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Ep #62: Meagan Strout – Founding Partner and CEO of Tack Advisors

Meagan Strout is Founding Partner and CEO of Tack Advisors (Formerly, Elevate Leadership Support Advisors) – the leading provider of recruitment, management consulting, and career development training for administrative professionals, here in the U.S. Meagan shares a ton of amazing tips on interviewing for a job, crafting a resume, and compensation for assistants. Enjoy our conversation and be sure to check out Tack Advisor's [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:20:13-05:00May 24, 2020|Hiring an Assistant, Podcast|

Ep #61: Joanne Linden – President of AdminUniverse™

Joanne Linden has over 30 years of experience as an executive assistant and is currently president and master trainer at AdminUniverse™. Joanne and I talk about how executives can empower their assistants, what to do if you're not being respected, tips on gaining confidence, and much more. Enjoy our conversation! SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE Check out LifeSquire – an Assistant Resource Center focused on [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:18:59-05:00May 16, 2020|Podcast|

Assistant, Are You Ready to Lead?

Publishing a book is a lot of work. Lots of staring at a screen wondering if you’ll find the words to say. When they finally do come, you spend hours editing and cutting most of it. Once the manuscript is fully drafted, there’s no chance to sit back and enjoy your accomplishment. Instead, you have to nail down the title and sub-title, and design [...]

Jeremy Burrows2020-05-10T20:55:15-05:00May 10, 2020|Leadership|

Ep #60: Vickie Sokol Evans – Founder of RedCape

Vickie Sokol Evans is a globally recognized digital productivity instructor and comedic speaker who trains the world's smartest people how to use their technology to get better results in less time. Vickie has experience as an assistant so she understands our role more than most digital productivity instructors. She's passionate about helping assistants automate processes and increase efficiency. In this episode, she shares some [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:17:25-05:00May 10, 2020|Podcast, Productivity, Resources|

Ep #59: Debbie Gross – Former Chief Executive Assistant to the CEO of Cisco

Debbie Gross is an author, trainer and coach in administrative excellence with over 30 years working in the field. Debbie shares the story of how she ended up working with John Chambers, the former CEO of Cisco. She was employee number 564 when she started, and when she left Cisco, they had over 73,000 employees. Debbie also talks about a "3 D" technique she [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:16:05-05:00May 3, 2020|Podcast|

Ep #58: Ebony Belhumeur on Remote Work and Respect in the Workplace

Ebony Belhumeur works as EA to the CEO of a company in California, but lives in France. She has 3 young kids and some great advice on working remotely. Ebony also talks about getting the respect you deserve, anticipating your executive's needs, managing an email inbox, and more. She's also founder of The Assistant's List so check out her resources for assistants. LEADERSHIP QUOTE [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:14:47-05:00April 26, 2020|Podcast|

Ep #57: Renee Viens – EA to CEO of Bullhorn

Renee Viens is a mom to two growing boys, and an EA living and working in the Boston area with 20 years of experience–15 of them in the C-suite. Enjoy my conversation with Renee as we talk about burnout, professional development, building a strong partnership with your executive, and more. 50% OFF Assistant's Guide Online Courses To celebrate Administrative Professionals' Day, we're offering 50% [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T14:13:24-05:00April 19, 2020|Podcast|

Crafting the Perfect Resume for an Executive Assistant

To be honest, I’ve never had to submit a resume. I’ve always landed my jobs through people I know. When I was between my current and previous jobs, I put together a very professional resume, but I ended up not even using it for my current role. I’ve hired assistants and reviewed hundreds of resumes in my role, however, so I do know enough [...]

Jeremy Burrows2021-09-15T14:40:32-05:00April 16, 2020|Hiring an Assistant, Resources|

Email Management Tactics for Leader Assistants

Despite the technological advances of spam and junk filters, dozens of pointless emails still reach your executive’s inbox every day. Your company doesn’t want to pay your executive to sift through junk emails. Additionally, even after you and the spam filters declutter your executive’s inbox, the remaining emails don’t necessarily need your executive’s attention. Source: Gratisography.com There are some emails you can [...]

Jeremy Burrows2020-08-11T09:29:35-05:00April 13, 2020|Productivity|

Ep #56: Suzanne Daniels – Executive Assistant at LinkedIn

Suzanne Daniels is a former opera singer turned career executive assistant. She has extensive experience in providing the highest level of service in New York & Internationally. Suzanne talks about what it means to see yourself as a career executive assistant, how to manage an inbox, putting together a business case when asking for professional development, and building a company culture. I appreciate Suzanne's [...]

Jeremy Burrows2023-09-29T13:41:16-05:00April 12, 2020|Podcast|

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