Executive Leadership Support Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Earlier this year, Team ELS had an opportunity to interview Monique Helstrom, speaker, activator, and un-locker of human potential, on effective communication. Team ELS is super excited to offer its followers a chance to learn more about Monique and how she has evolved into the person she is today. I started to learn.

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MAY 6, 2024

This knowledge will not only enhance your applications but also prepare you for potential interviews. This might involve enrolling in online courses, attending workshops, or leveraging resources like podcasts and books. It also reflects a commitment to your industry and can be a point of discussion in interviews.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Of course, most of us barely got through kindergarten without experiencing rejection. Rather than chastise yourself or wallow in self-pity, make the most of the opportunity to learn and grow, and set yourself up for more success in the future. Don’t waste your rejections; learn and grow from them. Of course not.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 31, 2024

Nova Chief of Staff’s online certification course provides you with the knowledge and confidence you need to stand out on the job. Whether you want to land your dream position or level up in your current role, Nova’s self-paced course gives you hands-on practice doing what Chiefs of Staff do every day.

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Black History Month Interview Series. During the discussion, we asked Marcia to share one thing that she’s learned from Jamika over their nine-year partnership. For example, Jamika is a self-proclaimed email hoarder, and at the time of this interview, she had 25,492 emails in her inbox! Stand Up and Stand Out.

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APRIL 1, 2023

When asked about a possible interview for this story, a team official said, “He doesn’t talk about umpires.” We’re developing and having learning experiences just like the players are.” Baseball umpire Nestor Ceja is well aware of who is walking in his direction near second base on this warm May evening in San Antonio, Texas.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Some companies may even hire a candidate with exceptional people skills but little technical knowledge, figuring that learning technical aspects is easier than learning how to work effectively in a group. Bottom line While soft skills can be challenging to teach or master, they can be learned with time and effort.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I’ve been on many interviews over my career and have encountered many different interview styles - the behavioral interview, the panel format with a few people interviewing me at once, the “mean” interviewer, and so forth. One interview “style” that caught me off guard was the NON interview style.

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Black History Month Interview Series. Her executives range between Presidents and Sales and Marketing leaders, which has given her the opportunity to learn and know the business at different levels and perspectives. Part of this research will be taking a course on Diversity and Inclusion at Northwestern University.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MAY 5, 2024

In this episode, Debbie talks about launching an administrative professionals learning group, as well as what it’s like to work at a Fire Department. Nova Chief of Staff’s online certification course provides you with the knowledge and confidence you need to stand out on the job.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 6, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast with Jeremy Burrows, Maggie shares a bit about her experience as a Chief of Staff and walks us through her new course, the Chief of Staff Certification. LEADERSHIP QUOTE People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you commit to lifelong learning, you can ensure you have the most relevant and emerging hard skills required in your field. Take online professional development courses. Take online personal development courses. During your interview Likewise, showcase both your hard and soft skills during your job interview.

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APRIL 22, 2024

AR is revolutionizing training and operational procedures, enabling workers to access information in an immersive, interactive format that improves learning retention and execution. Then, of course, the belle of the ball — generative AI — that everybody’s talking about these days.

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Karen Vivarelli

OCTOBER 11, 2020

She was trying to decide whether to join the next round of my VA Course. We chatted about whether the course was the right fit for her because Krystal was already working with clients at this stage and she wanted to make sure she was going to be learning the right skills and tools before signing up. About Krystal.

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

So, to have spent so much money and come so far in the hiring process, if your agency doesn't end up training candidates for job interviews, it'll definitely affect your employer brand. We all know that it is the final interview rounds where all the jitters lie. Read more: 10 practical interviewing tips for recruiters.

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MAY 15, 2023

This month, the graduating class of 2023 will bid farewell to a rather extraordinary college experience — having endured an unforeseen worldwide pandemic, an unexpected switch to remote learning, skyrocketing inflation and housing costs, not to mention cascades of tech sector layoffs.

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APRIL 23, 2024

MHFA offers short programs for people, including employees, to learn and implement mental health assistance skills. Learn to recognize when someone is in need Jacobson believes it’s integral for both managers and employees to learn how to recognize someone in need.

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JULY 14, 2023

Handling rejection, especially in the worksphere, is incredibly uncomfortable and difficult; it’s best to not dwell and to just move on, but to also use it as an opportunity to learn and upskill. Job seekers should be cautious about the companies they choose to work for or interview with. These are the gaps you need to address.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

She has interviewed more than 100 personal development visionaries such as Jack Canfield and Paul Selig to help show her audience how to embark on their own journey of knowing. “I She has developed courses to help others accelerate their own entrepreneurial dreams. Communing with nature is just spending time outdoors.

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Admin Awards

JANUARY 19, 2021

I learned about Black Admin Magic, Nadine’s organization while working the Polls this year with an Executive Assistant who was a proud member of the organization, which I had never heard of before. I reached out to Nadine to learn more, and am excited to share my interview with you. Never stop learning!

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 3, 2024

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Cara talks about growing your career as an executive assistant, managing a team of assistants, and tips for interviewing and being interviewed. Nova Chief of Staff’s online certification course provides you with the knowledge and confidence you need to stand out on the job.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s really important not to be frightened, dazzled, scared, confounded by people pitching themselves as having expertise in something, because we are all still learning what they do,” she says, adding that many of us can teach ourselves over time by playing with AI, too. What is it you are trying to learn or understand? Noveck poses.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Best podcast for learning to network: Travis Makes Friends Available to stream on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Chappell, who is the founder and CEO of Guestio, a booking service, interviews leaders who share networking strategies and tips. Available on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , and Spotify.) Get ready to laugh!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Of course, having lots of information to inform our decisions is important. Understanding Customers (and Innovation) In a recent interview with the Danish innovation agency ReD Associates, management guru Roger Martin (one of the world’s leading voices on corporate innovation) offers an interesting entry point for this conversation.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Instead, he advocates for “having an open, honest interview process where guys can go and talk about, ’Hey, I did make a mistake, but this is what I’ve learned and how I’ve changed, and how this benefits you.’” We’re on course to gross $9 million this year,” he says. Never did we think we would blow up.

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APRIL 9, 2024

It is in this moment that you can appreciate his complete story and why he is adamant that financial abundance comes to those with a hunger for hard work, continuous learning and development, constantly adding more value to the next person and a willingness to do well by also doing well for others.

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Karen Vivarelli

AUGUST 4, 2020

I first met Kate Smith, Juno VA, when she joined my VA Course in March 2020. Despite a world pandemic sweeping the world at the time the course started, Kate and the other women in the VA Course all banded together to support each other in learning something new. I have learned the hard way.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I’ve written four blog posts on interview questions specific to PAs, EAs and Administrative Assistants and they are all extremely popular so I thought I’d add another ten questions that I have been asked at various interviews over the years and my answers. In my next blog I will look at those dreaded scenario based questions.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Learn a new language. Activities available on the app include improving gratitude, overcoming harmful thinking patterns and learning to manage stress. According to Discovery’s annual credit health survey from 2020, younger generations are being proactive in learning and improving their credit score. Learn from others.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It dawned on me one morning while I was sharpening pencils instead of editing that I had actually learned a lot about success and achieving goals from those I thought were the least likely to provide me with any new insights—the unhoused. The press pass I needed to display on my e-bike to ride on the course was turning into papier-mâché.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Howes realized he’d been leaning on football to harness the limited range of emotions he learned to express as a young man: stoicism or anger. When we learn to say, ‘I am enough, and I want to improve from here and accept where I’m at…,’ then we can start to eliminate these fears or work with the fears in taking action.”

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Imagine you’re interviewing a candidate for a new job, and you have a sense that something’s up. Unfortunately, extensive studies show that our feelings about candidates in interviews offer poor predictions of future employee success. What works much better than typical unstructured interviews are structured ones.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Ian’s cousin, who knew Tonya from college, attempted to be a matchmaker for the pair, but he soon learned it wasn’t going to be an easy match. But she softened to the idea of connecting with him when she learned that, like her, Ian was from the Midwest (they were living in Washington, D.C., I don’t want to meet him.”

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Of course, there are some wonderful consultants out there who add value to our businesses—the key word above is totally. In an interview, he was asked how he prepared his team for the next game. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline. Excellence is not a policy decision.

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JUNE 15, 2022

“At a time when the city was ready to burn itself to the ground, the kids stepped out and changed attitudes among themselves and their community,” Coach Herman Boone said in an interview included in the movie’s DVD. You can become more flexible in your thinking if you… Keep learning. Figuratively, of course.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Plus, Grow with Google provides low cost, paid courses for certification in trending IT and programming fields. LinkedIn for Skills Learning and Networking. A paid account provides additional features as well as access to more than 15,000 online courses. You will also have the opportunity to attend quality learning webinars.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Now, the living rooms Taing shares with his husband in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and New York City are for sitting or being interviewed for stories at 1 a.m.—since First there was a consumer-to-consumer marketplace similar to Craigslist, then an online tutoring company, then a career coaching and interview prep platform. “By Far from it.

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