Trinity James

Conversations EAs are avoiding (and how to have them) There's a conversation you've been putting off. You know the one. Where you're sitting in a meeting thinking "this keeps happening and someone needs to say something." Or you're in the car on the way home replaying the moment you didn't speak up, again. Or you've drafted the message three times and deleted it every time because you couldn't figure out how to say it without it sounding like a complaint. In our latest group coaching session,...

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it actually feels like to be stuck in your career. Because most people don’t say, “I need a 90-day action plan for my professional development.” They say things like: “I don’t know what I’m doing anymore.” “I feel like I should be further ahead.” “I know I need to leave, but I don’t know where I’d even go.” “I keep applying for jobs and hearing nothing back.” “I’m getting interviews, but then I never get the job offer.” “I think I’ve lost...

There's a conversation I keep having with Executive Assistants across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand at the moment. It usually starts with something like: "I just don't feel like they really see what I contribute, it's super hard to put metrics around it, so much of my work is in the background and invisible." And then, underneath that, something more pressing: "I'm also a little worried about what's coming." Both of those things are worth taking seriously, because they're...