The Corporate PA Summit program is designed to deliver content that is cutting-edge, highly beneficial, easily transferable, empowering and inspirational. It’s designed specifically to help you fulfil your potential and be the best you can be.
No one enjoys dealing with difficult people. We can all agree that life would be so much easier if we could just avoid people we dislike or disagree with. But unfortunately, this isn’t possible most of the time – particularly if you work as part of a team or are client-facing.
Managing challenging personalities is a delicate art but it is something you can learn. In this presentation, psychologist and mindset coach, Marny Lishman, will guide you through the types of difficult people you are likely to encounter in life and why they can have such a profound impact on your happiness at work.
Marny will provide you with a toolkit to help you face difficult personalities head-on, including:
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The role of the Executive Assistant and Personal Assistant is rapidly evolving and is increasingly being acknowledged for the strategic and influential role they play in Senior Leadership teams.
This session will feature a dynamic Executive Assistant and Senior Leadership team member, who will share their experiences and insights into creating and maintaining a high-performance and high-trust working relationship. They will share their perspectives on what is required to ensure a positive and successful partnership and offer practical tips on how EAs and PAs can become more strategic and visible in their roles.
During this conversation, you will gain valuable advice on:
Ever get the feeling of being stuck in your career, not because you aren’t great at your job, but because it benefits others for you to remain where you are?
Perhaps you’d like to move into an EA role supporting a C-suite executive but you’re not quite sure how to position yourself to step up? Your inner voice may be questioning, “Do I have what it takes?”
Belinda Brosnan is a trusted leadership confidante to C-suite leaders with more than 18 years’ senior corporate experience and a further 10 years as an executive coach and leadership development expert. Working with senior leaders across multiple industries, Belinda has supported them as they transition into C-suite executive roles and navigate the pressures of leading an organisation and reporting to a board.
In this session, Belinda will help you:
When soft skills are used well, you can become a powerful asset to your organisation. This is why Executive Assistant Coach Liz Van Vliet refers to them as “power skills”.
Power skills are non-technical skills such as self-awareness, negotiation and decision-making that help you communicate and interact with your colleagues more effectively. Liz believes that by honing your power skills, you can become a truly high-performing, influential and respected EA.
Power skills can also be helpful day-to-day, from balancing tight deadlines to anticipating the needs of your boss and solving problems before they arise. So, how can you begin to master these skills and become indispensable to your executive and wider team?
Liz will be sharing the framework she uses to support her ambitious EA clients, so you can begin to get a competitive edge in your career. She will offer insights on how you can:
In 2023, our schedules have never been busier. We are all time poor, stretched and busy running from one thing to the next. It’s no wonder we feel like we’re not actually getting anything done!
Productivity is a big buzz word in this industry and we’re all striving to do more in less time, to the best of our ability. So how we use the resources around us to time-manage, streamline, and automate, so that we can spend more time doing the things we love?
Executive Assistant and founder of The Admin Collective, Nick Ginsburg, has a wealth of experience and knowledge in this area and is passionate about helping fellow admin professionals get more out of their day, so you can have time to fill your cup.
In this session, Nick will help you leverage technology to achieve greater productivity across all areas of your life. Nick will share what he has learnt to help you:
As an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or Admin professional, it’s likely you have a boss. But have you ever considered that you yourself are a boss? Whether you have your own team or not, you can use a ‘boss mindset’ to help you achieve your goals and develop your influence.
The basis of a boss mindset is self-worth – a deep sense of respect and compassion for yourself that empowers you to harness your innate skills, talents and strengths. This mindset can only be achieved by getting to know yourself, connecting with your purpose, mastering your emotions, and choosing courage at every opportunity.
The incredibly relatable, engaging, and entertaining Amy Coombe will lead you though this session, drawing on her lived experiences to share how you can become the boss of your own life. Amy will guide you through the simple steps you can take each day to increase your confidence and transform your thinking, so you can conquer anything you set your mind to.
This session will give you the tools to:
With more information at our fingertips than ever before, it’s no wonder we’re confused about where to place our time and energy to build a life and career that lights us up and gives us a sense of fulfillment. It can leave you feeling stuck in your role, overwhelmed by the juggle or lacking a sense of enthusiasm about the life you’ve created.
Health journalist and author, Casey Beros, has spent years interviewing the experts and has a unique ability to bridge the gap between ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’ when it comes to health, personal and professional development. Casey loves nothing more than helping people live better lives, drawing on her experiences and insights grounded in evidence-based expert opinion.
In this highly interactive session, Casey will be sharing the steps you can take to live a happier, healthier life (and kick some career goals along the way). Together, you will work through the many facets of your life in real time, to empower you to build more of the good stuff IN and edit what isn’t working OUT. You will leave this final session of the day with:
