Enjoy this sneak peek at a new audio "podcourse" I produced in partnership with Himalaya.com. It's called 7 Keys to Reclaiming Your Time, Energy, and Productivity and it's available exclusively on Himalaya Learning. In this episode, I talk about key one: Tracking Your Time. Himalaya Learning is an audio learning platform that provides an extensive library of courses straight to your ears from the [...]
Lisa Olsen has a passion for motivating others to be their best. She's been a senior executive assistant for over 25 years, and is also co-owner of Admin to Admin. Lisa shares advice on managing an inbox, having the confidence to lead, professional development, and much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation! LEADER ASSISTANT MEMBERSHIP Join top executive assistants from around the world [...]
Today is release day for my new book, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of Confident, Game-Changing Assistant! Thank you for your support along the way! In this episode, I share the audiobook version of Chapter 1: The Essential Characteristics. The audiobook releases later this summer, but in the meantime, you can buy the Amazon Kindle eBook version for only $0.99 (the week of June [...]
In episode 64 of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I share a sneak peek at my new book, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant. Today's episode is a departure from interviews (don't worry, plenty of those to come). Instead, I share a bit about my new book, and read the entire Prologue which is titled, Andrews Glacier. I hope you enjoy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cheryl Dyer is currently the Executive Assistant to the CMO of Sophos, Inc. and has over 30 years of administrative experience, primarily in the tech industry. In this episode, Cheryl shares tips on working from home which is certainly a hot topic these days. She also talks about the importance of security and what assistants can do to ensure we don't compromise our executive's [...]
Episode 52 of The Leader Assistant Podcast is fun because I get to speak with an EA turned CEO, and we get to hear about a new To-Do list software for assistants. Julia is a former EA turned entrepreneur. In this episode, we talk about her company, Cabinet, a software and online forum for EAs, what she's learned from running an online EA community, [...]
We hear a lot about Emotional Intelligence these days, but what about Listening Intelligence? This week's episode will help you re-think how you listen to others, and how they listen (or don't) to you. Dave Momper is a certified listening practitioner who helps executives build productive and innovative teams fueled by trust and confidence. In this episode, David and I talk about the practice [...]
Jillian Hufnagel has been supporting executives for the last 18+ years in start-ups, SaaS, Healthcare, Education and Security companies, which gives her a unique vantage point on many relevant topics for assistants. I’m thrilled to share my conversation with Jillian on Episode 37 of The Leader Assistant Podcast. She shares an overview and quick history of goal setting with OKRs and MBOs for assistants. [...]