Diana Brandl is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Executive Office Insights podcast. In this spotlight episode, Diana interviews Reggie Love - former Personal Aide to President Barack Obama. The conversation features Reggie discussing his life, career, and time at the White House. He shares his background growing up in North Carolina and his path to working with Obama, emphasizing the importance [...]
Jana Franklin is President of CEO Concierge, a company dedicated to offering high-quality virtual assistant services to busy entrepreneurs, business owners and C-suite levels. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Jana talks about the importance of training and onboarding when bringing on an assistant, the role of personality assessments in the hiring process, treating assistants as business partners, and more. CONNECT WITH [...]
Diana Brandl is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Executive Office Insights podcast. In this spotlight episode, Diana interviews Patrick Jephson - former Chief of Staff to Princess Diana. CONNECT WITH PATRICK Patrick on LinkedIn ABOUT PATRICK For eight years Patrick Jephson was Princess Diana’s private secretary (Chief of Staff), responsible for every aspect of her public life and private organization. He [...]
Diana Brandl is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Executive Office Insights podcast. In this spotlight episode, Diana speaks with the executive support team in Microsoft Germany's CEO office. Go behind the scenes of Microsoft Germany’s CEO Office with two inspiring women: Andrea Bross (Executive Assistant) and Svetlana Barsova (Chief of Staff). In this candid conversation, they share what it really takes [...]
Diana Brandl is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Executive Office Insights podcast. In this spotlight episode, Diana speaks with Donata Boston - former Madonna family assistant. CONNECT WITH DONATA Donata on LinkedIn Donata's Website ABOUT DONATA Donata Boston is a lifestyle solutions specialist renowned for her work with top leaders across diverse industries. With connections to elite individuals and opportunities, Donata [...]
Are you prepared for the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution? Should you be scared your job is going to be replaced by AI someday? Yes, and no. Have a healthy fear (i.e., reverence and respect) of AI and other technology, but don’t let it keep you up at night. More and more tasks are handled by machine learning algorithms, automated software, and AI agents. [...]
Deborrah Mac Kenzie-Meneades has over 30 years of experience in executive support. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Deborrah shares her assistant career story, including a bit from her experience leading EA teams, and talks about superpowers assistants have. CONNECT WITH DEBORRAH Deborrah on LinkedIn ABOUT DEBORRAH Deborrah Mac Kenzie works as the Executive Assistant at Energetiq Technology, Inc. she is not [...]
Diana Brandl is a longtime C-Suite assistant, and host of the Executive Office Insights podcast. In this spotlight episode, Diana speaks with Lauren Bradley about how EAs can thrive. CONNECT WITH LAUREN Lauren on LinkedIn The Officials ABOUT LAUREN Lauren Bradley is passionate about providing affordable and accessible training to the administrative professional industry. Her career as an award-winning assistant and business owner spans [...]
Robert Hosking is executive director of the administrative and customer support practice at talent solutions and business consulting firm, Robert Half. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Robert talks about how assistants can earn a seat at the table. He also shares tips for interviewing, breaking through the AI wall when applying for jobs, weighing job offers, and more. CONNECT WITH ROBERT [...]
Dawn Stallwood has close to 30 years of experience serving and working closely with leaders and their management teams – including executive assistants and chiefs of staff. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Dawn talks about how EAs bring space and perspective to CEOs and their teams, what beautiful leadership is, and what she’s seeing in the professional space related to automation [...]