Shayanne Wright is a Los Angeles based two time startup builder. Currently, she helps executive assistants manage and measure the right tasks in company operations while getting them off the craziness of Email/ Slack/ Calendar and onto the Office Otter software. This enables them to send tasks in one click, organize their task list, and get real time insights on their reports.

In this episode, Shayanne shares why she started a software company to support EAs, and how assistants can support their executives throughout the fundraising process.

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Ever since my book, The Leader Assistant came out, people have asked me why I chose to use an image of a climbing rope and carabiner for the book's cover.

Well, I'm glad you asked. In this episode, I share a recording from my book launch party where I walk through the multiple meanings of the rope and carabiner image. I also share a quick overview of the entire  book, so I hope you enjoy it!

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

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In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant, where I talk about the loneliness assistants can feel, as well as the dehumanization of our role.

I hope this episode reminds you that you're not alone and encourages you to seek out a community of assistants to support you.

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Luiza Schneider talks about the importance of prioritizing self-care, specifically by finding and spending time on hobbies you love. She rightly encourages us to find hobbies that energize us and free us from the grind of "being productive."

Luiza's hobbies include competing in world swimming championships and hiking national parks.

This episode is a great reminder that we are all more than professionals – we are human beings with one life, so we might as well enjoy it!

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

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Are you ready to level up? Enroll in The Leader Assistant Academy at leaderassistant.com/academy to embrace the Leader Assistant frameworks used by thousands of assistants.

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• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

This episode is special because my friend Meagan Strout (CEO of Tack Advisors - the leading provider of management consulting and recruitment for administrative professionals) agreed to share the recording of one of their recent webinars called "Admin Leader in Action!"

Meagan hosts an engaging conversation with Tack Advisors' Executive Business Partner, Alexa Gundermann and Alissa Stearman, Executive Business Partner to the CEO and Co-Founders of sweetgreen.

Alissa and Alexa discuss the dos and don'ts of developing a strong administrative team to support the co-founders and c-suite executives of a unicorn start-up. Alissa and Alexa worked in tandem supporting the sweetgreen founders and will share their insight into how to work cohesively to keep executives and admins on track.

Thank you Meagan and the Tack Advisors team for sharing this amazing conversation with the Leader Assistant Community!

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
Are you ready to level up? Enroll in The Leader Assistant Academy at leaderassistant.com/academy to embrace the Leader Assistant frameworks used by thousands of assistants.

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Automate scheduling with YouCanBookMe by Capacity. Sign up for a FREE trial -> leaderassistant.com/calendar.

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• The Leader Assistant Academy -> leaderassistantbook.com/academy
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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I do my best to answer the following questions from assistants all over the world:

• How do you manage a team where one person has poor boundaries and the other is happy to take advantage?
• How do you encourage a fellow EA to be more humble?
• How do you encourage people to be accountable to deadlines?
• What is the ONE core competency that an EA must have to be excellent?
• What’s the greatest bias you have encountered as an EA?

Show Notes -> leaderassistant.com/129

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Book -> leaderassistantbook.com

Events -> leaderassistantlive.com

Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I do my best to answer the following questions from assistants all over the world:

• Do you ever suffer from imposter syndrome?
• Have you ever reached a place when you want to leave a company or are feeling unfulfilled and how have you dealt with that? What conversations have you had?
• What was the transition like from working within a church (non-profit) environment and then transitioning to the corporate (for-profit) world? I'm really interested to hear the positives you experienced, challenges you faced, etc.
• How do you deal with high pressure situations?

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
Automate scheduling with YouCanBookMe by Capacity. Sign up for a FREE trial -> leaderassistant.com/calendar.

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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I do my best to answer the following questions about my podcast from assistants all over the world:

• How do you handle negative reviews about your podcast?
• Who are the top three people you would love to interview on your podcast but haven’t had the opportunity to?
• How long does it take you to produce each episode?
• How do you decide who to have on the show?
• What tools do you use to record, edit, and publish your podcast?

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Book -> leaderassistantbook.com

Events -> leaderassistantlive.com

Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
Automate scheduling with YouCanBookMe by Capacity. Sign up for a FREE trial -> leaderassistant.com/calendar.

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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community

In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I do my best to answer the following questions about my book from assistants all over the world:

• How do you handle negative reviews about your book?
• How long did it take you to write the book and what kind of hurdles did you experience during the process?
• In hindsight, is there anything that you wished you would have added to your book?
• How much money did it cost you to publish The Leader Assistant?
• What if an executive does NOT have clear KPIs (discussed in chapter 15 of the book) for the first 30-60-90 days for their new EA hire? What does this say about the executive or the organization?
• You recommend a one-page resume in chapter 17 of your book. How does this stay current with the times that most HR professionals now I've conferred with on LinkedIn have said up to 2 pages is perfectly acceptable?

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
Are you ready to level up? Enroll in The Leader Assistant Academy at leaderassistant.com/academy to embrace the Leader Assistant frameworks used by thousands of assistants.

--
Automate scheduling with YouCanBookMe by Capacity. Sign up for a FREE trial -> leaderassistant.com/calendar.

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In this Ask Me Anything episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I do my best to help with a listener's scenario and question about working with an unresponsive executive.

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Book -> leaderassistantbook.com

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In-person meeting planning can be a lot to manage. That’s where TROOP Planner comes in. TROOP Planner is built to make life easier for busy assistants like yourself. Whether you’re organizing an executive offsite, department meeting, or team retreat, TROOP keeps it simple, fast, and organized.

Visit leaderassistant.com/troop to learn more!

--
Automate scheduling with YouCanBookMe by Capacity. Sign up for a FREE trial -> leaderassistant.com/calendar.

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• Events -> leaderassistantlive.com
• Free Community -> leaderassistant.com/community