Exceptional EA
a resource for assistants around the globe, from international trainer Shelagh Donnelly
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Beliefs
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: Canada Geese sharing the shimmering waters off Kitsilano Beach with a kayaker the other day
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Opportunities
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: vibrant pansies
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Friends
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: A look at how I view wellness. After working from the early morning to mid-afternoon, I took a walk down to the water yesterday. I found a perfect rock on which to settle and enjoy nature and a good book, and soon found myself in the company of this heron.
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Vision
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: above the Caribbean last September, enroute to an engagement in Barbados
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Advancement
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: life on the canals of Little Venice, London
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Reality
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a stroll through the rose garden a couple of days ago
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Forward
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: each May brings incredible scents and blossoms in the form of Van Dusen Botanical Garden’s Laburnum Walk.
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Smiles
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot:
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Enlightened
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: the Skye Bridge, above Loch Alsh in Scotland. I visited here in 2018, travelling from St. Andrews to the Highlands, and from the island of Eilean Bàn to the Isle of Skye.
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Optimism
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: up close with an iris yesterday
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Building resilience in the face of change
This may be a good time to have a look at an article I published pre-pandemic on resilience.
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Compassion
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: sunset at Kitsilano Beach
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Kindness
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a couple of the thousands of gorgeous rhododendrons in full bloom this week at Vancouver’s Van Dusen Botanical Garden
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Hope
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: homes along Andrássy Avenue in Budapest , Hungary. I travelled here in 2017, following a speaking engagement in England
About Shelagh
Shelagh Donnelly is a highly regarded speaker and trainer who’s walked the walk. She works with conference organisers, professional associations, government bodies, higher education and businesses, including corporations such as the NBA. Positive and pragmatic, Shelagh delivers interactive keynotes and…
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Weekend Polls - where assistants around the globe have their say
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Beliefs
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: Canada Geese sharing the shimmering waters off Kitsilano Beach with a kayaker the other day
Opportunities
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: vibrant pansies
Friends
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: A look at how I view wellness. After working from the early morning to mid-afternoon, I took a walk down to the water yesterday. I found a perfect rock on which to settle and enjoy nature and a good book, and soon found myself in the company of this heron.