. It's a wrap-up of what was an excellent EA Leadership Summit 2017 run by The Growth Faculty as well as an overview of the content I will be sharing o…
In this episode Liz explains her recent podcasting hiatus and shares the reasons why her break has been so fulfilling. Liz is also looking forward to attending the EA Leadership Summit in her capacit…