Category Archives: ELS Blog

What Every EA Should Know during their First 90 Days in Supporting a CEO

If you don’t know Al-Husein Madhany, you should. ASAP. Not only is he a captivating motivational speaker, but Al-Husein (or AHM, as we…
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How to Be Better at Developing Relationships

To help us boost our connector confidence, we called on Lisa Olsen, CEO of Admin to Admin, a training and consulting company specializing…
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I Attended ELS Forum and Here’s What Happened

Our very own Julia Ford-Carther, new to our team, attended ELS Forum: New York City. Here, she shares her experience on-site, what she…
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This Beats Leaning In to Get Ahead as an Executive Assistant

At the beginning of the year we interviewed Melba Duncan, CEO at the Duncan Group, about managing up and how four simple steps…
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Five Things Assistants Should Never Think About

As an executive assistant, your life can start to feel like a road that's crammed sprinkled with surprises tasks at every corner. Tasks…
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5 Self-Motivation Tools for Executive Assistants

As an assistant, you’re not tethered to the pace of you of your executive. Explore how the best assistants are driving progress forward,…
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The Importance of Making International Connections through Networking

As an executive assistant, you have a pulse on the organization and serve as the right-hand to your executive. Building a network outside…
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ELS Success Story: Christina Machado

Christina Machado, Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO at Fattmerchant, Orlando, shares her experience at an ELS event.
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The Executive Assistant Guide to Personal Branding on Social Media With Al-Husein Madhany

In order for executive assistants to step up as business leaders within their organizations, it’s prevalent they have strong personal branding, that both…
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Shrinking but Clear, the Pay Gap is Still Here

In 2018, women earned around 80 cents to every dollar a man made. It’s 2019, on Equal Pay Day, and the gap is…
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