Have A Seat...Conversations With Women In The Workplace

Send us Fan Mail " As women we’re really good at soldiering on and pushing through our problems, instead of delegating. It’s really hard for us to recognize when we are feeling burnt out. It’s really hard to acknowledge when we’ve reached that burnt out stage. But it comes at a cost, and that cost is ourselves." Meet Anjali and Urvina, creators of UKAN Coaching whose sole mission is to a...

Send us Fan Mail If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.― Katharine Hepburn "Because we said so." "That's the way it's always been done." Show of hands if you are so over hearing those excuses in the workplace when leaders make these proclamations from on high dictating a new office policy or rule, offering no further explanations or offers of discussion. Well...

Send us Fan Mail Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.― Voltaire Have A Seat...Conversations With Women in the Workplace officially turns 3 TODAY! Wow. Wow. Wow.  I honestly don't know where to begin, so I'll just begin with saying THANK YOU! To all my supporters, listeners, friends and guests, it's because of you that this pod...

Send us Fan Mail Look up and not down. Look forward and not back. Look out and not in, and lend a hand.― Edward Everett Hale It's the start of a new year and for many, it could mean the start of a new position either within their current organization or outside of it. If that new opportunity should mean beginning a role as an admin professional for the first time, I say, good for you and welc...

Send us Fan Mail Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. ― George Lucas Have you ever heard of the phrase executive presence? Do you know what it is?  I honestly really like the term and think it can cover a lot of ground in how we work within our roles.  To me, executive presence is the way we conduct ourselves when our boss isn&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.― Jesse Jackson Welcome to 2023! What Will Be Your Word For The Year?  When I first heard about finding a motivating word for the year, in place of new years resolutions, I was immediately on board. The theory behind resolutions are to help us stay on track with any intentions or goals that we may have set for ourselves at t...

Send us Fan Mail Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.― Peter Forbes File management, communication and boundaries. For me, those are the holy trinity that make up my remote work operations. This is a part 2 to my prior episode on remote work. In this episode I list the actual tools and resources I use that help me land in...

Send us Fan Mail Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ― Martin Luther This month marks my one year anniversary in my remote executive assistant position. Yay!! The amount of personal and professional growth I've experienced this past year has been such a welcome change. In this week's episode I share a few remote work organization...

Send us Fan Mail Every human being has a fascinating existence, with a big cast of good and evil characters in each. And almost always, somewhere along the way, magic. ― Lucinda Riley So as I'm sure you've noticed, there has been an increase in chatter around the 4 day work week out there on the interwebs. I have worked a 4 day work week in the past and let me tell you, I'm a fan. H...

Send us Fan Mail We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.― Shirley Chisholm Introduction is defined as: a formal presentation of one person to another.  I believe it is a simple act that can carry a lot of weight. The way and manner in which we introduce ourselves can be a direct reflection of how we view ourselves through...

Send us Fan Mail “The one thing we search for and continually search for in 2022 is happiness; and really understanding what happiness is and really trying to achieve it.” Meet Karyn Seitz, Teacher, Thought Leader and Happiness Mentor. Karyn wasn’t getting the changes she was seeking in her life. She secretly lacked any confidence in her ability to change. Her adult life had stalled. Can you relat...

Send us Fan Mail  I don’t have to attend every argument I’m invited to - WC Fields Ah holiday season! At least for us in the northern hemisphere we're coming into the season of office get togethers and holiday functions. Fun, fun fun! That is until we get dragged into an argument that we hadn't planned on or started. On this week's episode, I share a quick tip that will help us get...

Send us Fan Mail "Sometimes all that you need is someone who can believe in you; more than you do."― Andy Grammar I was recently in a unique position to provide support to a fellow executive assistant, who, for all intents and purposes, was experiencing extreme burnout, to the point where they were clinically diagnosed with several different conditions.  From my perspective this wasn&apo...

Send us Fan Mail We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.― Henry Ward Beecher Quiet quitting. We've all heard the phrase that has gained traction in the last several months. My take on quiet quitting is that it's the slow and low key disengagement from ones role at work, typically from those who are...

Send us Fan Mail "When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween." So in the ghouly spirit of October, I took to the mic to chat about the ways in which we should bring back the more free spirited characteristics of our inner child that honestly, may have been pushed aside as we've gotten older.  When did we start operating from a place of fear? Fear of spe...

Send us Fan Mail " You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." ~ Tina Fey As an employee of a primarily remote work organization, I am continually impressed by the amount of resources they have  available for their remote teams. One such resource is a brief feel good newsletter with helpful life tips and hacks that make f...

Send us Fan Mail “Is there more work that needs to be done, 100%; but I’ve seen organizations really beginning to see this as not just a nice to have but a must have” Alysha M. Campbell is an award-winning, best-selling author and a highly respected Strategic HR Leader with a decade of experience that encompasses all facets of Human Resource Management.   Her passion for the industry has led her t...

Send us Fan Mail “Everybody became a Living Room Leader in the early days of lockdown; depending on your home setup, you were leading from the living room, from the bathroom, from the closet…everyone was forced into this remote work leadership situation." I was incredibly excited for the opportunity to Have A Seat with Debbie Goodman , author of Amazon #1 best seller, The Living Room Leader:...

Send us Fan Mail “I created my blog because I think what we should do is provide the necessary tools for women so they can learn things themselves and make the right decisions for their life” Are you newly launched from your parents home facing all things adulting? Or maybe, due to life circumstances, you find yourself going it alone and having to face all things from household chores to managing...

Send us Fan Mail “My second daughter was born and everything came into stereo for me and I thought there’s got to be a better way to do this, parents deserve so much more support” Raising children, of any age, in today's topsy turvy world can be challenging to say the least. Where do you go to find non-judgmental help, support, guidance and a sense of community?  My show this week may just ha...

Send us Fan Mail Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards; it creates new cards.― Theodore Zeldin Before we dive into this week’s conversation, can I ask you a couple of questions? Have you at any point thought,  “hmmm, I like to talk and share experiences, I wonder if I could create a podcast?” or “I wonder if having a podcast would benefit my business in any way, is this something I sh...

Send us Fan Mail Collaboration at it's finest! During this special episode I sit down with fellow podcaster, colleague, friend and Whole Assistant Founder, Annie Croner to discuss tricky office dynamics, like: The unexamined thoughts and feelings that are keeping us from collaborating How the lack of collaboration may be holding us back  How collaboration can help us level up our personal bra...

Send us Fan Mail “Executive Assistants are some of the most solutions oriented people on the planet, if you find yourself in a position where you’re not 100% excited about where you are and you’re trying to make it work…diversify!” Meet Montreece Hardy, Executive Assistant and DEI&A Consultant.  Montreece found a new found lease on life after being diagnosed as legally blind in 2019. After mak...

Send us Fan Mail “We use the title administrative assistant so liberally that it almost diminishes the responsibilities of true administrative assistants. I advocate taking a deeper dive into how you assign these titles and making sure they are truly appropriate for the responsibilities that you are assigning to your admin.”  This week I had the absolute pleasure to Have A Seat with Jamie Vanek, w...

Send us Fan Mail A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, springs up and makes new trees . ~ Amelia Earhart As is the case with most of my minicasts, two events happened this past week that inspired me to hop on the mic. Inspiration #1 came in the form of a webinar that was about as far from being diverse as you could get, in unfortunately too many ways. Inspiration #2 came whe...