Adam Fidler, the Principal and Founder of Adam Fidler Academy, shares his advice on the Executive and their EA partnership and how to make that a successful one for both. The success of an EA depends upon the quality of their partnership with their Executive. An Executive and their EA should constitute a team of […]
These five ways are all manageable and will help you to professionally develop as an Executive Assistant. Executive assistants have many roles to play every single day. Because of this, they tend to set aside professional development. But professional development is essential for them. They play a vital role in the companies they work for […]
The leading UK training specialist for PAs, EAs, VAs and Administrative Professionals, Your Excellency Ltd, has added an exciting new accredited Programme to their learning and development portfolio. The Mini MBA for Senior & Executive Assistants is accredited by The Institute of Administrative Manager (IAM). The Programme is ideally suited to Senior and Executive Assistants […]
Alicia Fairclough is EA to the CEO at Truphone and the Founder of the EA How To community initiative. She talks to PA Life about navigating the pandemic, working from home and pink gin… Tell us how you got to your current position at Truphone. I got my current role through a fantastic London recruiter, Morgan […]
By Adam Fidler, Founder, Adam Fidler Academy Adam Fidler is the Principal and Founder of the Adam Fidler Academy, which offers inspirational teaching and learning for PAs, EAs and business support professionals. Adam Fidler, often gets asked what key attributes organisations are seeking in their EAs and he shares his insights with PA Life… “I was […]
By Yvette Pearson, International Public Speaker, Blogger, Author, and Founder of The Admin Wrap Gifts for Assistants has a fantastic range of mugs, coasters and pens specifically made by an assistant, for an assistant. Whether you are looking for a little something for yourself, or perhaps you need a secret Santa present, you’ll find the perfect gift. […]
SecsintheCity, the UK’s only dedicated job site for business support professionals, hosted its annual PA of the Year Awards last week. Now in its ninth consecutive year, the Awards are an iconic celebration of the essential role that Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and Office Managers provide to the companies and individuals they work for. Sarah […]
By Kate Warburton, EA to the CEO at Truphone With all of the responsibilities that Executives/Managers have to deal with on a day-to-day basis, it is often easy for them to not recognise, or merely just not have the time to think about ideas/issues that may seem obvious to you and/or your colleagues. Some Senior […]
PA Life Club members, today is your last chance to earn a £20 Amazon gift voucher for every new PA Life Club member you recommend before midnight, December 21. Terms of your recommendation: The recommended friend must actively book onto the club and make payment for us to process the offer by December 21, 2018. Recommendations […]
At the time of interviewing, Lydia McKay was EA to the co-founder of Pretty Little Thing. Having worked on the corporate side in previous job roles, McKay was ready to take on some new responsibilities as an EA at Pretty Little Thing when she landed the job a year ago. Jade Burke meets with her […]
Sandra Wainwright is the EA to the chief fire officer at Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, who recently won the award for ‘not-for-profit PA of the year at the 2018 North West PA of the Year Awards’ and with over 21 years experience, we decided that it’s time we find out a little more about […]
Being an assistant is a lifestyle that most will have for the majority of their working years. A good assistant/boss relationship will see the same team stick together for years on end, moving company to company in pursuit of perfect harmony. But with a large age-range of EAs mixing to share knowledge at networking events, […]
Could VA services be the future of the assistant role? Well according to FYXER, it very well could be. PA Life staff writer Vincenzo Ferrara spends a day at the FYXER office to understand why more assistants are opting out of the office and into working from home? FYXER is a virtual assistant service that hires […]
As an assistant of any kind can be asked to work hours around the clock for your boss. If that means booking a last-minute flight at 2am or arranging a last-minute meeting at the end of the day, then that’s what you do. But, are out of office requests reasonable? And if so, where is […]
The good old days of the handheld label maker has been updated for the 2018 workspace and this cube of functionality is small, elegant and compact. Vincenzo Ferrara, staff writer at PA Life has been putting this little label maker to the test. As soon as I received the Brother PT-P710BT Label Printer, I was […]
We spend around a third of our life at work, so as you can imagine it must be difficult to feel like you don’t fit in with others. Vincenzo Ferrara, staff writer at PA Life, talks about why treating male and female assistants as equals is crucial. I recently heard a story from a respected […]
After seven years at the multinational toy and games company Hasbro, Sherrine Wright, EA at Hasbro, hasn’t looked back. Here, she shines the light on the vibrant and colourful world of toys and why it is imperative to keep up with the latest tech. What inspired you to start a career as a PA? My […]
On Tuesday evening a group of PAs got together at an event held by Fyxer in central London to discuss a topic that all PAs have worried about recently; what is the future of the EA role, with the advancement of technologies such as artificial intelligence? Vincenzo Ferrara reviews what was discussed. The event held by […]
