Executive Support: 35 Years On and Still Fighting the Same Battles?

May 23, 2025
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Came across this as I was going through some shelves in the office this week.

Its volume one, issue one of what was then Executive Secretary Magazine (now Executive Support Magazine).

Published in 1989 the articles are fascinating.

Topics featured include technology, working in partnership, assertiveness and stress!

35 years on, it all sounds horribly familiar.

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