C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 10, 2025

The hybrid workplace isn’t new. Flexible work arrangements date back at least to the 1960s. Even so, the COVID-19 pandemic sped up the adoption of remote working technologies, and four years later, more than half of employees are working in a hybrid environment. Knowledge workers such as executive assistants (EAs), who spend much time on computer-related tasks can benefit greatly from this arrangement, as can employers.

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The Assistant Room

JANUARY 14, 2025

For as long as I can remember, both during my own journey as an Executive Assistant and in my eight years as the Founder of […] The post Personal/Executive Assistants: Stop Settling for the Bare Minimum first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2025

Master the Executive Assistant interview with top questions, answers, and preparation tips to showcase your skills and land the role.

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Allwork

JANUARY 13, 2025

AI agents are quickly becoming part of the workforce, and as NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang pointed out at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, last week, companies are going to have to figure out how best to work with them. The chip-making giant recently released a set of AI Blueprints , or agent models that can be integrated directly into a companys software.

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Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 23, 2025

If youre a busy executive with an enormous workload, you may wish at times that you could clone yourself. The next best thing is hiring multiple executive assistants (EAs). A professional EA can take on lower-level tasks to free you up for more complex responsibilities, such as strategic planning and nurturing key business relationships. The right person can seem like an extension of yourselfan extra set of hands.

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Success

JANUARY 30, 2025

Self-confidence is a crucial skill that influences every aspect of our lives, especially in areas like decision-making, building meaningful relationships and achieving personal and professional success. Its the foundation of self-assurance, enabling us to face life’s many challenges and not shy away from new opportunities. It also helps us learn to grow as individuals.

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The Assistant Room

JANUARY 24, 2025

Ah, the life of a Personal or Executive Assistants: part diplomat, part professional lifeline, part therapist (but sadly, without the couch). Youre the gatekeeper, the […] The post The Art of Saying No: How to Set Boundaries as Personal and Executive Assistants first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 22, 2025

Discover how an accidental start turned into a passionate career as an Executive Assistant, overcoming challenges and achieving success.

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Allwork

JANUARY 7, 2025

Remote work isnt just a convenience in the future of work its a tool for resilience in times of crisis. It minimizes risk, ensures continuity, preserves resources, and protects lives. This lack of foresight and action reflects poorly on leadership at every level, suggesting a reactive mindset, focused on managing disasters rather than preventing them.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 30, 2025

If you have a swimming pool installation in your backyard, you know that it’s not just about having a place to cool off on a hot day. It’s also about creating a beautiful outdoor oasis for relaxation and entertainment. However, no one wants to relax next to a pool full of leaves and debris, or be interrupted by pesky insects. This is where pool screen installation and other screen services come into play.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Success

JANUARY 29, 2025

In many ways, improvisation feels like playing in a safe spacebut dont let the fun fool you. These heightened versions of reality can spark meaningful discoveries. My own experience with improvisation comes from directing short plays and films in Manhattan. In rehearsals, Id frequently ask actors to set their scripts aside and interact as their characters with specific objectives.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 14, 2025

Data privacy is the biggest concern around implementing GenAI in the workplace, a new survey claims. The poll from careersinaudit.com suggests that data privacy is the biggest ethical concern people have when it comes to utilising GenAI tools in the workplace, with 53 percent of respondents citing it as the biggest risk. Thesurvey asked audit and governance professionals about how AI is being implemented in their respective organisations, their attitudes towards the tech and what their biggest c

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The Assistant Room

JANUARY 10, 2025

Eight years ago, we launched The PA Diaries, a campaign that captured the hearts and minds of admin professionals around the globe. It was more […] The post The PA Diaries: Jane Squires, HNW Virtual Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 13, 2025

Executive assistants are the unsung heroes of the workplace, orchestrating the behind-the-scenes details that allow executives to focus on the big picture.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said on Friday the coffee giant will cut jobs to optimize its support teams as part of the company’s ongoing turnaround efforts. The details of the job cuts, to be announced by early March, will not affect the company’s in-store teams or the investments it makes in store hours, he added. Niccol, the former Chipotle Mexican Grill head, who is four months into his new role at Starbucks has set forth a raft of measures to improve the coffee chain’s busin

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Energage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Building a better employee experience, higher engagement, and a stronger culture are all important goals that fuel business performance, productivity, and employee well-being.  To understand and shape the company’s culture, many companies use employee engagement surveys to measure the state of their employee experience and take action to make improvements.

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Success

JANUARY 29, 2025

For weeks now, wildfires have been ravaging Southern California , devastating neighborhoods and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Its not difficult to see the external consequences of these disasters, but the internal effects natural disasters have on the people experiencing them can also be debilitating. Natural disasters have always been part of the reality of life on Earth.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 3, 2025

Workers are resisting the so-called return to office due to a lack of desk space, following widespread reductions by companies in the wake of Covid. A fifth of workers cited a shortage of desks and facilities among their top three reasons for avoiding the office, according to a survey by real estate consultancy Remit Consulting. The firm claims that businesses may have scaled back desk numbers too aggressively after the pandemic spurred a rise in home working.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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The Assistant Room

JANUARY 10, 2025

Eight years ago, we launched The PA Diaries, a campaign that captured the hearts and minds of admin professionals around the globe. It was more […] The post The PA Diaries: Jane Squires, HNW Virtual Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2025

Master the Executive Assistant interview with top questions, answers, and preparation tips to showcase your skills and land the role.

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Allwork

JANUARY 9, 2025

Return-to-office mandates have set the tone for 2025, with big companies like WPP, BT, and Amazon turning a new leaf on mandatory office presence as the year kicks off. As large corporations try to pivot to working more from the office, theyve invariably encountered the same problems: pushback from employees and the lack of office space. Another issue, as highlighted in Amazons case, is how different regions respond to the RTO mandate.

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Energage

JANUARY 13, 2025

In Moneyball, Billy Beane revolutionized baseball by using data to uncover overlooked players who could deliver consistent wins — not through home runs or scouting hunches, but through metrics like on-base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage. These unconventional stats, ignored by most teams, helped Beane’s Oakland A’s compete on a small budget.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

At first glance, some workplace trends for 2025 appear to be contradictorynamely the continued expansion of return to office policies combined with a growing interest in employee mental health. In a McKinsey survey from 2021, one-third of respondents reported that returning to the office negatively affected their mental health. Finding the proper balance between these potentially competing priorities is likely to be a challenge for bosses and workers alike.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 9, 2025

Young people who began their careers around the start of the Covid-19 pandemic or soon after are being invited to share their experiences of the workplace, as part of an inquiry into the effects of hybrid working. To mark five years since the first lockdowns began globally, business standards and improvement company BSI is investigating the impact of the restrictions on younger workers, and how transformed ways of working have shaped subsequent career journeys.

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The Assistant Room

JANUARY 6, 2025

The decision to hand in your notice at work can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Whether you’ve found a better opportunity, need a change, or […] The post How to Successfully Hand in Your Notice as an Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 7, 2025

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Two-thirds of Japanese companies are experiencing a serious business impact from a shortage of workers, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday, as the country’s population continues to shrink and age rapidly. Labor shortages in Japan, particularly among non-manufacturers and small firms, are reaching historic levels, the government has said, stoking concerns that this supply-side constraint could stifle economic growth.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 29, 2025

Does your company’s executive assistant (EA) support multiple high-level executives? If you have a startup or small business, you may see it as a cost-saving measure for your assistant to “double up” with two or more individuals, such as the CEO and CFO. But there are compelling reasons why it’s best not to do this, especially regarding assistants for the C-Suite.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2025

Even if youve never taken a DISC assessment yourself, you probably know at least a handful of people who have. Used by more than 1 million people every year, DISC is highly effective at helping organizations improve teamwork, communication and productivity in the workplace. Organizations around the world, whether governmental agencies, Fortune 500 companies or startups, use DISC.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 2, 2025

Employers hired at a robust pace last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Which means unless youre offering top dollar and a boatload of perks, you may not be able to hire the people your company needs. You can hire independent contractorsfreelancersas an interim or even permanent solution. The Department of Labor issued worker status regulations earlier this year.

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Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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