Unpaid overtime for Administrative Professionals seems almost expected these days, but Official HQ Member Damaris Willstead told us how she broke that ceiling and got the pay she deserves.
Dee, as she prefers to be called, made an unexpected splash when she convinced her company to pay her fellow administrative staff their much-deserved overtime. Lauren Bradley, our founder, caught up with Dee to ask her how she made it happen and her advice for others who want to impact their companies in the same way.
Continue reading Should assistants get overtime pay? Learn how one Official took matters into her own hands and convinced her employer to pay their assistants’ overtime →
Check out our LinkedIn article on what you need to stop doing when applying for roles.
Continue reading Stop doing this when applying for roles →
What do you do when your to do list is bringing you more chaos than calm? Check out our latest collaboration with PA Life Magazine on how to get properly manage your tasks when pen and paper just aren’t cutting it anymore.
Continue reading The Evolution of the To Do List →
Stressed out that your to do list is overflowing the pages of your notebook? Struggling to keep track of your priorities?
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We have teamed up with PA Life to bring you a new monthly column called Ctrl+Alt+Del where our founder, Lauren Bradley, will help EAs, AAs, PAs and more take control of your day with her top tips on tech and productivity.
Continue reading The Officials x PA Life: New monthly column by Lauren Bradley for PAs →
Sick of your boss skirting your one-to-ones? Take matters into your own hands.
One of the biggest complaints I hear from administrative professionals is that they can’t get their bosses to meet with them. Remote working has only added another obstacle in the way, providing even greater lack of visibility.
Continue reading How to Get Your Boss to Stop Skipping Your 1-2-1s →
To say our lives have been shaken up in the past year would be an understatement. We’ve all had to adjust our schedules in more ways than one, and many of us are feeling what has been called “Lockdown Burnout”. Even Vogue has reported on this phenomenon, writing multiple articles on the strain of working and living in the same space and how burnout and fatigue are very real phenomena experienced by people around the world.
Continue reading How to get ahead of lockdown burnout →
Are you ready to upgrade your work from home tech? Our founder, Lauren Bradley, is a self proclaimed tech addict. Her popular Tech Hack series for assistants highlights fun and easy ways you can use tech to make your job easier every day.
Continue reading Work from Home Must-Have Tech →
This is my point of view most days. After I posted a hugely popular Reel about my morning routine on Instagram, I was inundated with DMs about all of the products on my desk. I had no idea how popular it was going to be.
So I took some time to find you all the links and give you a little detail about why I have specifically curated each item.
I hope you find it useful. All suggestions and comments are welcome. I’d love to know what products help you do your job.
Continue reading The Ultimate Home Office Must-Have Accessories →
This woman made me cry.
The first time I had the please of speaking with Annie Croner, of Whole Assistant, I became completely lost in her life story.
I was absolutely gobsmacked to learn what she’s been through and survived. I was in tears just listening to her story. This woman is resilient AF and what she did next is so very inspiring.
Register to learn all about Annie’s journey and how her near-death experience made her so passionate about helping others prevent burnout in their lives.
Continue reading On-Demand Webinar: Eliminate the risk of burnout from consistent overwhelm with Annie Croner →
