Introducing "The Future Focused Admin" Podcast with Candice Burningham from Admin Avenues and Jessica McBride from The Tech Savvy Assistant. Join them on a journey to reshape the admin profession for the future. Delve into evolving roles, emerging trends, and progressive approaches that elevate administrative roles to new heights. Get valuable insights on topics like digital transformation, remote work, and career growth. Be empowered to make a difference in the admin profession and create a ...
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Season 2 - Ep 10 - Season Finale | Farewell 2024 The Year of “Lessons”
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In this final episode, Candice and Jessica reflect on the challenges of 2024. A year that tested resilience and revealed the hard work so many admins put in. Burnout was a common theme, and we opened up about our own journey through a year of deep reflection, learning to embrace setbacks, and growing stronger through the lessons they brought. Looki…
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Season 2 - Ep 9 - Hanging Up Your Admin Boots
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In this episode, Candice and Jessica open up about the pivotal moments when they realized it was time to transition from their roles as Executive Assistants and explore new career paths. These decisions came after deep reflection and, in Candice's case, seeking outside counsel to confirm that her journey as an EA had come to an end. Jessica shares …
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Season 2 - Ep 8 - Ageless Expertise and Challenging Ageism in the Admin World
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In this latest episode of The Future Focused Admin Podcast, we’re diving into the world of Ageless Expertise and tackling Ageism in the Admin Profession. We sit down with Rita Gunning, Career Admin Professional, Executive Assistant, YouTuber, Founder of Executive Assistant Oasis and Author of ‘The Executive Assistant Tool Box” from Sydney, Australi…
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Season 2 - Ep 7 - Breaking Barriers In Inclusion with special guests Melissa Peoples and from Admin Gurus and Haefa Mansour Founder & CEO at ShareCal
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In this episode of The Future Focused Admin Podcast, we’re chatting with special guests Melissa Peoples from Admin Gurus and Haefa Mansour Founder & CEO at ShareCal on the topic of “Breaking Barriers In Inclusion”. We discuss how admin professionals can lead the charge in creating more inclusive workplaces, events and communities. Don’t miss this c…
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Season 2 - Ep 6 - The Numbers Don’t Lie: Decoding the 2024 Administrative Professionals Salary Report with Alicia Fairclough and Yvette Pearson,Co-Founders of The EA Salary Survey
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On this episode, we had an insightful discussion with Alicia Fairclough (Founder of EA How To) and Yvette Pearson (Founder of The Admin Wrap), Co-Founders of ‘The EA Salary Survey’. In this chat, we do a deep dive into the data that came out of these reports. We discuss important conversations about the future of compensation and recognition in the…
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Season 2 - Ep 5 - The Joys of Networking and wrap-up of APC Conference
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In this latest episode of The Future Focused Admin Podcast, we’re discussing the Joys of Networking and our wrap-up of the 2024 APC Conference we attended in October at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center. We wanted to reflect on our time at the conference. This is a much lighter-hearted episode than our other ones as we wanted to take t…
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Season 2 - Ep 4 - The Great EA Retirement with Victoria Wratten of EPAA
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Show Notes: In today’s episode, we are chatting with Victoria Wratten, Founder of EPAA (Executive and Personal Assistants Association), Former Senior Executive Assistant & Top 30 Inspirational & Influential Women in the City 2017-Brummell Magazine. Vic has been talking about ‘The Great EA Returement’ for years, but it’s only now that people are sta…
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Season 2 - Ep 3 The Debate of the Title “Assistant” with Jeremy Burrows
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In today’s episode, we’re having a healthy debate with Jeremy Burrows Author of The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant, and founder and host of The Leader Assistant Podcast which Jessica and Candice have both been guests on. We start with the debate of the Title “Assistant” referring back to Candice’s viral Linke…
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Season 2 - Ep 2 Confronting Online Bullying In Admin
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On Episode 2, we introduce Dominique Givens as our first ever guest. Dominique is a Chief of Staff & Executive Administrative Partner in the Technology sector. So a bit more about our first guest - she is the result of a pre-med and computer science double major having an existential crisis and dropped out of undergrad to join the workforce. Why? S…
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Season 2 - Ep 1 Saying Goodbye to the Title “Assistant”
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Welcome back to ‘The Future Focused Admin’! In our Season 2 premiere, we dive into a topic that's been sparking widespread conversation - saying goodbye to the title "Assistant." Inspired by a LinkedIn post from Candice that blew up with over 700,000 impressions, we explore why change is always hard, the mixed reactions to this shift, and what it m…
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Future Proofing Your Career
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The take-aways from this episode are: The admin profession has changed post-pandemic. We all need to keep up to date with new ways of doing things smarter in our jobs. So, be an early adopter of new tech, embrace early adoption, test and provide feedback to other admins, upskill and familiarise yourself with AI platforms, embrace generous networkin…
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If you’re legally able to, start discussing your salary with other admins. Don’t have any admins to chat to? Join a free admin network. There are heaps on Facebook. Join ours at Admin Avenues, The Admin Collective and The Tech Savvy Assistant community groups. We welcome you to come and ask questions. Find out if you’re being under-paid and then ad…
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Balancing Work and Personal Life as an Admin
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Happy Birthday Jessica! For us, this was episode 5, but for our community and listeners, it was the day they found out about our secret podcast project! We’re so thrilled you have been enjoying it. We truly appreciate the 5 star ratings, follows and feedback. What an incredible and supportive community we have – so thank you! Today’s episode, we ta…
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Thank you so very much for joining us for Season 1 of ‘The Future Focused Admin’ Podcast. We have had a ball recording this first season, and we hope you’ve enjoyed listening. Be sure to join Jessica’s Tech Savvy Assistant newsletter to be kept informed of her upcoming courses: https://www.techsavvyassistant.com. Thank you to everyone who sent in t…
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Advocating for Yourself as an Admin
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Advocating for yourself as an admin is about being able to advocate for your value. We have Learning and Development (L&D) business case templates available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w7B4GZ9uXOyKxhTpwT_ozlJeiFKQibEstxqwR46BtcA/edit?usp=sharing and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wY5pCL1WcR8n5xrAQjJ8GD_v1vmdh06jM-ePUT2wDv4/…
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Today’s episode is on Admin Titles and doesn’t this topic stir peoples opinions up. Just remember, everyone is entitled to their opinion and their own experiences of how they feel with what their title has been, is and could be in the future.We set up a poll on LinkedIn recently with the topic “Do you believe it’s time we drop the title “Assistant”…
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The Impact of Remote Work on Admin Roles
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“How do you put the genie back in the bottle”. Jessica makes the point that we have proven that most admin jobs CAN be done working from home becasue of the pandemic. In this episode, Jessica discusses how moving to remote work led her to being diagnosed with ADHD and how this was a relief. Are you someone who thrives working from home or do you fu…
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Navigating Career Transitions in the Admin Profession
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If you only take one thing away from this episode, let it be this – your career is NOT set in stone. You can move around, it's even encouraged if you want to earn more money! Here are the links we referred to in the show: This is the article I read that said Changing jobs significantly increases your $$$ earning potential: https://dynamocareers.com…
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Being A Strategic Business Partner
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In this episode, we discuss: Our real-life experience being strategic business partners If an $80k salary is enough to work for someone like Anna Wintour in New York Do you need a degree to work in admin? Applying for jobs even if you don’t have all the requirements We touch on setting boundaries (but we have more on this in ep. 5) We’d love to hea…
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Welcome to The Future Focused Admin Podcast
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Welcome to The Future Focused Admin Podcast, your ultimate fun podcast for all things admin! We're here to empower admin professionals with valuable insights, laughs, real life experience stories and tips. First up! We want to hear your horror stories of awkward things that have happened in your admin role, outrageous things you’ve been asked to do…
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