Executive Office Insights

108: Michelle Bowditch is the CEO of the Australian Assembly of Administrators (formerly Australian Admin Awards) and the multi-award-winning agency Door 20A. A powerhouse who facilitates bespoke workshops and keynote presentations as an in-demand business strategist, podcast expert, speaker, and event chairperson. Global brands consistently seek her expertise, including Optus, American Express, Deloitte, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Executive Support Magazine, APA Group, Qantas, and News Corp Australia.

Through Door 20A, Michelle runs a mentoring program, 'Be YOU, Do YOU, Amaze YOU,' that aims to unlock the potential of mentees by shifting limiting beliefs to advance their careers. Being a sincere cheerleader and guiding women to dream bigger is her most profound value.

With an unshakable spirit of collaboration, connection, and uplifting Administrators nationally, Michelle established the AAAs in 2021 - the first-ever award platform to recognize all administrative functions within all industries in Australia formally. Along with advocating for stronger representation and recognition within the profession, the awards have undertaken advocacy, events, training information, and research projects. Michelle has also published several impeccably researched papers in 2020-2022 to add to the ever-growing educational resources for members of The AAAs network.

The AAA's core focus is changing the narrative that being an Executive Assistant is just not a job, it is a career. This is achieved thru the 4 pillars of the AAA – Research + Education, Advocacy + Awards

Links:

Website: https://door20a.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-bowditch-b8903b182/

107: Annette Rompel ist Journalistin, Moderatorin und Podcast-Host. Als Chefredakteurin, Content Creator & Podcast-Host nutzt sie ihre Reichweite, um über eine menschenzentrierte, sinnstiftende Arbeitswelt und Female Empowerment zu sprechen. Sie ist wichtige Stimme der New Work und hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Frauen in allen Hierarchiestufen von Unternehmen sichtbar zu machen – auch jene, die in der allgemeinen Wahrnehmung oft vergessen und nicht gesehen werden. Sie wirbt dafür, Frauen in der Lebensmitte gezielt für die neue Arbeitswelt zu qualifizieren und unterstreicht mit ihren Inhalten die Bedeutung von erfahrenen weiblichen Fachkräften für die Zukunftsfähigkeit von Unternehmen.

Links:

Assistants World: https://assistantsworld.de

Office Awards: https://lp.workingoffice.de/office-awards/

Annette auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-rompel/

Yoga App: https://asanarebel.com/de/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dreikommadrei-der-praxispodcast-zu-digitaler-transformation/id1535791932

106: Libby Moore is a Certified Life Coach, speaker/story teller, adventurer, and creative connector, who loves inspiring people to reconnect to Possibility in their life and career.

Prior to this, Libby served as Chief Of Staff to Oprah Winfrey for 11 years, through the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She also worked as a consulting Producer with the original team that created the Emmy award winning Super Soul Sunday on OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network.

Prior to her years with Oprah, Libby was an executive assistant to Jann Wenner of Wenner Media, publishers of Rolling Stone, US Weekly, and Men's Journal. It was a position she held for four years. Before the magazine world, Libby collected great stories through two years of random-crazy-NYC-freelance jobs, all while advancing through comedy improv workshops at Gotham City Improv and performing in the sketch comedy group Urban Side Effects. Before jumping into the comedy world, Libby was Personal Assistant to Maury Povich, who she credits for launching her Executive Assistant career (even though she failed typing in College). Early in her career, Libby worked on Boston's North Shore in radio and print at: WFNX Radio, The Marblehead Reporter, and WNSH Radio. She currently lives a creative and inspired life, splitting her time between sweet spots on both the East and West Coasts.

Links: https://libbymoore.com/

105: Claudia Marx leitet bei Gleiss Lutz, einer anerkannt führenden, international tätigen Full Service-Anwaltskanzleien Deutschlands, als Director die Bereiche Office Adminstration und Human Resources Support Staff. Sie ist sozietätsweit für Recruiting, Personalentwicklung und HR Operations des Legal Supports zuständig sowie für alle Abläufe der Office Administration. Weitere Schwerpunkte sind die Umsetzung strategischer Projekte, Digitalisierung, die Einführung von einheitlichen Standards, Methoden und Tools, die Steuerung sozietätsweiter Initiativen und interdisziplinärer Teams.

Claudia absolvierte ihr Studium an der Euro Akademie. Nach zwei ersten beruflichen Stationen in mittelständischen Unternehmen übernahm sie die Stabsleiterin des Bereichsvorstands eines internationalen Technologiekonzerns, wie sie sagt, ihr damaliger Traumjob, in dem sie auf vielen Ebenen sehr wertvolle Erfahrungen sammeln, sich entwickeln konnte und viel erlebt hat. Anschließend war Claudia Leiterin des Corporate Offices eines Pharmaunternehmens.

Claudia bringt Themen wie „Winning Team", Mindset, Training & Development, Gesundheit & Mental Health für die Sozietät voran und prägt damit dem Employer Brand. 2022 gründeten Claudia und ihr Team das CONNECTED Networking Assistants' Hub, mit dem Ziel, die Türen der Sozietät Gleiss Lutz für den Austausch zur Rolle der „Assistenz der Zukunft" zu öffnen, Assistenzen zusammenzuführen, Potenziale und Begeisterung sicht- und spürbar werden zu lassen. 2023 soll das Netzwerk weiter wachsen!

Links:

Karriere bei Gleiss Lutz: https://www.gleisslutz.com/de/karriere.html

Claudia auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-marx-591706210/

104: Heleen is CEO Coordinator supporting the CEO of Ingka Group | IKEA (https://www.ingka.com/this-is-ingka-group/), Jesper Brodin, by contributing to strategic processes & planning and seamless, efficient daily operations with a focus on CEO Relations & Stakeholder Engagement within the business and beyond.

Heleen also leads the development of an internal community dedicated to Assistants, Business Support Assistants, Coordinators and others who focus on supporting leaders and Group Functions at Ingka Group | IKEA - and beyond.

Ingka Group consists of three business areas;

- IKEA Retail (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ikea-retail/), which consists of 392 IKEA stores across 32 markets, and counting. Welcoming 657 million visitors to these stores last year, and having more than 4.3 billion visits to https://www.ikea.com/.

- Ingka Centres (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ingka-centres/) creates great meeting places where each centre is anchored by an IKEA store.

- Ingka Investments (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ingka-investments/) makes responsible investments in the core business, or in areas that add value for customers allowing growth across IKEA Retail business.

Heleen started at IKEA in 2011 and previously worked as Executive Secretary (Chief Sustainability and Chief HR) and Global Stakeholder Engagement Leader within the Global Public Affairs team. She has a degree in Hotel & Hospitality Management where prior to IKEA, she worked for 10 years with hotel operations, sales and event management.

Heleen has a particular passion for Climate Action and Equality topics, is married and has two young children.

Links:

• www.linkedin.com/in/heleen-vink-81680b17

• HÅLLBAR series - IKEA (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/hallbar-series-47255/)

• Lady July (@ladyjuly_band) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/ladyjuly_band/)

103: Brenda Rogers is an Executive Assistant and worked in the restaurant industry for over 15 years. She was the Chief of Staff at Gordon Ramsay North America (GRNA). Prior to that, Brenda was the Field Administrative Manager for the Dallas Field Office at McDonald's USA. Before joining McDonald's, she was the Vice President of Administration and Executive Assistant to the CEO at Del Frisco's Restaurant Group (DFRG). Earlier in her career, she was an Executive Assistant to the CEO at Taco Mac Restaurants and Romano's Macaroni Grill, and supported executives at Brinker International, Pizza Hut, and Blockbuster.

Brenda is an administrative professional who is passionate about the administrative profession. She continually seeks to develop her skills and mentor assistants. Brenda held the designation of Certified Administrative Professional® from 2005 until 2022 and she earned the Advanced Certificate for the Executive Assistant (ACEA) in November 2017.

Brenda is a native Texan who lives in Irving. She loves cooking, traveling, hanging out with her family, friends, and her boyfriend, Avery, and their pup, Bailey. She also enjoys watching classic movies (she introduced "Wuthering Heights" with Ben Mankiewicz on Turner Classic Movies in April 2019).

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendalrogerscap/

ACEA: https://www.acea.training/

More news soon on ACEA on my newsletter: https://the-socialista-projects.com/#newsletter

102: Trish Butera is an Australian-based intercultural business specialist. She helps global organizations set their senior executives up for success when on international assignments, equipping them with vital intercultural leadership skills to succeed in diverse cultural settings. Trish has worked with leaders from some of the world's largest companies, including PepsiCo, HSBC Global and Rio Tinto, providing invaluable intercultural training and coaching.

With her intercultural expertise and experience as a former international executive assistant, Trish developed and launched the Global Assistant Online. This unique online learning platform provides executive support professionals with the global skills and in-demand competencies necessary for exceptional executive support in today's diverse and international business environments. Launched in 2020, this innovative platform empowers assistants of all levels and experience to revolutionize their impact and evolve their careers in step with the changing workplace.

Links:

Website: https://theglobalassistant.com/

Connect with Trish on LinkedIn and Twitter

Follow The Global Assistant Online on LinkedIn and Facebook

Join the FB Group Conversation - Global Executive Assistants

101: Katharina Brunsendorf macht zunächst eine Ausbildung zur Kauf­frau für Marketing­kommunikation. Von 2009 bis 2016 ist sie im Marketing der BEGO Unternehmens­gruppe aktiv. Parallel studiert Brunsendorf drei Jahre lang Kommunikations­management an der Deutschen Akademie für Public Relations. Sie wechselt zu Comdirect, wo sie verschiedene Kommunikations­formate verantwortet. 2019 wird sie Mit­begründerin der Initiative Finanz-Heldinnen der Commerzbank und richtet sich u.a mit dem Podcast "Schwung­masse" und ihrem Finanzplaner speziell an Frauen.

Sie möchte mit ihrem Engagement zeigen, dass Finanzen ganz klar auch Frauensache sind und man nicht Bankkauffrau sein muss, um sich mit dem Thema zu beschäftigen.

In ihrem wöchentlichen Podcast ,Schwungmasse' gibt sie Finanztipps zu allen Lebenslagen und spricht mit spannenden Vorbildern. Ihr Ziel ist es, speziell Frauen für das Thema Finanzen und Geldanlage zu begeistern. Dafür hat sie gemeinsam mit Kolleginnen unterschiedliche Wissensformate geschaffen, die dabei helfen sollen, in der Lage zu sein, selbst Finanzentscheidungen treffen zu können.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharina-brunsendorf-9877a370/

Webseite: https://finanz-heldinnen.de

Podcast: https://finanz-heldinnen.de/podcast/

100: Whoop whoop - we are celebrating the 100th episode of The Future Assistant Podcast. A podcast that helps assistants from all over the world to level up and meet their peers.

I am thrilled how the podcast developed throughout the years and it makes me proud introducing such wonderful guests to my community.

Please continue to listen to my podcast and if you like it, do help me and rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts (iTunes). It means a lot.

Off to the next 100 episodes - I am ready.

Much love from Diana

099: Dinah Liversidge helps people go from "thinking outside the box", to "no-box thinking". She's a Coach and Trainer with almost 25 years experience and she's an Independent Celebrant.

Her background in Corporate started at SmithKline Beecham as a PA to the Marketing Manager for Anti-infectives, which was to lead to 14 amazing years of opportunity, travel and event management.

Dinah has been an entrepreneur since 2004, setting up and running five successful businesses in diverse sectors, she now lives a 'portfolio lifestyle' pursuing several of her passions.

Dinah lives in Carmarthenshire in South-West Wales with her husband, John. She Coaches people who are ready to change their mind-set stories and create new, positive habits for life and business. She speaks and delivers training Internationally and works as and trains Celebrants in the local community.

She adores cats, cars, conversation, connecting, collaborations and much more.

More about Dinah: https://www.dinahliversidge.com/