Views Professional Development

You know it’s going to be a good session when even the prep meeting has you taking notes. ✍️ Just finalised the fireside chat questions with Anu Lamba and let me tell you, this one is going to have energy! ✨

Anu is bubbly, sharp, generous with insight, and has built her EA career across IBM, Microsoft and Amazon... so we are absolutely not doing vague career wallpaper here.

One thing she said has already got me thinking: How do we apply the principle of “invent and simplify” when AI is moving into more and more of our daily tasks?

Because that is exactly where the EA role is heading.

In our fireside chat, we'll be talking about:

⚡ AI, the future of the EA role, and what skills are critical to be developing right now

⚡ Personal brand, visibility, and overcoming fear of judgement

⚡ Building trust with your executive and becoming a true partner

Meetings without agendas, you’re looking nervous. 😅

This is going to be such a fun, practical and thought-provoking session.

Inside the Role: Supporting Leaders in High-Pressure Tech Environments

EA How To

Tuesday 28 July

1:30pm AWST / 3:30pm AEST

Don’t miss this one. Link in bio!

Today’s EA How To session on the top AI platforms confirmed something I think a lot of people are feeling right now...
We are over it. 🤯
Over being told we need 27 new apps, three paid subscriptions, a robot assistant named Trevor, and a side hustle in prompt engineering just to keep up.

We're asking:
How do I actually use this in real life?
What’s worth paying for?
What saves me time this week?
What works inside a normal job with real pressure and limited time?

That’s why I loved today’s session with Dante St James.

It was practical. Clear. Lots of screensharing where he walked us through real examples. Just smart ways to use AI properly.

Some of the biggest takeaways for me:
✨ You probably need one solid main tool, not every tool on earth
✨ Add specialist tools only if there’s a real gap
✨ Good prompting is usually just being clear about what you need and defining the steps to get there

And the questions today were so good. It’s clear there’s real appetite for ongoing, practical AI training that helps people in their actual roles.

So I’d love to know...
If we ran regular AI sessions, what would you want help with most?

Some ideas:
• Inbox and calendar support
• Presentations, decks and documents faster
• Better prompts without sounding like a lunatic
• Meeting notes and follow-up actions
• LinkedIn and personal brand support
• Copilot explained in plain English
• AI for job search and career growth
• Building smarter systems and automations
• Which tools are genuinely worth it

Drop your thoughts below or send me a message!

The shiny-object phase is dying.

Useful is back 🔥

PS a very big thank you to GroupTogether for sponsoring today's session and the hugely generous free coffee's you provided for Admin Professionals Day! We appreciate you 🫶 Ali Linz Jessica-Jane (J-J) Yung

Things I hear from EAs all the time… I speak to a lot of people who are carrying serious responsibility while being labelled and paid like they’re there to book meetings and order biscuits.
They’re managing priorities, reading personalities, solving problems early, keeping leaders effective, protecting time, smoothing politics, and consistently preventing expensive mistakes.

But on paper?
Still undersold.
Still under-scoped.
Still underpaid.

That’s why next week’s fireside chat with the amazing Candice Burningham will be worth your time.

Here’s the details:
From Executive Assistant to Executive Business Partner
Redefining Your Role, Your Title, and Your Commercial Value
📅 Tuesday 21 April
⏰ 10am AWST
⚡ Actual useful conversation with someone who gets it!

Candice and I will be discussing:
✔ how the role has changed and why many organisations are behind
✔ when your title no longer reflects reality
✔ how to show commercial value properly
✔ how to raise scope, title and salary conversations like a professional
✔ why documenting these conversations matters

If you’ve ever thought, “I know I’m operating at a higher level than this,” this one is for you! Link to register is in my bio (it’s free!)

PS - Yes, I have a LOTR notebook. No, I don’t regret being a nerd 🧝‍♀️ 😅