The Seat Outside the Office: Lessons in Leadership from 25 Years as an Executive Assistant
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The Seat Outside the Office: Lessons in Leadership from 25 Years as an Executive Assistant
Sale price
$25.99
Regular price $31.99
What does it really take to become an indispensable Executive Assistant?
The modern Executive Assistant is no longer just managing calendars and meetings. Today's most effective EAs operate as strategic partners, trusted advisors, and organizational anchors behind senior leadership success.
In The Seat Outside the Office, you'll learn what separates supportive assistants from truly influential ones-and how to elevate your role with confidence, clarity, and impact.
Drawing on 25+ years supporting senior leaders in complex corporate environments, this memoir and practical guide reveals how exceptional Executive Assistants build trust, manage priorities at the highest level, and become essential to executive success.
Inside this book, you'll learn how to:
The modern Executive Assistant is no longer just managing calendars and meetings. Today's most effective EAs operate as strategic partners, trusted advisors, and organizational anchors behind senior leadership success.
In The Seat Outside the Office, you'll learn what separates supportive assistants from truly influential ones-and how to elevate your role with confidence, clarity, and impact.
Drawing on 25+ years supporting senior leaders in complex corporate environments, this memoir and practical guide reveals how exceptional Executive Assistants build trust, manage priorities at the highest level, and become essential to executive success.
Inside this book, you'll learn how to:
- Build credibility and trust with senior executives
- Manage competing priorities without losing control
- Communicate with confidence across leadership teams
- Anticipate needs before they're spoken
- Handle high-pressure situations professionally
- Strengthen executive partnership that last
- Grow your influence-even without formal authority
- Position yourself for long-term career success as an EA
- Aspiring Executive Assistants entering the profession
- Experienced EAs ready to elevate their strategic impact
- Senior assistants supporting C-suite leaders
- Executives who want stronger partnerships with their assistants