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The EA Campus Connect 52: Strategic Briefings | Practical AI | EA Career Growth
Published 9 days ago • 3 min read
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March 6th | Issue 52
Latest Articles
How to Run an Effective Executive Briefing
In this article, we will explore what makes an effective executive brief in practical terms, grounded in how our days actually run. We will look at a structure you can rely on, how to apply it across daily updates, weekly rhythms, and quarterly planning.
In this article, we will explore five tasks you should already be delegating to AI in practical, everyday terms, the kind of tasks that come up in your week again and again.
In this article, we will explore what hiring managers are really looking for in Executive Assistants in 2026 and how we can ensure our capabilities are visible, measurable, and hard to overlook.
Ep93: Supporting Global Executives as a Career EA with Scot Wisniewski
In Ep93 of The EA Campus Podcast, Nicky Christmas is joined by Scot Wizniewski, Executive Assistant at Spotify. Scot has spent more than 25 years working as a career EA, supporting senior leaders across multiple industries, including publishing, beauty, and now technology.
Ep92: How AI Is Changing Inbox Management for Executive Assistants
AI is no longer a novelty inside our inboxes. It drafts replies, summarizes threads, groups themes, and predicts responses. In this episode, we break down exactly how AI is changing inbox management for Executive Assistants, what it can realistically handle today, and where we still need to stay firmly in control.
Ep91: The Conversations That Make Your Job Easier (But Feel Awkward to Start)
In this episode, Nicky walks through six conversations that directly impact how smooth, strategic, and sustainable your role feels. From asking for help early, to addressing small behaviours before they become patterns, to negotiating scope and salary with confidence, this is a practical, real-world guide for EAs who want to stop guessing and start shaping how they work.
In this session from The EA Campus, productivity and performance expert Tanya Rose shares practical strategies to help Executive Assistants improve focus, prioritise effectively, and use technology to support more impactful work.
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CONNECT March 13th | Issue 53 Latest Articles The EA's Guide to Process Mapping In this guide, we will explore how process mapping works in practice for EAs. We will look at how to map processes you already manage every day, from meeting preparation to project coordination, and how these maps can help you and your Executive run work more clearly across the team and between yourselves. Read more → How to Run an Effective Executive Briefing In this article, we will explore what makes an...
Wednesday 11th March No: 58 If you’ve ever said, “First it goes to finance…” The tools EAs use to map messy processes If you support an Executive, you’ve probably had this moment. Someone asks how a piece of work actually gets done, and you start explaining. “Well, first it comes to me, then finance signs it off, then legal reviews it, then it comes back to us…” Halfway through, you realise this “simple task” involves about seven people, three approvals, and at least one step nobody...
Wednesday 4th March No: 57 If your Executive says “quick update”… read this If you only had 30 seconds with your Executive We've been thinking about how we brief our Executives this week. You know the moment. Your Executive catches you between meetings and asks for a quick update. You start explaining background context, long email threads, and the stakeholders involved, and somewhere halfway through, you realize you still haven’t said the one thing they actually needed to hear. As EAs, we...
