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Managing Up!

A roaring lion can sometimes personify how assistants perceive their executive, making the role of supporting them seemingly an ongoing challenge. Perception being a person’s reality has the potential to stymy the effectiveness of the assistant’s position as it impedes communication.  Hesitating to speak up with ideas or when they have something important to offer …

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The Executive’s Success Story

A successful Executive will possess senior managerial experience, be highly regarded as an expert in their field, with a career journey that has taken many years to achieve, perhaps heading a department, an agency, or company. Although having achieved their aspirations, they may not be fully conversant on how to utilize the expertise of Support …

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June’s Story

The Publican’s Daughter took approximately two years  to complete. I have no idea how many hours that would equate to as I sat sifting through, not just my Mother’s diaries, (which incidentally covered the events in her life in meticulous detail), but her many stories and wonderful poems that have been included, which I feel …

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Dynamics of the Team at the Top

The importance of creating a Dynamic Team at the Top of any organisation cannot be underestimated.  It goes without saying that the effectiveness of the Board will rely ‘good governance guidelines, structures and processes as set out in the organisation’s guidelines.  Board members will be high functioning professionals who understand the importance of their role …

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