16 episodes
The Assistant Room The Assistant Room
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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Deep diving into the lives and experiences of the most successful Personal and Executive Assistants in the UK and beyond, The Assistant Room podcast will be uncovering what goes on behind the scenes of a successful assistant at some of the biggest brands in the world.
Throughout each episode, Jess, the Founder of The Assistant Room and ex EA of ten years sits down to chat to experienced assistants from different industries, at different stages in their career, to uncover the secrets to their success, the challenges they have overcome and the passion they have for their role.
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S2 E6 Sophie Chapman: The Reality of Being a Celebrity Assistant and How to Maintain Your Individual Identity
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S2 E5 Simone White: Building an Internal PA Network and How to Create a Diverse Working Culture
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S2 E4 Janine Cowdery: The Differences Between a Good and a Great EA and How to Develop in Your Career
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S2 E3 Mark McCullum: Losing your Boss to Suicide and How to Create an Unbreakable Partnership
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S2 E2 Ben Stevenson: Overcoming Toxic Perfectionism And How To Go From EA To Chief of Staff
Ben Stevenson is an EA turned Chief of Staff with over a decade of cross industry experience in finance, law and procurement. In this episode we address the toxic perfectionism that Ben is constantly challenged with and his advice on how to overcome the need to always be 'perfect' by banishing the 'imposter' living inside your head. We speak about how he has developed his role from EA to HR Director to Chief of Staff, the major changes that have come from that promotion and how if you wish to follow a similar path, how you should start and what direction you should follow.
The Assistant Room: https://www.theassistantroom.com/membership-open
Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-s-0a55b3137/
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S2 E1 Anna Allan: Living With Invisible Illness & How to Set Up A Virtual Assistant Business
Anna Allan is an ex corporate PA with over 20 years experience working in fast paced and demanding businesses. Her incredible story of strength and resilience starts during her early days when her position representing England in Lacrosse almost ended due to a diagnosis of not one by two invisible illnesses. Moving on, her passion for the development of others is undeniable and in this episode she talks passionately about the importance of L&D and mentoring for assistants around the world. Now Founder of AKA Virtual Assistant, Anna also dishes her secrets on the reality of setting up and running your own VA business, sharing the things she has learnt along the way and the advice she would give before following in her footsteps.
The Assistant Room: https://www.theassistantroom.com/membership-open
Anna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-allan-/ https://www.akavirtualassistant.com/
Customer Reviews
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This podcast is great! I’m listening to the Abi Jones episode spoke so much to me and how PA’s are view and how we need to view ourselves. Amazing podcast!