The pre-summit and post-summit masterclass programs are designed to give you the tools you need to succeed in your role, maximize your career opportunities and make the most of every interaction.
This full-day masterclass will be held on Monday October 19, 2020
ABOUT YOUR MASTERCLASS
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed with your workload? Tired of constantly juggling dozens of things at once?
This masterclass will help you get out of the ‘overwhelm trap’, showing you how to regain control, boost resilience and super-charge your productivity so you make the most of every day.
It’s common, even for high-performing professionals to feel overwhelmed at times. With the current rate of change, impact of technology and level of connectivity we now experience, it can be difficult to switch off or to prioritize so many competing demands. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to break out of that cycle and start to achieve more with less time, this session is for you.
Learn exactly how to juggle the multiple demands of life, work and family, while staying in control. Enjoy extraordinary energy and vitality throughout the day. Strengthen your communication skills to set boundaries that keep you in-balance. Transform the way you approach and structure your life and workflows so you achieve much more in less time, regain balance and experience more joy and satisfaction.
Designed exclusively for EAs and PAs, and for the Corporate PA Summit, this is a must-attend session for any busy admin professional who wants more personal and professional success.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR – LAUREN PARSONS
Lauren is an award-winning Wellbeing Specialist who believes that everyone deserves to thrive. She is passionate about equipping and inspiring people to truly boost their health and happiness. With 19 years’ experience in the health and wellbeing profession she is a sought after speaker, coach and consultant.
Described as inspiring and life-changing, Lauren is a dynamic and highly-engaging presenter, and master story-teller who will have you laughing, moving and learning in a memorable way. You will leave Lauren’s session feeling uplifted and empowered to create positive change, today!
TEDx speaker, Author of real food less fuss, and Seven Fitness Myths to Overcome, founder of the Snack on Exercise movement and regular contributor to AAPNZ and Executive Secretary Magazine among other international publications. Lauren helps busy people re-discover how to feel vibrant, confident and energized.
Based in New Zealand, where she lives with her husband and three children, she can often be found hosting dinner parties, spending time outdoors or playing board games. Lauren travels regularly to speak at conferences or in-house, and specializes in helping organisations create a high-energy, peak-performance team culture, which enables people to thrive.
MASTERCLASS AGENDA
8.30 Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 SESSION 1: Secrets to Remaining Resilient and Highly Energized
Discover the essential (but not often used) daily routines that set the foundation for your mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. Uncover the secrets to massively strengthen your energy, focus and resilience so you perform at your best.
10.30 Morning coffee
11.00 SESSION 2: Overcome the Overwhelm
This session will help you carve a pathway through the overwhelm and show you how to get the most important things done each and every day. You’ll massively boost your effectiveness and remain cool calm and collected, even on the busiest of days.
You’ll discover:
12.30 Lunch
1.30 SESSION 3: Super-charge Your Productivity – Less Stress, More Joy
Imagine being so productive and focused, you achieve all your key tasks in less than a standard workday and head home early, completely satisfied and feeling ahead of the game, ready to spend quality time with your loved ones. Packed with practical time-saving tips to reduce stress and help you achieve more with less time, this session can help make that a reality.
3.00 Afternoon tea
3.30 SESSION 4: Set Boundaries, Say No and Get What You Want
Master the skills of confident, positive and assertive communication to significantly improve the quality of your interactions and both your personal and professional relationships.
The session will finish with an opportunity to create your own action plan to ensure you take the transformational ideas and strategies from the masterclass back into your own environment, and know exactly how and when to implement them to create sustained positive change!
4.30 Close of masterclass
The masterclass will be conducted using a combination of presentation material and group exercises; maximising your learning potential. Please note that the masterclass content will be tailored to participants’ individual needs so the length of each session may vary. Refreshments will be served at appropriate times, including morning and afternoon teas and lunch.
This full-day masterclass will be held on Wednesday October 21, 2020
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR – PHOENIX NORMAND
Phoenix Normand started life as a farm boy in rural East Texas. After discovering a talent and love for the arts at a young age he graduated with honors and became a professional tour dancer and singer, traversing the globe for over a decade with 12-time, Grammy nominated artist Ledisi. He’s lived and studied in five countries and is conversational in several languages. He’s met and performed for three US Presidents, stadiums full of screaming fans, and even met the Dalai Lama…completely by accident.
As a top 1%, career, C-suite Executive Assistant he’s supported top CEOs in investment banking, retail and tech for over 27 years. He’s had a front row seat in dot com 1.0 and 2.0 helping many of today’s big businesses grow from fledgling startup to global ubiquity including Amazon, Levi’s, Square, Flipagram, and Boom Supersonic. Among his many legacies in the role, Phoenix designed and produced the pitchbook that won the Amazon.com deal for the investment bank that eventually took Amazon public. Many of the stories that shaped Phoenix’s storied career can be found in his newly released book, “AS I SEE IT, Volume 1: Business.”
Phoenix travels the world with his traveling “skills and mindset bootcamp” trībU helping to produce the “next gen” executive and personal assistants ruling the top of the game. His private trīb has quickly become one of the most sought-after resources and communities for top EAs from 12 countries.
MASTERCLASS AGENDA
8.30 Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 SESSION 1: Decoding executive language and expectations
The opening session will ensure you are fluent in boss language – what are their drivers and how can you ensure you understand their expectations, regardless of how they express them!
10.30 Morning coffee
11.00 SESSION 2: Providing immense value beyond calendaring and travel
This session will show you how to adapt to changing expectations and pressures and build on your expertise and ideas to make yourself not only indispensable to your manager, but equally make yourself a force for positive change within your business:
12.30 Lunch
1.30 SESSION 3: Developing the mindset of a CEO and treating execs as peers vs “bosses”
The key to becoming a true partner with your executive is to view yourself, and act, as an equal. This is far harder than it sounds of course and requires multiple skills including communication, negotiation, networking and leadership. In this session Phoenix will elevate both your thinking and your skillset and give you the mindset of a CEO.
3.00 Afternoon tea
3.30 SESSION 4: Crafting and mastering your personal brand
In a world where we are constantly under pressure to perform, to achieve, to sell and to do more, having the confidence to be the most magnificent version of yourself is the secret. It feels great to look great, to feel congruent and to present your best self to the world. Learn how to be the best version of yourself, get inspired and level up!
4.30 Close of masterclass
Zoe Mitchell is a wonderful presenter – so very personable, articulate, intelligent, professional and well-presented. Please convey my thanks to Zoe for the best workshop I have ever attended
I just wanted to thank you for organising this masterclass. It was excellent. Having attended a few of these in the past, I really appreciated Zoe’s professional and sensitive approach. I thought it was terrific
It was fantastic to have the opportunity to openly discuss the course content with others that may be in a similar position
Zoe was fantastic – a great facilitator who demonstrated excellent knowledge and perception