Welcome to this new episode of the MACE Podcast!

- What does it mean being a Strategic Business Partner for the business nowadays?

- How can we speak up and stand up for what the role is all about?

- Why is it important to find our "why" and our "purpose" in what we do?

These and other topics are the most important ones I discussed in this new episode with my new guest, Lucy Brazier, from Spain!

Lucy Brazier (OBE) is one of the world’s leading authorities on the administrative profession. As CEO of Marcham Publishing, specialist publishers of Executive Support Magazine, Lucy’s passion is for the Admin role to be truly recognised as a career and not just a job. With access to the most forward-thinking, passionate and knowledgeable administrative business leaders in the world, as well as personally meeting and speaking to literally thousands of Admins over the last 10 years, Lucy’s knowledge of the market and what Admin Professonals all over the world are facing on a day-to-day basis are second to none. 

In 2021 Lucy was awarded an OBE in recognition for her services to office professionals.

I am so excited to have Lucy here with me and I am sure she will share amazing insights with all of you.

Stay tuned and looking forward to seeing you again in the next episode of the MACE Podcast.

Hello everybody and welcome to this new episode of the MACE PODCAST!

This is a special episode as our special guest is Liz Van Vliet, from Australia!

Liz Van Vliet is the founder and trainer behind My EA Career and hosts the Assist With Impact podcast. She educates, encourages and motivates assistants by equipping them with the Mindset, the Reset and the Power Skills Toolkit so they can shape their professional environment and experience and assist with impact.

Liz developed her Linchpin Assistant Framework. Through her training, speaking and coaching she teaches them how to adapt their POWER Skills to their current situation and relationship with quiet confidence, clarity and certainty.

Liz is the face and expert behind My EA Career. In 2013, during her recovery from breast cancer, Liz knew returning to her demanding career in senior sales and marketing was impossible. Instead, Liz became an executive assistant, a role that at the time she had badly misunderstood. Having walked in your shoes, Liz is now fully aware of the incredible contribution EAs make to their organisations. 

Liz loves seeing her clients thrive in such a diverse and challenging role. But more than that, she loves seeing their happiness and careers thrive.

Interesting to mention, I was her guest in her podcast - Being Indispensable podcast, now "Assist with Impact" and this month I had the pleasure to have her in my podcast. Definitely, the pathways cross twice!

Here the link to her blog and podcast series: 

Blog: https://myeacareer.com/blog/

"Assist with Impact" Podcast : https://myeacareer.com/podcasts/ (in the episode we mention episode n. 123,124).

Enjoy our conversation!

MM

Hello Everybody and welcome to this new episode of the MACE PODCAST!

Special guest today is the amazing Bonnie Low-Kramen, from United States! 

I met Bonnie in 2019 in Brussels, when I attended her workshop, BTUA. And right now we were together in London in July to attend the ES Live, the conference organized by the amazing Lucy Brazier. And we needed to get together, for the podcast also!

I interviewed Bonnie as she is recognized as one of the most respected leaders in the administrative profession and is now an in-demand expert instructor of workshops for assistants and executives all over the world.

Her work was featured as a cover story in Forbes in 2019 and her article about working as an Executive Assistant ran in Harvard Business Review. Here the link for:

Forbes cover story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2019/05/31/the-ultimate-assistant-academy-inside-the-elite-training-program-for-americas-top-executive-assistants/?sh=20968ce23552

Harvard Business Review article: https://hbr.org/2022/06/is-executive-assistant-the-right-career-for-you

TEDx Talk, "The Real Reasons People Quit" :  https://youtu.be/UHdoxXtOLss

Bonnie’s passion is to affect positive change in the global workplace by paving the way towards healthy, respectful, and highly productive relationships. Bonnie is the author of the bestselling Be the Ultimate Assistant, A celebrity assistant’s secrets to working with any high-powered employer. In 2015 Bonnie was named Educator of the Year and her workshop was named as one of the top 7 conferences to attend since 2018.

She is inspiring thousands of Admin professionals all around the world and I am sure she is able to share with you precious information around the profession and topics that are relevant for our workplace

Please enjoy our conversation and stay tuned!

MM

Hello Everybody, 

What a FIRST, amazing and standalone EPISODE this is! Our stop is Ukraine, with a special guest, Elena Gritsko.

With more than 15 years of experience, Elena had been working as an EA/PA for Sr. Managers and Executives in different multinational companies.

She has worked across international projects as Head of Change Management and as a Leader.

Since 2019, she is teaching EAs/PAs how to level up in the admin role: she is passionate about growing people and creating the pool of true professionals who are able to provide high level support , enjoy their job and build a successful career.

Listening to her journey, how she dealt with changes, how she had to move from Ukraine to Spain, across 4 different countries for the war that is going on, it was simply difficult, it was challenging, enhancing but at the same time, unpredictable...

Let's hear how she masters her skills and attitude throughout her experiences, how she builds the right bridges and the right mindset to face the uncertainty of what many call LIFE.

Stay tuned and enjoy our conversation!

Thank you,