26
Aug

Alliances

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We all need alliances, sooner or later. And the quicker an EOP realizes this, the stronger her position. Why? Well, though we work for C-suiters and we act on their behalf, sometimes we need to push our own agendas. You can try to do this on…

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29
Jul

The Summer Disconnect

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I like summer holidays: it’s the one time in the year that I mindfully and resolutely disconnect from my work e-mail. My boss has been briefed about current stay of play on various issues and project, colleagues have received the advisory e-mail regarding my leave…

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22
Jun

EOA’s first Video Guest – Frode Hvaring

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Our first Video Guest is Frode Hvaring – Welcome! Frode is Head of HR for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s largest association of public broadcasters. The videos can be accessed on the EOA Video page, EOA Guest section, where he addresses two subjects. The High…

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2
Jun

New Beginnings

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Old stories, new beginnings I was intending to write a lighter article but today was the last day of the month. At the close of day one of my young (female) EA colleagues announced that she too had resigned. She still had a copy of…

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28
May

Powerful Support for Executive Office Partnerships

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Two articles on Forbes.com with great content that support EOA’s beliefs of Win-Win; Powerful Partnerships and Effective Use of Time. They include: “How The Most Effective Executives Avoid Getting Mired In The Small Stuff”. (Robert Scher) “4 Reasons Successful Entrepreneurs need Executive Assistants”(Ryan Westwood) Let us know what you…

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21
May

“Welcome to the Circus!”

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A little while ago a lawyer friend asked me “What exactly is your job…?” I admit that I laughed and he remained rather perplexed and couldn’t get beyond the notion that female admin. staff are simply secretaries who follow instructions and type documents. Well, let…

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20
May

My Contribution to the HR Discussion

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A couple of years ago, I wrote a small piece for the journal of Swiss Engineering, a technical association. My article, written in 2012, went as follows: “I have had five employers in my professional life. The last was the only one to have a dimension “merit salary”:…

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13
May

Introduction of EOA’s corresponding EPA – Judy Fyrthe

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Similarly to EOA’s Barracks Lawyer we would like to welcome EOA’s corresponding Executive Personal Assistant (EPA). She is an existing, practicing, working EPA and will be writing under the pseudonym of Judy Fyrthe. Why the pseudonym? Well that is because she will be able to…

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13
May

Introduction of EOA’s Barracks Lawyer

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“EOA is about working towards the High Performing Executive Office. The 3 core belief statements of EOA include win-win approaches, developing powerful partnerships and effective organisation of time. It is about leadership that manifests itself both within and from the Executive Office. In order to provide…

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8
May

Does technology enhance the role of the EPA or is it a death knell?

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We did a straw-pole of about 40 Executives amongst 400 attending a Business School event in 2014. The overwhelming response was that the importance of the Executive Personal Assistants in their company had rather gone down than up and this mainly due to technology allowing…

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