Foundation Skills for Elite Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants Training Course

Amanda is an International Coach, Facilitator and Trainer who is passionate about taking Personal and Executive Assistants to the elite level. She believes that anything can be achieved by becoming a master of managing your time and helping your manager to do the same!

She has spent that last 5 years working with groups and individuals to create systems and processes that mean their are highly organised and efficient, become masters of time management and be amazing verbal and ono-verbal communicators.

She is also a Certified Reach Practitioner and is a graduate of Mastery University (Business & Life Mastery) through Success Resources Australia meaning she has the qualifications and experience to ensure participants get the best possible outcomes during their time together.

James is an experienced professional. Since 2000 he has worked in the research sector, the Australian Public Service and the private sector (including Apple and various consulting/training firms): researching, collaborating, facilitating and training. He approaches his work with an enthusiasm and passion that positively influences colleagues and clients.

James now specialises in adult professional development. This program will enable you to develop organisational and communication skills to match and complement the needs of the executive(s) that you work with. You will learn from theoretical material and from the experiences and methods of those in the program with you. Tackling time and email management along with filing systems and guarding your time wisely. One of the great things this course does for EAs and PAs is increase their confidence as extremely valuable members of workplace teams — the small to the very large.

He prides himself on facilitating diverse groups to achieve their goals by creating a safe environment for productive, authentic learning. He uses music, photography, games, and most importantly - his wide range of experience in virtual and face to face training rooms.

Karen is an experienced executive assistant, team leader and trainer.

She has had the opportunity to be an executive assistant to numerous managers and has been a team leader working with an executive assistant.

Her experience in this topic has come from working in both areas and she has an understanding of what both parties are required to do to make an exceptional team.

Karen has been training in the topic for 14 years and has trained in 27 different countries.

Derrick has been assisting Elite Personal Assistants (PA’s) and Executive Assistants (EA’s) over many years by sharing knowledge relating to the organisational and communication skills required for this demanding role. His experience comes from his role as a manager and a process improvement practitioner running both teams and multiple projects, he quickly understood the need to set goals, schedule, prioritise and complete important tasks while responding to changing demands all while communicating with multiple stakeholders from various cultures, levels of seniority, experience, background and diverse work environments ensuring both organisational and individual needs were met.

Sue believes that being an EA or a PA is more than just running errands for the boss – an excellent EA/PA is the trusted business partner that assists the CEO in managing the day to day while allowing them to focus on the big picture.