Exceptional EA
Assistants often excel at advocating for others and negotiating on behalf of their employers. How comfortable are you with self-promotion and negotiating on your own behalf?
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Respect
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: Struan, Scotland – this is near Uig, on the incredible Isle of Skye
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Planning
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: the views between Penticton and Naramata, in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. This is also known as wine country.
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Thankful
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a pumpkin patch in Delta, BC. This Monday marks Thanksgiving Day for Canadians, who celebrate the event about a month ahead of our American neighbours.
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Courage
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a hummingbird amidst the autumn colours at Van Dusen Botanical Garden yesterday
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Some great resources you should explore
Professional development is key to success in this career. There are a number of resources in which assistants can invest, and there are also some stellar resources that will cost you nothing but time and openness to learning.
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Nature
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: deer in the grasses of Richmond Park, outside London, England. I’ve visited this incredible spot in snow and, fortunately on this last visit, in gentle spring weather.
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Values
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: an inviting bench at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park
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Meditation
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: amid the clouds over the North Atlantic Ocean
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Discipline
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: sandpipers at sunset in Bridgetown, Barbados. They scurry along the water’s edge, seemingly looking for something tasty to wash up with the rushing tide.
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Done
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: sunset at Needhams Point, Barbados
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October
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: the pumpkin patch at Don-O-Ray farm in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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Trust
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: sunset at Needhams Point, Barbados
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Knowledge
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: Bridgetown, Barbados as seen just before touchdown at Grantley Adams International Airport
About Shelagh: Speaker and Trainer
Shelagh is a professional speaker and trainer who’s walked the administrative walk. She presents internationally on matters of relevance to career-focused executive assistants, and to governance professionals who support boards and directors. She writes about administrative and governance careers for a…
Real Careers – My Interviews With Assistants Around the Globe
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Travel Resources and Inspiration
Are you planning a holiday or business travel, either for yourself or your executive? Looking for some inspiration, or insights into cities in other locales? Or perhaps you’re planning a bit of bleisure travel. If so, you or your principal are in good…
weekend poll
WP Results: Assistants and Cybersecurity in 2019
Weekend Poll results
Weekend Poll: Are you cybersecurity savvy?
In just over three weeks, I’ll once again present on cybersecurity awareness for assistants – this time, at IAAP Summit 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. For the third consecutive year, I’m asking readers how you feel about your own cybersecurity awareness.
Respect
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: Struan, Scotland – this is near Uig, on the incredible Isle of Skye
Planning
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: the views between Penticton and Naramata, in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. This is also known as wine country.
Thankful
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a pumpkin patch in Delta, BC. This Monday marks Thanksgiving Day for Canadians, who celebrate the event about a month ahead of our American neighbours.