Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 7, 2011

In my previous blog I looked at some of the common questions interviewers ask and the answers I would give if I had an interview, the examples are personal to me but hopefully will help you think about how you structure your answers. I hate this question, it always reminds me of those awkward interviews on The Apprentice !

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JUNE 4, 2023

In this episode, Chynna tells us how she wound up working in the White House with the Obama Administration. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 20, 2023

. – Audre Lorde CONNECT WITH VICTORIA Victoria on LinkedIn victorialeech.com joindonna.io (A training program designed to help entry-to-mid-level Executive Assistants at mid-sized companies up-level their skills and advance their careers.) Each review helps me stay motivated to keep the show going! Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

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Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

His family’s yard in Jamaica had a large mango tree, so one day, he picked a few sweet, juicy mangoes, set up a table in the front yard, and tried to sell them to neighbors. “It selling peanuts, or having a little restaurant,” he says. Shake things up by sending video or audio messages, or even snail mail, Kelly says.

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Success

DECEMBER 30, 2021

“Mentorship is how I’ve built my company,” says Wagner Reed, who has worked with restaurants, festivals and even Beyoncé. “I For that reason, people end up staying with Wagner Reed’s company for long periods of time. When I interviewed with Heather, she looked at me and said, ‘You don’t have any PR experience. And she did.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 6, 2023

In her most recent corporate role working as Chief of Staff leader to the President of a Fortune 40 company — a multibillion-dollar business with 5,000+ employees — Maggie built the president’s Chief of Staff model from the ground up. Each review helps me stay motivated to keep the show going! Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MAY 28, 2023

She grew up in England but was always passionate about Europe and learning foreign languages. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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My EA Career

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Why It’s Time To Boss Up Your Assistant Brand On a nearly daily basis I drive across something called the Spit Bridge. These suburbs run up the coast with one glorious beach after the other. The Spit is the location of yachting marinas and waterside restaurants. What were they thinking” was my immediate reaction.

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My EA Career

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Why It’s Time To Boss Up Your Assistant Brand. These suburbs run up the coast with one glorious beach after the other. The Spit is the location of yachting marinas and waterside restaurants. One of these restaurants has been undergoing renovations during 2020. What were they thinking” was my immediate reaction.

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Success

MARCH 20, 2022

It frees you up to focus on the things you are best at and that make you the happiest. Invest in messing up. Making small investments at every stage of your career can up your return down the line. If you’ve been clipping coupons and watching for your favorite cereal to go on sale, listen up. Outsource everything else.

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Success

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s a saying parents invented to beguile picky children into eating their crusts or preventing too many leftovers from cluttering up the refrigerator. Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. “Children in Africa are starving,” goes the dinner-table proverb.

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Make or Break Moments

JUNE 14, 2010

I hosted the local meet up in my community and eight people signed up. Tags: Linchpin Meet-ups , Linchpins , Polar Unlimited , Rise Partnerships , Seth Godin Add A Comment home top Site Information © 2010 Make or Break Moments Ministry Free Theme by eGrace Creative. Talk about a make or break moment.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

Around the corner from our office in Frankfurt we have a wonderful burger restaurant. I then had to find suitable alternatives to get him there on time, all while speaking with the event manager to see how to amend the schedule, and at the same time dealing with another colleague to change a planned media interview.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 7, 2019

During my very first meeting with Joan, a meeting by mere chance in a restaurant before the conference, Joan asked me what I was expecting from the conference. It took courage to go up and talk to women I had never met, let alone ask them questions and engage in full-blown conversations. That was way out of my comfort zone!

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As the Personal Assistant to a quite renowned chef, my tasks might vary from the ones of a regular PA, like calendar and email management, to most specific tasks such as taking care of the journalists that come visit the restaurants and to interview Albert. I try to get up early and have a nice breakfast.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 17, 2024

When not behind her laptop she’s usually found roaming Hyde Park or eating her way through London’s endless restaurant scene. ––– THE LEADER ASSISTANT PODCAST IS PRESENTED BY NOVA CHIEF OF STAFF Calling all Executive Assistants: Are you looking for a way to elevate your skills or earn that promotion you’ve been eyeing?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JANUARY 14, 2024

LEADERSHIP QUOTE I will not lose, for even in defeat there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me. – ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2017

He was young and shy and setting up home in the big smoke for the first time. I helped her choose outfits for big nights and select and then book restaurants for cosy dinner dates. Third Wheel’ sums up how I felt caught in the middle of a high powered couple. My role was more ‘Surrogate Girlfriend’ for another client.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

Information Overload is a topic that comes up frequently when I talk with people about what holds their productivity back. Save a restaurant and we'll add contact information, menu pages, reviews, a link to make reservations and we'll even notify you if there's a Groupon or Living Social deal for that restaurant.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Cathy talks about building community, managing up, advocating for yourself, and the difference between an EA vs a Chief of Staff. Cathy Rong is Chief of Staff for the multi-hyphenate Questlove where she manages the artist’s day-to-day professional and personal life.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 2, 2023

The same survey also suggests that up to 72 million “armchair nomads”, again, only in the US, are considering becoming nomadic. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, I have found that the rise of professional short-term-let landlords, in particular, is helping to price local people out of their homes.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2017

He was young and shy and setting up home in the big smoke for the first time. I helped her choose outfits for big nights and select and then book restaurants for cosy dinner dates. Third Wheel’ sums up how I felt caught in the middle of a high powered couple. My role was more ‘Surrogate Girlfriend’ for another client.

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Success

JULY 5, 2021

Eighteen minutes and 17 seconds into DJ Khaled’s Zoom interview with SUCCESS , his voice was briefly drowned out by what sounded like the unmistakable roar of a lion. He picked up the phone long enough to hear his mom’s scream at the other end before the call dropped. His parents and sister were roughed up. We must rewind a bit.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 6, 2010

She interviews well-known authors, bloggers, or anyone that has anything to do with happiness or the search for it. Their answers can be so illuminating and thought-provoking that I decided to answer them myself as if she was interviewing me! Gretchen Rubin’s book and blog are among my favorites. Keeping busy and learning.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

And then the second innovation, if we can call it that, is the changing habits of the new generation that grows up with flexibility and mobility in everything they do. And I think the second to third year cities were not catching up. It can pop up, like you say, in the suburbs, in the rural areas, in town and city centers.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2016

I have been busy busy busy over the festive season sprucing up the website, giving it a bit of a spring clean and adding a few new touches here and there. I have also grouped together all of our popular Interview Q&A blogs and a few posts on how to ace your performance review this year. Why you might ask?

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01 by Stefan Töpfer on Dec 01, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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On The Job

MAY 23, 2011

reports that 85 percent of graduates will go back to their parents' home, up from 67 percent in 2006. Still, there are things you can do that will help your son or daughter in the future when that call for an interview does arrive, and it's nothing more difficult than sitting down to a meal or having a conversation. Like, NOW.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Let me tell you about ezCater with over 100,000 restaurants to choose from nationwide and 24/7 customer support.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

During a job interview, I was asked the question, “What does the term ‘sustainability’ mean to you?” ” Interviewing before the word became synonymous with its modern green-rooted definition, I took the question out of context, saying I would be a valuable asset to the company for many years to come.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

During a job interview, I was asked the question, “What does the term ‘sustainability’ mean to you?” ” Interviewing before the word became synonymous with its modern green-rooted definition, I took the question out of context, saying I would be a valuable asset to the company for many years to come.

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Loosely Speaking

JULY 26, 2010

Tara and I learned a LOT from this interview about considerations we should all realize when we are using the space, electricity, and wifi at cafes, coffeehouses, and restaurants for business purposes. You can be the subject of one of our interviews or sponsor an upcoming month of AZVAs newsletter & podcast? in Prescott, AZ.

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Loosely Speaking

JUNE 2, 2010

Tara and I took this episode’s theme to heart and made sure that portions of it were recorded in numerous locations: her office, my office, a local restaurant, and in Phoenix Arizona. Our interviews with Jeannine Clontz , VA Biz Coach (and this month’s episode sponsor) and Jennifer Holstad of A Byte in Time.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

Most were small companies with fewer than 100 people, and they included creative and professional service firms but also software startups, restaurants, factories and nursing homes — industries where overwork is common and deadlines can be inflexible. As a result, companies didn’t cut salaries when they reduced hours.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 16, 2010

I wanted to go to watch them last night but something came up. I have to be honest, I don’t go for the food. I only go when The Reunion Band is playing. One of the band members, Jim Gray, is a family friend and the band plays all the classic rock songs you love to sing. Did not know you were a Reunion Band fan.

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