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Category: Career

The power play: When to act and when to ask

Picture this: Your executive is drowning in back-to-back meetings all day, seemingly more stressed than ever. A time-sensitive request lands in your inbox, and the clock is ticking. Do you take the initiative or wait for approval? For many executive assistants, this scenario plays out daily, highlighting a critical skill: knowing when to act independently and when to seek approval.

Clean data confidence

The information your organization uses to make mission-critical decisions is based on available, gathered data. Increasingly, the role of data gathering and reporting is landing on administrative professionals. Use these concepts and principles to give you the confidence to meet the moment.

Gratitude as a career catalyst: A strategic approach

Between coordinating global meetings and managing complex calendars, gratitude might seem like an afterthought in an executive assistant’s packed schedule. Yet as offices buzz with holiday planning, year-end deadlines and National Gratitude Month in November, practicing intentional thankfulness could be your most powerful professional tool.

Strategic tips for celebrating National Boss’s Day with impact

October 16 is approaching on the calendar, and with it comes a unique opportunity for executive assistants to strengthen professional relationships and showcase their strategic thinking. While Boss’s Day might seem like just another Hallmark holiday, savvy EAs recognize its potential as a powerful tool for career advancement and team building.

Lessons from July 2024

Whether or not you were directly affected by the Microsoft Windows/CrowdStrike debacle of July 2024, with 8.5 million Windows computers crashing around the world, we can’t pretend that such a thing is not likely to happen again. Here are three things you can do to be ready to step up when (not if) something like this happens again.