Today's EA must be flexible, resourceful and highly communicative. The most successful EAs have a strong sense of urgency, think creatively about how to support leadership and consistently provide ...

Depending on the company they work for, an executive assistant can be a staff-level secretary or a six-figure professional support person. The basic computer skills for these positions start with an ...

Every day is different for the executive assistant to the president of a university. Handling the day-to-day workings of the office as well as the unexpected dilemmas that inevitably arise all are ...

With so many duties to juggle and schedules to maintain, executives simply can’t do it all themselves. To remedy this, many companies will hire executive assistants to help. Executive assistants are ...

As an entrepreneur, you put a great deal of thought in surrounding yourself with talented and dynamic people who add to the success of your business endeavors. The abilities and contributions of your ...

A good executive assistant is worth every penny an employer spends on wages and benefits. A poor executive assistant is not only a burden on the payroll, but also becomes a source of stress for the ...

As an executive coach, I found it ironic that as I am strongly recommending my executive clients to acquire an executive assistant you published “The Vanishing Executive Assistant” (Exchange, Jan. 18) ...

In the fast-paced world of Series B and later-stage startups, executives are pressured to prioritize strategic growth without being weighed down by time-consuming administrative tasks. Viva Executive ...

How do the likes of Bill Gates and Elon Musk manage to get such a superhuman amount of work done? Many CEOs clearly have an incredible work ethic, but they also have a secret weapon not available to ...

While most interviews focus on learning about a candidate's experience, education and background, an executive assistant interview has another level to it – that of detailed competency, ...

If you define power as simply who makes the most money, then the most powerful person at a corporation or startup is the CEO or founder. But if you define power as access and influence, then executive ...

Good help is hard to find. Family offices, the private investment firms of the ultra-wealthy, are increasingly willing to pay extra for it. The talent war between family offices and Wall Street has ...