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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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 3, 2024

Cara Silverman has worked at several big tech companies including MongoDB and Zocdoc, and joined Duolingo last year to lead their Executive Support organization. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 20, 2021

Good email templates help you in providing all the information candidates need to be successful and comfortable during the process and it's vital for a recruiter to be aware of them. Utilizing enlisting email formats makes it simple to stay in touch with candidates — particularly those you're keen — during each phase of the hiring cycle.

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Success

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On your résumé and during interviews, highlight transferable skills that will help you add value to an employer with potentially changing business objectives. In a socially distanced world, virtual interviews have largely replaced in-person ones, and email has become even more important during the initial hiring stage.

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Allwork

AUGUST 18, 2023

In order to create an inclusive diversity strategy, leaders must address communication and sponsorship issues within their organization by setting up mentoring programs and virtual training. Virtual Training Another great tool is training that focuses on dissuading discrimination during virtual meetings, chats, and emails.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Prioritize saving your contacts, and forward any emails that would help your resume and, if applicable, your portfolio. You also need to avoid resume red flags that could cost you the chance for an interview. Here are five steps to take to survive the turbulent time immediately following a layoff. It’s also important to be honest.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Email is still, by a wide margin, the best way to reach out to both prospective clients & candidates. Trillions of emails get sent every year, but most end up being ignored. To increase the chances of your emails getting replied to, you need great email subjects & messages. Best regards, 2. Best regards, 3.

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Success

JANUARY 27, 2023

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. So, I have been studying the brain and resilience and what organizations and leaders and entrepreneurs can do to not just navigate this world that we find ourselves in now but really thrive as a result. You’re a resilience expert. What does that mean?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 1, 2011

We designed Contact Keeper to help people stay perfectly organized. I have found that the Contact Keeper is a much more organized and streamlined way keep cards and conversation notes. I personally tried many different ways of keeping a contact’s business card and the notes from the conversation together and organized.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 30, 2023

In this episode, Kara talks about outsourcing, matching personal assistants with executives, interview questions to ask applicants, setting boundaries with principals, communication between executives and personal assistants, and more. The company has grown organically to a team of 24 employees. Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 30, 2013

If I was an employer, I would want to ask this question of any admin who was applying at my organization. Since it is almost second nature to most admins to be organized it is sometimes difficult to answer, but it is just for this reason that it needs to be asked. I then go through my emails and prioritize what is urgent for the day.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JUNE 4, 2023

Chynna is the founder of Matriarch Made Development, a consulting firm that helps organizations develop administrative teams. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. Or maybe you’d like to sponsor an episode or two?

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Success

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

She adds that October 31 is also the end of the fiscal year for many organizations, so some companies go into “use it or lose it” mode with leftover funds they can use in HR. Maybe it’s too niche to the organization or an industry, but the item doesn’t have broad significance.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a Q&A with Allwork.Space, Patti Temple Rocks, author of I’m STILL Not Done: It’s Time to Talk About Ageism in the Workplace, shared how organizations who engage in ageism are putting themselves at risk and missing out on valuable contributions from an experienced talent pool. . In May of 2021 that number jumped to 78%. .

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Office Organization Success

MAY 22, 2015

If you’re not sure what a Telesummit is, it’s simply a multi-teleclass event with a series of different speakers, and you’re the host and organizer of the event. As the host of the Telesummit, you then get to interview each speaker and they share their expertise with the telesummit attendees. The interviews to conduct and record.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

To further understand the increasing importance of EAs, Tyler Griffen has explored the multifaceted role of an executive assistant , highlighting how they add significant value to any organization. Include a specific contact person for queries, an email address or a link to the application portal.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 30, 2023

In this episode, Yolanda talks about changing how the world sees assistants, helping executives and other team members understand the significance of what an EA brings to an organization, and what makes an assistant a leader. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 12, 2023

She began her career at a non-profit organization and has since worked for both large public companies and small private companies. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. Or maybe you’d like to sponsor an episode or two?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 13, 2023

Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. HELP ME, HELP YOU (MAKE THE PODCAST BETTER) Do you have questions you’d like me to answer, guests you think I should interview, or suggested topics you’d like me to address on the show? You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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Success

JUNE 20, 2023

Study the interviews, speeches, biographies and autobiographies of successful men and women. You’ll find that they all had one quality in common: They were all described as being “extremely well organized.” Interestingly, I find that the more ‘non-work’ stuff I take on, the more organized and efficient I become overall.” “I

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

But also think about those who have watched you work, such as someone at a volunteer organization or colleagues that worked closely with you. Send an email or make a phone call to the person to make your request. Mention the deadline in your initial call and then post it in bold in your email. Make contact.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 9, 2023

Hallie also provides strategic counsel to key leaders within the organization and leads special projects focused on the growth of the organization. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the Experts #Productivity #Organization | Main | My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action » Listen Stephanie Talks About #Organizing Myths on the Active Christian Media Show You are invited!

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 28, 2019

Some unscrupulous organizations will post jobs that have very creative, exciting sounding titles for roles that are nothing more than commission-based sales jobs. Even legitimate organizations may occasionally start the hiring process before they have a fully fleshed out job description—but that’s not good for you, the job seeker.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JANUARY 1, 2023

Shelli also chats about the importance of a healthy culture within an organization, and more. Shelli is an active committee member for the Health and Wellness cultural pillar at her organization where she takes part in bringing events and challenges to team members to support their mental, physical, and all-around well-being.

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Go Burrows

JULY 4, 2021

She joined MountainSeed in 2012 and has held various positions within the growing organization before transitioning into her current role in 2017. She joined MountainSeed in 2012 and has held various positions within the growing organization before transitioning into her current role in 2017. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » Steph in the Media   The past few weeks have been active for me with interviews.  In the News February, 2011 Stephanie LH Calahan is interviewed by Janet Baker of Monticello Corporation and the Paper Tiger Software. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 19, 2023

. – Brené Brown CONNECT WITH JESSICA Jessica on LinkedIn chatGPT Resource from Jessica chatgptforexecutiveassistants.com chatGPT book ABOUT JESSICA Jessica McBride is an emotionally intelligent and organized business partner with over 10 years of experience in supporting executives. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In an effort to sound gracefully diplomatic during a grad school interview, I found myself referencing that particular experience in terms of “teachable moments,” a buzzy phrase I’d never used before in my life that suddenly made a lot of sense. I recognize that there will be individuals I prefer to work and engage with. Shifting the Blame.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 7, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Link Lineup! A different take on the to-do list.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 2, 2023

Prior to that, she worked many freelance positions for non-profit organizations and theaters. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. Her two favorites were as Production Manager for Sample Night Live!

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In fact, it’s so important that one of the most common job interview questions is “how do you prioritize your work?” Here are some of the top ways that you can prioritize your current workload (or that you can tell potential employers that you will prioritize your work if you get asked during an interview).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 5, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the Experts #Productivity #Organization » Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. . 

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JUNE 18, 2023

Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. HELP ME, HELP YOU (MAKE THE PODCAST BETTER) Do you have questions you’d like me to answer, guests you think I should interview, or suggested topics you’d like me to address on the show? You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JANUARY 15, 2023

Cath Harrison is a Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management (FInstAM) and of the Executive Personal Assistants Association (EPAA) with a 35 year career in PA, EA and administrative roles in various private and public sector organizations, including over 17 years working within the IT Industry for Hewlett-Packard. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Patel gave similar, step-by-step advice in his video on hiring great employees and his article on recruiting top marketers : Look for people who’ve achieved the results you want at a similar organization. Maybe it’s a 10% increase in email sales in Q1 — but is that a year-over-year increase, or a quarter-over-quarter one?

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The people who answer my emails. Thank you for answering my crazy, crazy emails. Can I borrow them for this interview? ” When I listen to acceptance speeches and for that matter, read interviews or listen to podcasts with famous people, I notice when they make it sound like they achieved success all on their own, alone.

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