Executive Assistants: Corporate America's Secret Power Players

We all know that Executive Assistants perform key administrative tasks, but the scope of their role goes WAY beyond what appears on their job description. They are psychologists, secret service agents, strategists, magicians, cheerleaders and general advisors. They also have a special “chaos radar” that allows them to detect and get ahead of any potential issue before it becomes a massive mess.

Their duties vary from buying multi-million dollar homes for their bosses to influencing top-level corporate decisions, handling highly confidential information and also, sometimes even picking up dog sh*t if needed.This job promises one thing: it will never be boring.

For this episode, we talk with two Executive Assistants who share their insider’s POV of a role that keeps so many of the corporate players – and pieces – in place, and all this without most people even knowing it.

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EPISODE SOURCES:

• https://www.zippia.com/executive-personal-assistant-jobs/demographics/
• Executive Assistants Are Superheroes Without The Cape
• The Case for Executive Assistants.
• The CEO's Secret Weapon

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