As an EA, others in the office often come to you for help, to vent, or just share in general. Having those relationships is important for a healthy workplace but also helps your executive. How do you foster those when you move up with a higher-level exec?
yes agree, i think it’s absolutely necessary to have relationships. and you absolutely must be the type of EA folks come to for help, to vent, and to share. but with all that, you need to be a vault. information can come in to you, but no information can go out from you.
everyone builds relationships differently, so there’s no one or two right ways to foster those relationships, but i am a huge advocate of building relationships thru actions. help people, do favors for others, proactively move a meeting for someone who’s supposed to meet with your exec because you know they have to leave to make their kids soccer game, learn things about other people, meet them at a human level, remember things about them.
and of course, avoid gossip and drama at all costs. be more self aware of the people around you. and find joy in becoming a little mysterious yourself hehehe :)
i love your writing. i feel like i get a window into the life of an EA that i never knew about. sending u so much love 🤍
So true, all of it.
Thank you for sharing this; it resonates deeply!
As an EA, others in the office often come to you for help, to vent, or just share in general. Having those relationships is important for a healthy workplace but also helps your executive. How do you foster those when you move up with a higher-level exec?
yes agree, i think it’s absolutely necessary to have relationships. and you absolutely must be the type of EA folks come to for help, to vent, and to share. but with all that, you need to be a vault. information can come in to you, but no information can go out from you.
everyone builds relationships differently, so there’s no one or two right ways to foster those relationships, but i am a huge advocate of building relationships thru actions. help people, do favors for others, proactively move a meeting for someone who’s supposed to meet with your exec because you know they have to leave to make their kids soccer game, learn things about other people, meet them at a human level, remember things about them.
and of course, avoid gossip and drama at all costs. be more self aware of the people around you. and find joy in becoming a little mysterious yourself hehehe :)