How to Survive Your Office Party
By Marsha Egan
The holiday season is looming, and we’re all getting ready to party, but while this…
Yearly Archives: 2014
New challenges for Executive Assistants in Australia and New Zealand
By Lauren Wise
If you are looking for a new challenge in both your professional and personal life,…
Five (Often Overlooked) Ways Administrative Staff Training Helps Leaders Succeed
By Sandy Geroux
Despite relying on assistants to handle vital responsibilities, many leaders fail to provide training opportunities…
The Psychology of Risk Management in Business
Women and men are programmed psychologically to differ in risk-taking in business, but both are taking more…
A Quarky Way to Motivate Your Team
Quantum physics tells us that we are simply huge clouds of atoms that interact with…
The Transformative Power of a Shared Vision
In Britain recently they were on a knife’s edge waiting to see if the people…
PROFILE – The UK’s First BA Honours Degree Graduates in Business Administration For Personal Assistants
By Lucy Brazier
Back in 2011, four aspirational Assistants embarked on a degree in Business Administration – the first…
Coming Full Circle
By Lucy Brazier
Earlier in the month, I had the honour of presenting the keynote at PAFSA’s IYOTSA…
Time Management or Behaviour Management?
With 86,400 seconds a day to negotiate, Joanne Barnfather navigates a path Time is precious.…
Not Another Meeting!
The other day I was sent an email with five attachments and it was suggested…
No Risk, No Reward: 5 Insights for Creating Breakthrough Opportunities
By Sandy Geroux
As an administrative professional, you take risks every day to help your executives and your…
Three Office Dragons and Weapons to Slay Them
By Joan Burge
Dragons are huge, dominating, fictitious creatures. Medieval writers had vivid imaginations for big, scary things.…
A Lesson From “The Horse Whisperer”
By Rosie Gray
Have you ever tried “Horse Whispering”? Now, I’m not talking whispering sweet nothings in big…
Thrive – a Must Read
I recently read a new book by Arianna Huffington called Thrive and I got very…
Say No – Set Your Boundaries, Get More Done
By Marsha Egan
Feel like you’re on a treadmill that will never stop? Too much to do? Too…
8 Steps to Developing an Executive Presence and Getting Ahead
Robert Hosking details his top tips for developing an executive presence Ever noticed how some…
It’s a Breeze, Isn’t It?
By Susie Kay
Congratulations, you have worked hard, your CV is impressive and you aced the interview so,…
PROFILE – Freda Kelly
By Lucy Brazier
Freda Kelly, former secretary to The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, has been confirmed to host…
PROFILE – Bonnie & Vickie: How Two Successful Women Choose to Collaborate, Not Compete
By Lucy Brazier
Photo credit: Vernon Jacobs Bonnie Low-Kramen and Vickie Sokol Evans: Authors, International Trainers & Inspiration to…
KNOCK, KNOCK
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting cow wh—MOOOOO! [Please pause for this interruption] I…