The Executive Support Festive Calendar has been part of this profession for fifteen years and we always begin the same way.

🎁 A free PDF copy of the latest issue of Executive Support Magazine.
Forty eight pages of world-class training, insight, and practical tools to help you end the year feeling stronger, clearer, and more prepared for 2026.

This opening gift has become our tradition because your development matters. Not once a year. All year. And this is our way of saying thank you for being part of this community.

Open Door One.

Simply click on the button below to download your copy.

And please feel free to share this offer and the link to the festive calendar with any other assistants in your network. We want as many as possible to benefit from the world-class training in this issue.

Fall In Love With AI returns for 2026, and we are gifting one lucky assistant a free pass to this one-day virtual experience. Consider it a spark of possibility wrapped in holiday cheer. Join hundreds who have discovered how AI can lighten workloads, sharpen skills, and open new doors. If you have been curious about AI or want to elevate your expertise in the new year, this giveaway is your chance to step in with confidence. Enter for your free pass and start the year with fresh momentum.

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The winner will be randomly chosen and contacted by January 9th, 2026. The prize has no cash value and may not be exchanged or transferred.

Our world-class flagship online training conference for Assistants is back! Now in its seventh year, join ES Global for 24 hours of continuous training, networking, and personal development PLUS 30 days of post-event access to all the replays.

ES Global brings you the world’s top trainers for administrative professionals. This all-encompassing training event will touch upon all aspects of your role, such as:

• Ground-breaking thought leadership on the future of the role
• Latest developments for best practice in the new world of work
• How to structure your role to become more productive
• Cutting-edge advice on developing your strategic business partnership
• A roadmap for career development and role progression
• Exclusive interviews with top-performing assistants & leaders
• Tips for forming and growing your network
• The latest technical skills for enhanced performance

PLUS, a huge dose of inspiration and motivation!

And today, we’re giving away tickets to five lucky entrants!!

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Our team will randomly pick five lucky winners. The winner will be notified via email by January 13, 2026. You must submit your entry no later than December 31, 2025.

In a fractured, stressful, and volatile workplace, many Assistants find themselves at a crossroads and facing new and difficult questions. We all need some extra support sometimes. Workplace expert and assistant advocate Bonnie Low-Kramen want to support you to find the road that is right for you.

This prize includes two (1) hour coaching sessions via Zoom and a PDF copy of Staff Matters. This prize can be utilized for you and your team or you and your Executive(s).

Do you see as clear as day that a change is needed? What are you waiting for? If not now, when? If not you, who?

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Prize is transferable. Expiration Dec 31, 2026

ACEA, the Advanced Certificate for the Executive Assistant, is a globally recognised business qualification designed specifically for senior administrative professionals. It strengthens your understanding of finance, project management, leadership, strategy, and organisational operations so that you can partner with your executive at a genuinely strategic level.

It is the certification that helps assistants move from “support” to “business partner”. Many graduates tell me it changed not just how they work but how they are perceived across the organisation.

If you have been waiting for the right moment to step up, consider this your invitation.

Open Door Five. Enter the draw.
And imagine what ACEA could unlock for you in 2026.

The course must be taken before the end of 2026. 

Our friends at Sharecal have stepped forward with something incredibly generous today. One assistant will receive 200 USD to spend on anything that supports your growth or your joy. You choose.

A course. A conference. A book. A moment of self care. Whatever you need most right now.

If you have not discovered Sharecal yet, they are transforming the way assistants manage calendars. Smart, simple, built for the way you work. And they have been such champions of this community.

I love this gift because it puts the power back in your hands. You know what you need. Sharecal wants to help you get it.

Open Door Six. Enter the draw.
And let yourself imagine what that 200 USD could unlock for you next year.

Day Seven of the Executive Support Festive Calendar brings a prize that has reshaped the careers of administrative professionals worldwide.

One assistant will receive a place on Lucy Brazier’s Modern Day Assistant course, with the option to attend online or choose from any of the in person dates in 2026.

The 2026 locations are: London, San Francisco, Washington DC, Baden in Switzerland, and online.

The Modern Day Assistant is a two day, immersive learning experience that explores what it means to operate as a strategic administrative business partner. The programme delves into influence, communication, boundaries, leadership, AI, business acumen, and the partnership between executive and assistant. It is practical and challenging, and it gives assistants the confidence and clarity to elevate their roles.

Participants consistently say the course transforms how they see themselves, how they work, and how they are valued within their organisations.

This is one of the most sought after development opportunities in the profession. And today, one place is yours to win.

Open Door Seven to enter.
And imagine the difference this training could make for your year ahead.

Want to keep up to date with the latest technology for your role?

Our online ES Tech event contains 24 hours of practical training about new trends in technology and a huge dose of inspiration from the world’s top trainers for administrative professionals. We aim to improve your work life and help you strive for bigger and better things every day.

Topics covered during ES Tech include: 

• The latest technical skills for enhanced performance 
• Latest developments for best practice in the new world of work 
• Training on Artificial Intelligence, including ChatGPT and virtual reality 
• Tips & tricks for tools such as M365, Google Workspace & iOs 
• Newest productivity tools 
• Social Media Trends 

Plus, much, much more!

Enter for your chance to win.

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Our team will randomly pick five lucky winners. The winners will be notified via email by January 13, 2026. You must submit your entry no later than December 31, 2025.

Did you know that we have a learning library containing the content from every ES Global and ES Tech we have run since 2020?

That’s over 400 hours of training specifically for Administrative Professionals from some of the top trainers in the world.

We’re offering one lucky individual the opportunity to win a year’s access to the entire library. You’ll be the best-trained assistant on the planet!!

Enter now for your chance to win.

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Our team will randomly pick one lucky winner. The winner will be notified via email by January 13, 2025. You must submit your entry no later than December 31, 2025.

This transformative 6-hour program is tailored specifically for administrative professionals, empowering you to earn the Microsoft Certified: AI Badge and validate your expertise in AI-powered solutions. This certification highlights your ability to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and drive innovation within your organization, positioning you as a key player in the AI revolution.

Led by Professor Corinne Hoisington, a globally renowned certified Microsoft AI trainer with a long history of successfully training administrative professionals, and National Geographic/Cengage author of Introduction to AI: A Business Perspective, this course delivers practical skills and strategies. Learn to harness cutting-edge AI tools, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, and advanced chatbots, specifically designed to help administrative professionals transform their roles and organizations.

What You’ll Learn

• Master Essential AI Tools: Gain hands-on experience with industry-leading AI solutions to streamline workflows and boost productivity.
• Automate Repetitive Tasks: Learn to leverage AI to save time and resources by automating routine processes.
• Extract Valuable Insights: Turn data into actionable insights to inform decision-making and strategy.
• Personalize Customer Experiences: Use AI to deliver tailored experiences that delight and engage customers.
• Streamline Organizational Workflows: Optimize operations across your organization with powerful AI-driven solutions.
• Boost Productivity & Efficiency: Empower your team to achieve more with cutting-edge AI applications.
• Gain a Competitive Advantage: Differentiate your business by integrating innovative AI technologies.
• Demonstrate Expertise: Validate your skills and commitment to innovation with the Microsoft AI Certification Badge.

Our team will randomly pick one lucky winner. The winner will be notified via email by January 13, 2026. You must submit your entry no later than December 31, 2025.

Day Eleven of the Executive Support Festive Calendar brings an extraordinary opportunity for one organisation.

We are giving away a 60 minute online fireside chat with Lucy Brazier OBE, created exclusively for the winning team.

Lucy is one of the most respected global authorities on the administrative profession. Her sessions are engaging, practical, honest, and deeply affirming. She tailors every fireside chat to the specific needs of the group, whether that involves strategic partnership, confidence, communication, AI, boundaries, or the Global Skills Matrix.

Teams consistently tell us that time with Lucy changes the way they see their role and strengthens their ability to influence and lead. It is a powerful hour of learning, encouragement, and clarity that stays with them long after the session ends.

If your administrative professionals have been working hard this year and deserve something truly uplifting, this is the moment to enter.

Win your way to more time

Our Find Your Missing Hour 7-Day Challenge (on-demand and self-study) helps you uncover the hidden hours in your schedule.

Time you can get back and use for:

• Catching up on sleep
• Reading a good book
• Taking that exercise class
• Being with your loved ones
• Starting a new hobby or studying

You give your time to others all day long, now it’s time to get some back for yourself.

The Prizes: 1st Prize: Challenge Upgrade Experience (£44) plus a 1:1 Coaching Session with Abigail (£188)*

2nd Prize: x12 Challenge Upgrade Experiences (£44)*

If you’re not a winner you can start the challenge today for free today or grab the Upgrade Experience and enjoy 12% off with the promo code: ES12, available to the first 22 sign-ups only.*

** Find Your Missing Hour_7 Day Challenge – SIGN UP

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*Prizes must be claimed by 31 January 2026

Executive Support Magazine is the world’s leading training publication for senior and aspiring administrative professionals. The magazine is packed with training and mentoring and carries no advertising, ensuring that our subscribers get value from every one of the magazine’s 48 pages.

The magazine aims to give administrative professionals worldwide – whatever their title or level within their company – an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills.

Our prize today includes unlimited online magazine access for up to 20 people, bi-monthly PDF issues to share with the team, access to over 2000 searchable articles from the online archive, and training & event discounts.

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The corporate licence is for 20 people from one organisation for 12 months.

Executive Support Magazine is the world’s leading training publication for senior and aspiring assistants and administrative professionals.

Now in its 15th year, Executive Support Magazine continues to bring you the best professional training for assistants. And now you can unlock the door to a world of knowledge and excellence.

Today, we are offering five of you the chance to win an annual subscription to Executive Support Magazine! Elevate your career and stay at the forefront of industry trends with exclusive insights, expert advice, and valuable resources delivered directly to your doorstep.

Our annual subscription includes:

• Unlimited access to over 3,000 articles & training tools – from world-leading trainers & thought leaders for administrative professionals
• Printed copy of our bi-monthly, 48-page, ad-free magazine delivered to your address – PLUS unlimited access to the digital version
• Exclusive subscribers’ discount to Training Courses & Events (save up to 20%) – simply login to your account to reveal your subscribers’ price
• Access to FREE Training Resources on our YouTube channel

Don’t miss this golden opportunity to be part of a community of high-performing executive assistants. Enter our prize draw today for your chance to win and embark on a journey of continuous learning and professional growth.

Enter by clicking the button below.

Whether you’re ready to elevate your visibility, strengthen your executive partnership, or plan your 2026 goals, this focused session will give you tailored guidance and tangible takeaways you can apply immediately.

My Power Hours have helped assistants from global brands like Amazon, Apple, and Paramount+ turn quiet consistency into measurable impact.

Terms: Prize valid until 31 March 2026. Session delivered via video call.

Please book a 15 min intro call via my website to discuss your objectives and needs first- my Calendly link is on this page of my website https://jodiemears.com/aspire-%26-achieve

Etapa Hub is pleased to offer one complimentary pass to one of our upcoming Global Executive Assistant Summits – the participant can choose between the 16th Global Executive Assistant Summit or the 17th Global Executive Assistant Summit. These premier gatherings bring together executive assistants, office managers, and administrative professionals from around the world to connect, learn, and share best practices. Each event features inspiring keynote speakers, interactive workshops, and valuable networking opportunities designed to empower and support professional growth.

Imagine logging in each month knowing exactly what to focus on, with tools and a supportive community, to keep you accountable.

Monthly masterclasses, ready-to-use templates, live Q&As, and a bespoke community portal to help you take control of your time, energy and focus.

If you want practical tools, supportive accountability, and a clear path to getting more done with less stress, this is for you!

Hosted by global speaker and ESTech friend, Liz Hardwick CSP.

Membership access will be provided via an email registration link and will be valid for 3 months. 

A bespoke 60 minute virtual training session for your EA/PA/Administrative Team delivered by award-winning learning and development specialist Your Excellency Limited.

From Assertiveness to Communication, Finance to Strategy or NLP to Time Management, we’ll work with you to design an impactful virtual workshop for up to 10 team members.

You will be invited to a virtual training diagnostics meet with Co-Founder & Director Lindsay Taylor to agree learning outcomes and to set a date and time for delivery.

Lindsay will design a 60 minute  impactful workshop.

Training is to be delivered by 30^th April 2026.

Training is for up to 10 team members and delivered via Zoom by either Lindsay or another qualified trainer at Your Excellency Limited.

Post training, attendees are provided with a PDF copy of the Ppt slides used.  These include useful resources and weblinks to encourage continuous professional development.

No cash alternative.

By entering your details and providing an email address, you will be subscribed to weekly free training tips via “Lunch n Learn with Lindsay” mailouts
We think you’ll love the weekly inspiration and learning however you can unsubscribe at any time.

Your details will be used only by Your Excellency and not shared with any other third party. We take your privacy and security seriously.

🌟 Big News! For a limited time, you can grab an exclusive 2-for-1 bonus for the upcoming “The Amazing Assistant” online workshop!

Join me for two powerful half-days of live, online training on January 27 & 28—packed with practical tools, real-world strategies, and the kind of “aha!” moments that immediately elevate how you work.

But that’s not all…

✨ You’ll also receive:

• Full access to the workshop recording for 60 days
• One full year of ongoing support and coaching with me, Rhonda Scharf
• A second registration—FREE 🎁

That’s right: the regular price is $595 per person, but right now you can register TWO people for only $595 total. Bring your admin partner, your office bestie, or your whole team can tag-team two at a time!

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to invest in your professional growth, this is it.

Use code: AdminsRockExecSupport here!

The Power Hour is a focused 1-hour Zoom or Teams session where I review your existing (or planned) spreadsheet, identify ways to boost accuracy, efficiency, and automation, and—where possible—implement improvements live. By the end of the hour, your spreadsheet will look and perform more amazing than ever, with clear explanations and supporting documentation for all functions.

You’ll also have the peace of mind of 2 additional hours of support for further development, training, or ad-hoc Excel questions—via Zoom, Teams, phone, or email.

Power Hour must be booked before 31^st Jan 2026 (can be for a future date). Support DOES NOT include On Site visits

Win 5 x copies of The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential by Lucy Brazier OBE

Assistants and administrators are the backbone of every organization. Discover how to innovate and thrive in this vital sector with The Modern-Day Assistant.

As technology and disruption continue to reshape the business world, the responsibilities and skills of a modern-day assistant have transformed. Executives and leaders are more dependent than ever on the unique and varied responsibilities of their administrators and assistants. Drawing upon decades of experience, Lucy Brazier OBE demystifies the strategies and approaches that will allow you to reach your full potential as an assistant, and how to accelerate your career while doing so.

From building your network and developing your communication skills to time management and strategic planning, The Modern-Day Assistant is the ultimate guide to developing your abilities and reaching your full potential at work. It also explores how you can effectively capitalize upon your skills, whether that’s climbing the ranks of the assistant sector or pivoting into a new role.

*NEW* ES Thrive 2026

The Global Conference That Supports the Assistant Behind the Role

18 to 19 November 2026. Online. 24 hours of live learning. 30 days of replay access.

Why ES Thrive Exists

You carry more emotional load and organisational responsibility than ever before.

You are expected to stay calm under pressure, adapt quickly, and support others through constant change, often without space to stop and recalibrate.

ES Thrive was created to support the person behind the role, wherever in the world you work.

This is your space to pause, reset, and rebuild your energy, confidence, and clarity.

You will learn how to:

• Stay steady under pressure
• Manage emotional load
• Build confidence that lasts
• Set boundaries without conflict
• Strengthen mental and emotional resilience
• Manage energy through busy seasons
• Set goals with purpose and impact
• Lead with influence and personal presence