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Ep 316: Gabrielle Waxenberg on Recognizing and Empowering Executive Assistants

Gabrielle Waxenberg is a seasoned EA with over 12 years of experience supporting CEOs and founders in various industries. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Gabrielle talks about transitioning from EA to business owner, advocating for and empowering EAs, and helping assistants get the recognition they deserve. CONNECT WITH GABRIELLE Gabrielle on LinkedIn thewaxenbergagency.com info@thewaxenbergagency.com Intsagram: @waxenbergagency X: @WaxenbergAgency ABOUT GABRIELLE Gabrielle [...]

Jeremy Burrows2025-01-25T11:39:08-06:00March 23, 2025|Podcast|

Ep 315: The Whole Assistant Spotlight – 3 Misguided Productivity Myths from Annie Croner

Annie Croner is the founder and CEO of Whole Assistant, an online platform & community, formed to provide a positive place where assistants can go to transform their lives and level up their careers. She is an executive assistant coach, trainer, and strategic thinker. Annie is also host of The Whole Assistant Podcast. You can learn more about Annie by listening to my conversations with [...]

Jeremy Burrows2025-02-23T15:18:37-06:00March 16, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 314: Ask an Assistant Spotlight – Jess Lindgren on Task Management Systems

Jess Lindgren is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Ask an Assistant podcast. You can learn more about Jess by listening to my conversations with her on episodes 23 and 313 of The Leader Assistant Podcast. I'm excited to re-post several episodes of Jess' podcast on this show over the coming months and I think you'll enjoy hearing her point of view [...]

Jeremy Burrows2025-01-25T10:58:32-06:00March 9, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 313: Onboarding Tips and Tricks with Jess Lindgren

Jess Lindgren has worked in the C-Suite of organizations great and small for 20+ years. She is also host of the Ask an Assistant podcast. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Jess shares tips and tricks for onboarding executives, team members, as well as the nuances between onboarding executives who have never had an assistant versus executives who have had assistants. LEADERSHIP [...]

Jeremy Burrows2025-01-01T11:09:50-06:00March 2, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 312: A Conversation About Writing and Publishing a Bestselling Book with Eric Jorgenson (CEO of Scribe)

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I'm excited to share a conversation I had with Eric Jorgenson, CEO of Scribe Publishing. Eric asked me all about why I chose to write my book, The Leader Assistant. In this conversation, we talk about how the book changed throughout the process, what opportunities have come from publishing a book, how I went about marketing the book, [...]

Jeremy Burrows2025-02-24T13:29:12-06:00February 23, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 311: Jared Kleinert on the Impact of AI on Offsite Planning

Jared Kleinert is the Founder/CEO of Offsite. Jared is also a TED speaker, 3x award-winning author, and USA Today's "Most Connected Millennial" who has helped organize hundreds of events for over 30,000 attendees. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Jared Kleinert talks about the pros and cons of remote, hybrid, and office-first work, the impact of AI on offsite planning, LinkedIn marketing [...]

Jeremy Burrows2024-12-16T17:41:00-06:00February 16, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 310: Brooke Martin on the Importance of Work-Life Integration

Brooke Martin has been a full-time assistant for 8 years and is passionate about helping executives integrate their assistants into both their professional and personal lives. In this episode, Brooke talks about the importance of work-life integration (vs work-life balance), managing both business support and personal support in the assistant role, and the importance of over communication. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Trust is earned in the [...]

Jeremy Burrows2024-12-16T20:03:25-06:00February 9, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 309: A Conversation About Titles on The Future Focused Admin Podcast

This episode features a conversation I had with Candice Burningham and Jessica McBride on an episode of their podcast, The Future Focused Admin. We dig into the debate of the "assistant" title, the varying costs of professional development for administrative professionals, and more. Enjoy! ABOUT THE FUTURE FOCUSED ADMIN PODCAST The Future Focused Admin podcast is hosted by Candice Burningham from Admin Avenues and [...]

Jeremy Burrows2024-12-16T17:16:33-06:00February 2, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 308: What Exactly is a Chief of Staff? (with Maggie Olson)

Maggie Olson is the Founder of Nova Chief of Staff, the premier destination for Chief of Staff education and development. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Maggie dives into the basics of the Chief of Staff role, the differences between EA, CoS, COO, and CEO, the main responsibilities, and who makes a great Chief of Staff. CONNECT WITH MAGGIE Maggie on LinkedIn [...]

Jeremy Burrows2024-11-19T15:57:17-06:00January 26, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

Ep 307: Maggie Olson on How to Support Change Management in the C-Suite

Maggie Olson is the Founder of Nova Chief of Staff, the premier destination for Chief of Staff education and development. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Maggie dives into the fact that change management is all about the people. She discusses how to approach change, message change, plan for change, and execute change, from the top. CONNECT WITH MAGGIE Maggie on LinkedIn [...]

Jeremy Burrows2024-11-19T15:56:40-06:00January 19, 2025|Podcast, Resources|

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