Welcome to another episode of The Assistant Lab! 

This time we are joined by Fiona Shea, EA to Sir Nigel Wilson, Group CEO of Legal & General. 

Legal & General are a leading UK financial services provider, offering life insurance, pensions, retirement and investment services. 

Fiona has had such an interesting career to date. We chatted through her entire journey, including being an assistant at Enron when they collapsed and made worldwide business news! 

A short period of being out of work followed, before making her next move to PWC, which provided amble opportunity to grow her skill set an assistant. 

She then tried out a few other roles, some of which were in different sectors. Culminating with her joining Legal & General, who she speaks so highly of and is the perfect culture fit for her.

Fiona talks us through the trials and tribulations of her career, periods of reflection and why she decided that being an assistant in the financial sector is her happy place professionally. 

Another episode not to be missed! 

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Julie Burns has had a really interesting career, starting as an Office Junior in 1988, to her current role at Glasgow Caledonian University. 

We talk to Julie about her career journey and why she made some of the decisions she made, to what makes her really tick at work and in life. 

Julie also gives her thoughts on what we need to do as a profession to attract the younger generations, recruitment and confidence for those already in a business support role. 

This is a seriously inspiring interview, from someone who has made good career moves and been methodical about her learning and development. 0

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We really had the opportunity of a lifetime to get to know the backstory, from someone who very much prefers to be behind the scenes.

This woman has zero ego and quietly goes about her work. 

She has worked ferociously hard for the profession and it was our opportunity to really thank her for this! 

A lot of ground is covered in this episode, from her dreams aged 8 of working in TV, to working as a PA and now leading SPAN.

You will  enjoy this! 

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Ayca Ilcen is one of those gems in the UK EA/PA industry and we are so pleased to be able to share her career story! 

Ayca currently works as EA to the CEO of Trust for London, a charity which works on some of London's most pressing social issues, aiming to improve the lives of Londoners by increasing pay, reducing costs of living and supporting community groups to thrive.  Find out more about them here. 

Ayca had an interesting start to her career after completing her University degree and has spent most of her career in the c-suite providing Executive Support to British charities.

This is one such item we talk with Ayca extensively about - why do we not see more PAs from the charity (third sector) profiled, on awards shortlists or even on conference programmes?

This is a candid chat with an incredible Executive Assistant, one who still has even more to give to the UK profession! 

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In this epidsode we talk to the remarkable Hannah Gough. An incredible journey with lots of lessons along the way and many pearls of wisdom to share.

We talk about people management, interviews, temp positions and so much more.

Thank you Hannah for a superb interview

To find out more about the co-hosts please visit our respective websites
Victoria Wratten of EPAA  - https://epaa.org.uk/ 
Anel Martin - http://www.anelmartin.co.za/

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In this episode we discuss the recent news from the Bank of England, that the UK is due to go into recession in the latter part of this year.

We talk tough on the practical realities of charging your career through tough economic times. The difficult times some will be facing with inevitable layoffs that will happen in some sectors and how to start building some mental resilience to charge through this tricky period. 

With some hard hitting tips on being more strategic and savvy, and why assistants need to start to get a bit more selfish!

There is also a very special offer from Anel Martin too - so listen out for the special this and the code.

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In this first episode we interview the lovely Katie McEwan about her incredible career journey to date and she shares some wonderful advice on career and mindset.

From an interesting start of her working career, over 10 years as Jacqueline Gold’s Assistant, then transitioning to Business Affairs and Communications Manager, (still for Ann Summers). She shares how being an EA prepared her for her current role and has great insights into the behaviours of a top tier assistant.

We hope you will enjoy this episode

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