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Ep 239: Lucy Brazier – Author of The Modern-Day Assistant

Go Burrows

Lucy is author of The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential , as well as the CEO of Marcham Publishing, a global force synonymous with world-class conferences and training. In this episode, Lucy talks about her new book, the Global Skills Matrix for administrative assistants, and much more.

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I lived through the BuzzFeed boom. Here’s what it taught me about startup culture

Work Life

Roughly twice a week, we would get catered lunch brought in. This new, upgraded space allowed for more catered events for employees, plus quirky content-generating interviews with celebrities. My work as an administrative assistant was divided among three different managers within the Buzz side of the business.

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Ep 249: Izzy Gousby on Managing a Team of Assistants and Cultivating Confidence

Go Burrows

There, she mentors and trains over 12 executive and senior administrative assistants. Prior to Analysis Group, she worked as an executive assistant to the CEO, CFO, and CMO at a biotechnology firm in Boston.

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20+ Essential Executive Assistant Training Courses

SnackNation

Best for: The course includes internship opportunities that provide quality real-world experience, so it’s ideal for budding Executive Assistants looking to gain relevant resume experience. North Shore Community College Executive Administrative Assistant (EAD) – In-Person.

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Ep 243: Nicole Grinnell on Delegation and Unlocking Your Productivity Potential

Go Burrows

. ––– THE LEADER ASSISTANT PODCAST IS PRESENTED BY EZCATER ezCater is the nation’s most trusted provider of corporate food solutions — the best way for companies to order food for daily employee lunches, meetings, and events of any size or budget. What’s what’s kind of one takeaway? Or one tidbit?

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unexpected gift card, suspect meat in the cafeteria, and more

Ask a Manager

The company has a cafeteria, which is catered by another third party contractor. The board has already approached the cafeteria catering company about leaving meat out of the fridge, but they continue to do this up to three times a week that I know of and likely more. The cafeteria staff arrive at about 10 a.m.

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my office-mate just broke up with me, coffee wars, and more

Ask a Manager

Unless there’s something coffee-specific here that I’m missing, I’d just tell him to stop dumping perfectly good coffee, and that if he wants to be picky about coffee quality, he needs a source other than the office coffee supply — because that’s just intended to cater to the most basic of coffee needs.