The Assistant Lab

Written by: Victoria Wratten & Anel Martin
  • Summary

  • This podcast is dedicated to the Executive Assistant profession, hosted by Victoria Wratten and Anel Martin. 

    This show is designed for the outliers, the assistants who are leading the way in their careers. 

    No nonsense content, benchmarking and trends as well as interesting interviews with inspirational assistants. 

    © 2023 The Assistant Lab
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Episodes
  • Episode Twenty Seven - Interview with Fiona Young of Carve
    Nov 28 2023

    Fiona Young is a breath of fresh air to the assistant profession in terms of professional development! She is a former EA turned digital learning leader.
     
     Carve is building the next generation of AI-powered executive assistants. They offer exciting new AI courses for assistants |
     
     We touch on numerous points: 

    ·       Growing up with technologist parents and the positive impact of this 

    ·       Undertaking a degree in economics, the lack of jobs but the positive outcome to this 

    ·       From admin professional to learning and development professional - building start up programmes for global corporates 

    ·        L&D: Fiona's methos for learning, why most corporate learning spend is wasted 

    ·       Revolution vs Evolution of the roles 

    ·       Startling discoveries from assistants and how much they really know about AI 

    ·       Future of EA role in the age of AI: evolution and revolution, there will be winners and losers, tips to win
     
      Learn more about Carve here.
     
    Free Carve AI Tools Guide for Assistants: https://joincarve.com/tools-signup

    ·       Free Carve Chatbot Prompting Guide for Assistants: https://joincarve.com/chatbots-guide-signup


     
     You can listen to The Assistant Lab show on any of the following links below: 

    You can also watch this content on YouTube 

    Find out more Anel Martin Training Here and EPAA Here
     
    If you are a paying EPAA member, you can earn 2 PD credits by listening to this episode of The Assistant Lab and submitting your L & D form in the members area of the EPAA website

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode Twenty Six - Interview with Ruth Kilah, Executive Coach & Mentor - CEO of Hoxton Hyde Consulting
    Nov 13 2023

    We are excited to welcome international trainer, coach and mentor - Ruth Kilah of Hoxton Hyde. 

    We talk about a LOT of different topics and Ruth's views are refreshing and innovative. 

    • Ruth's career journey and some very shrewd career moves 
    • Working internationally and what she learned 
    • Taking what many would consider a step down, but was actually a step up 
    • The 7 year itch! 
    • Redundancy and how this led to the next positive step 
    • Why the Chief of Staff role isn't the next step for every assistant
    • Selling and marketing your value 
    • How niching makes you a formidable force! 
    • How assistants can help to make this industry more ethical and therefore gain the maximum impact and high value from your educators and at events 

    Learn more about Hoxton Hydes services here

    You can listen to The Assistant Lab show on any of the following links below: 

    You can also watch this content on YouTube 

    Find out more Anel Martin Training Here and EPAA Here

    If you are a paying EPAA member, you can earn 2 PD credits by listening to this episode of The Assistant Lab and submitting your L & D form in the members area of the EPAA website. 



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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Episode Twenty Five - Interview with Jess Gardiner of The Assistant Room
    Sep 18 2023

    After a summer break, we are back and delighted to welcome Jess Gardiner, Founder of The Assistant Room.

    Our discussion is varied and may be considered controversial at times: 

    • Executive Energy 
    • Toxic Loyalty 
    • How to be a good quitter
    • Why the EA/PA industry is 'wash, rinse and repeat' and needs to change 
    • Evolution vs revolution of the assistant roles 
    • Awards for Assistants 
    • Lessons learned


    This is an episode not to be missed!

    The Assistant Room is an exclusive global lifestyle and professional development platform dedicated to improving the lives and developing the careers of Business Support Professionals around the world. Established in 2016, we provide accessible and all-inclusive learning and support for professionals at every stage from entry level admins to Chief of Staff and beyond through a variety of interactive materials including our exclusive, members-only platform.
     
    Find out more about The Assistant Room here

    You can listen to The Assistant Lab show on any of the following links below: 

    You can also watch this content on YouTube 

    Find out more Anel Martin Training Here and EPAA Here

    If you are a paying EPAA member, you can earn 2 PD credits by listening to this episode of The Assistant Lab and submitting your L & D form in the members area of the EPAA website. 





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    1 hr and 9 mins

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