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Inspirational Podcasts for Executive Assistants
Whether you're new to the role or a seasoned pro, these podcasts are sure to provide you with valuable insights and ideas that you can apply to your daily work as an Executive Assistant.
3 Tips for Navigating a High-Pressure Role as an Assistant
Reggie Love, bestselling author and the former personal aide to President Barack Obama, shares how he learned to navigate the high-pressure role of being a President’s right hand.
What’s New in Base? Updates from 2022
In 2022, we introduced a set of new features and integrations to our all-in-one workspace to help EAs save time, streamline communication, and stay successful.
How to Overcome Burnout and Reignite Your Passion as an Executive Assistant
Assistant thought leaders share their experiences and advice for how you can strike a better balance between work and wellbeing.
Microsoft Teams + Base: A Faster Way to Share and Organize Information
Share messages in Teams, and organize Teams messages into tasks, questions, and notes when you connect your Base account with Microsoft Teams.
3 Ways to Be a Powerhouse Executive Assistant
Learn the attributes of a top-performing assistant from inspiring EA thought leaders, Lynn Walder, Natalie Lee, and Kristine Valenzuela
A Guide To Executive Calendar Management
Apply effective calendar management principles to your daily calendar work to keep your Executive happy and on track!
6 Inbox Management Tips from Experienced EAs
EAs share 6 brilliant tips to keep your leader’s inbox clean and efficient for the long run, achieving inbox zero time and time again.
4 Key Principles to Great Inbox Management
EA Training manager Sara Altuna shares four inbox management principles to help assistants declutter, organize and keep their leaders’ inboxes efficient for the long run.
Creating the Future of Work for Assistants and Leaders at Base: an update from Paige McPheely, CEO
Base CEO Paige McPheely shares how Base is becoming the modern solution for assistants with the successful onboarding of 33Vincent to the newly-refreshed Base brand.
Executive Assistant SMART Goal Examples
How assistants can set SMART goals and achieve more in the workplace
Inspiring Books for Executive Assistants
Books that will energize you for the day-to-day and keep you motivated for the long-run
Podcasts
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Tune into our biweekly podcast, Courageous Help, to hear more about how EAs are changing the world left and right.
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