185 episodes

If you're ready to be more proactive and be the "little hinge that can swing big doors" then Assist With Impact is a must-listen podcast.

Join your host Liz Van Vliet and learn practical tips, strategies and insights that will help you move beyond being simply an order-taker.

Assist With Impact Liz Van Vliet - Executive Assistant Coach & Trainer

    • Education
    • 4.3 • 27 Ratings

If you're ready to be more proactive and be the "little hinge that can swing big doors" then Assist With Impact is a must-listen podcast.

Join your host Liz Van Vliet and learn practical tips, strategies and insights that will help you move beyond being simply an order-taker.

    Five Ways To Make Your Invisible Work Visible

    Five Ways To Make Your Invisible Work Visible

    Welcome to Episode 185 of Assist With Impact, where we empower administrative  professionals like you to make your hard work visible and impactful.
    In this episode, we're diving into "Five Ways to Ensure Your Invisible Work is Visible."
    It's an important topic because so much of what you do as an assistant is like the proverbial iceberg - hidden beneath the waterline.
    Listen to the episode to hear practical and tactical ways you can ensure that your executive and colleagues see the contribution you're making.
    Don't forget to leave a rating and review!
    Connect with your host Liz Van Vliet on Instagram or LinkedIn, and 
    Learn more about her coching, speaking and training at The Linchpin Assistant


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    • 22 min
    The One Where Liz Gets On Her Soapbox

    The One Where Liz Gets On Her Soapbox

    A solo episode where your host, Liz Van Vliet gets her 'ranty pants' on about advice she sees being given to assistants that is flippant and unhelpful (in her opinion).
    Listen to the episode if you want to be reminded that you're more than just an 'admin' and deserve the same level of respect and consideration as any other professional.
    Connect with your host Liz Van Vliet on Instagram or LinkedIn, and 
    Learn more about her coching, speaking and training at The Linchpin Assistant

    • 12 min
    Interview With Robyn Greaves (Part Two)

    Interview With Robyn Greaves (Part Two)

    In the second part of her interview with Liz Van Vliet, Robyn Greaves talks about the silver lining of redundancy, the value of curiosity and the skills and capabilities that allowed her to adapt and adjust as an Executive Assistant. 
    Robyn shares how her final role as an EA gave her "permission to have a voice" beyond the one on one relationship with her executive. How it opened up a world of possibilities and enjoyment for Robyn. In short, it allowed Robyn to be the same person in the office that she was at home.
    We then explore the birth of Start Sort Scale, how assistants can see and leverage Artificial Intelligence as an opportunity rather than a threat and Robyn's adventurous life as a digital nomad. 
    Enjoy Part Two!
    Robyn Greaves is a full-time digital nomad and start-up founder. She spends her time travelling the world and collaborating with business owners to optimise their processes and set them up to scale. She is passionate about giving people the freedom to work from anywhere and live life on their own terms.
    Prior to launching her business, Start Sort Scale, Robyn spent 15 years as an Assistant, gaining experience across diverse industries including not-for-profit, media publishing, and digital businesses. In 2021, Robyn won an Australian Admin Award for excellence in a multi-functional admin role.
    Robyn's passion for the pivotal role of Assistants led her to create "Mastering the Power of ChatGPT: a Guide for Executive Assistants" and the online course "Intro to AI for Executive Assistants." She has emerged as a leading voice in this space, empowering administrative professionals to leverage Artificial Intelligence and get their work done faster, with less effort.
    Links:
    Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-greaves/
    Follow her digital nomad journey on Instagram: @onthegocouple
    Buy the ChatGPT Guide: https://startsortscale.com/chatgptguide/
    Learn more about Start Sort Scale website: https://startsortscale.com/clarity/
    To see a preview of what Microsoft Copilot will be able to do, check out this YouTube clip: https://youtu.be/hGb9UZ8DyDc
    Connect with your host Liz Van Vliet on Instagram or LinkedIn, and 
    Learn more about her coching, speaking and training at The Linchpin Assistant

    • 40 min
    Interview With Robyn Greaves (Part One)

    Interview With Robyn Greaves (Part One)

    Robyn Greaves is an award winning business administrator with 15 years experience as an Executive Assistant. Born in the UK, Robyn has extensive experience providing high level strategic and operational support to CEOs and Directors both in the UK and Australia. She has worked across a wide range of industries including not-for-profit, media publishing and digital businesses. Robyn is passionate about supporting business owners to achieve their goals.
    In the first of our two-part interview we explore Robyn's origin story. How she began her career as an Administrative Professional and her talent was quickly spotted by a dynamic executive. Listen to the episode to hear about Robyn's experience navigating the career 'spider frame' and the skills and capabilities that have supported and empowered her growth as an Executive Assistant.
    Connect with Robyn via LinkedIn and Instagram.
    Connect with your host Liz Van Vliet on Instagram or LinkedIn, and 
    Learn more about her coching, speaking and training at The Linchpin Assistant
     

    • 39 min
    Celebrating My Cancerversary

    Celebrating My Cancerversary

    A special solo episode sharing the audio from a series of three videos I posted last week on LinkedIn to celebrate my ten year 'cancerversary'.
    An episode for new listeners who haven't heard my cancer story and old listeners who I'm fortunate to have in my life because of the serendipity of my cancer diagnosis.
    An episode that shares both the grim and the grateful. Because we're human beings, not human doings.
     

    • 25 min
    Interview With Amy Crumley (Part Two)

    Interview With Amy Crumley (Part Two)

    Amy Crumley learned the intricacies and nuances of the Executive Support profession from her mother and grandmother, who rendered their support to high-level executives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado in the United States.
    Amy's own career path has followed a diversified route, traversing the foundation of owning a cabinet company, owning a staffing company, traveling around Europe, and teaching English as a second language. Returning to the United States, Amy pursued a remote working dynamic, managing a bookstore and cocktailing while deliberated about her future endeavors. Eventually, she secured a part-time remote executive assistant position that sparked her passion for the field once again and never looked back.
    In part two of our interview, listen to Amy explain her approach to being not just efficient but effective as an Executive Assistant supporting the C-Suite leaders at Samba TV. Amy talks about the importance of putting yourself in the shoes of your executive and managing them the way THEY want to be managed, not the way YOU want to be managed.
    We also discuss Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies and how so many assistants (including Amy) are 'Upholders'. You can do the survey for free here.
    Amy epitomises what Liz describes as a Linchpin Assistant. She has exceptional functional competencies (her hard skills) as well as displaying high strategic competency. Even more, in this interview, you hear how Amy uses her Power Skills, her supercharged 'soft' skills to manage up and influence others to not just get things done but get the RIGHT things done!
    Enjoy Part Two of this Assist With Impact interview with Amy Crumley.
    Connect with Amy here
    Check out the new and updated website for The Linchpin Assistant
    Connect with Liz on Instagram or LinkedIn

    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

EvelynGDLC ,

Love her voice!

There is something very soothing and comforting about her voice that I really needed to hear. She speaks to the listener as though catching up with an old friend while out the same time expressing a sincere desire to share helpful content to the listener. It’s hard to find a podcast wherein the host speaks slowly and clearly, while being engaging and honest.

ARHaskin ,

Invaluable insights and inspiration

I found Liz and Being Indispensable at a crucial time that involved a significant transition in my EA career. I have found her insights, personal and professional vulnerability, strength, advocacy for the field, interview style, and authenticity to be incredibly helpful and inspiring. Her podcast is something I go to regularly for tips, insights, and personal and professional inspiration. I highly recommend taking a listen!

chickwithkix ,

Disappointed

I wanna say that I really have learned a lot from this podcast series but I’m a little disappointed if I were to be honest. I feel like there’s a lot of story telling without details, a lot of he and she and kind of unnecessary details. I’m a new personal assistant and have been desperate for real hardcore advice. Such as, tips on daily management of the boss, what skill sets and software sets seem to be most useful for most personal assistants. Diagrams, spreadsheets, etc? Or different types of bosses and how to deal with them. What methods to do.. most of these podcasts just say stories about how to be “indispensable,” and not really giving any real information other than stories. I want to keep listening but I’m not receiving any real conclusive tips or info or real stories. They’re vague explanations and I just which there were more details.

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