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Ending the Year With Gratitude

January 1, 2026

As 2025 draws to a close here in Spain, there is only one thing I want to say: thank you. Not with metrics, recaps, or highlights, but with...

Culture & Events

A Gentle Start to the Year Is Enough

December 31, 2025

New Year’s Day doesn’t have to come with pressure. You don’t need to reinvent yourself, set ambitious resolutions, or perform optimism on demand. Mental health matters more than...

Culture & Events

2026: Building the Foundations for a Profession That Finally Gets Seen

December 30, 2025

Last year clarified what truly matters—family, health, presence—and it also highlighted a pivotal moment for the administrative profession. With AI, hybrid work, and digital-first expectations reshaping roles, assistants’...

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Stop Positioning Assistants as “Below” Anyone

December 24, 2025

Grouping assistants with receptionists, cleaners, or front-of-house staff as a measure of how candidates “treat people below them” misrepresents the role, undermines professional respect, and perpetuates a misunderstanding...

Culture & Events

Before 2025 Ends: A Thank You

December 3, 2025

As the year comes to a close here in Spain, I want to pause and say thank you. This has been a complex, demanding, deeply meaningful year, shaped...

Culture & Events

The Season of Deepening: Leadership, Experience, and Influence in Later Career Stages

November 27, 2025

There is a unique power in the stage of life where experience, perspective, and presence converge. Beyond career peaks and milestones, this is a time of clarity, intentionality,...

Administrative Profession Culture & Events Strategic Business Partner

Calendar Stalking: When Operational Tools Become Political Weapons

November 26, 2025

Calendars are meant to help leaders focus, support assistants, and keep organisations running smoothly. When colleagues trawl through calendars to gossip or gain leverage, it signals low trust,...

Administrative Profession Culture & Events Strategic Business Partner

Fulfilling Your Potential: A Simple Blueprint for Living Fully

November 21, 2025

A post about the regrets of people in palliative care reminded me that the greatest regret is not fulfilling your potential. Inspired, I asked ChatGPT: If you were...

Culture & Events Strategic Business Partner

Protect Your Energy: Why Exceptional Assistants Need Rest

November 20, 2025

Your executive has layers of support. You have yourself. And sometimes, that’s not enough. After a long year of carrying pressure, smoothing edges, and absorbing stress, it is...

Administrative Profession Culture & Events Strategic Business Partner

Your Network Is More Than Connections – It’s Your People

November 5, 2025

We often hear that “your network is your net worth,” but the truth goes deeper. Your real network is made up of the people who show up when...

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The Haunted Life of an EA: 21 Horrors Only Administrative Professionals Know 👻

October 28, 2025

From projects rising from the dead to calendar mysteries and corrupted spreadsheets, EAs face daily horrors that would make a ghost shiver. This Halloween, here’s a tribute to...

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