Strategic Business Partner

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

Email and AI: Where Automation Meets Professional Judgement

November 25, 2025

Email is not just a task; it’s intelligence gathering, situational awareness, and influence at the highest level. While AI can support triage, drafting, and categorisation, assistants are right...

Administrative Profession AI & Automation 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

The Multidisciplinary EA: Why the Role Is More Complex Than Ever

November 19, 2025

The EA role has always been multidisciplinary, but today its scope is broader and more complex than at any point in the profession’s history. Administrative, operational, strategic, digital,...

Administrative Profession Goal Setting Strategic Business Partner

Why Proximity Is Not the Same as Executive Understanding

November 18, 2025

The belief that assistants must be physically present to truly understand and support their executives is a persistent myth. Evidence shows that remote work increases productivity, retention, and...

Administrative Profession Hybrid Working Strategic Business Partner

Why Physical Presence Is Not the Same as Effective Executive Support

November 17, 2025

The idea that assistants must be physically present to truly understand and support their executives is outdated and unsupported by evidence. Research shows remote work increases productivity, retention,...

Hybrid Working Strategic Business Partner

When You Fall Out of Love With the Role: What You’re Really Feeling

November 14, 2025

Falling out of love with the EA role is rarely about losing passion. More often, it’s about being unseen while responsibility, emotional load, and expectations quietly multiply. This...

Administrative Profession Strategic Business Partner

Why Career Progression Is Now the Deciding Factor for Assistant Retention

November 11, 2025

Data from the 2025 EA Salary Survey reveals a consistent global truth: assistants are not leaving because of loyalty or pay alone, but because they cannot see a...

Administrative Profession Strategic Business Partner

Assistants Are Quietly Filling the Global Project Management Talent Gap

November 10, 2025

With a global shortage of project managers accelerating, organisations are increasingly relying on assistants to carry project responsibilities — without the title, pay, or recognition. New Global Skills...

Administrative Profession Strategic Business Partner