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Insights, advice and real-world stories written by assistants and the businesses that support them, covering everything from career growth to life behind the role. All with one goal: to support, empower and champion assistants in their careers.

Career Support, Support & Guidance

Whose Success Are You Working For? Rewriting Your Success Scripts

November 9, 2026

Coach Anna Lundberg shows assistants how to spot the hidden success scripts that keep them firefighting, and four steps to rewrite them.

Career Support, Insights

The Missing Piece of Workplace Culture: Building Community at Work

November 2, 2026

Elizabeth Gowing shares her model for building community at work, the research on why it matters, and practical ideas EAs and PAs can use this week.

AI Insights, Career Support

The Post, the Hour and the Spreadsheet: LinkedIn Lessons for Assistants

October 26, 2026

Executive Assistant Craig Bryson shares what makes a LinkedIn post start a conversation, what makes one travel, the ‘golden hour’ truth, and one simple sum to compare any post fairly.

Insights

The job title says assistant, the data says something bigger

October 6, 2026

Career Support

The Hard Work Trap: Why Doing More Won’t Always Get You the Pay Rise

September 14, 2026

Working harder doesn’t always lead to greater recognition. For many Executive Assistants, taking on more, staying later and constantly overdelivering can quietly become the new expectation. Here’s how to break the hard work trap and make sure your growing contribution is recognised.

Career Support

You’re Not “Just an EA”: How to Recognise the Value You Actually Bring

September 14, 2026

Executive Assistants are often brilliant at recognising everyone else’s priorities, strengths and achievements, but recognising their own value can be much harder. From protecting executive time to influencing decisions and preventing problems before they happen, here’s how to recognise and communicate the value you really bring.

AI Insights

Will AI Replace Executive Assistants? What EAs Need to Know About Claude

August 24, 2026

“Will AI take my job?” is the question Chris Colston gets asked most at industry events, and it’s an understandable one. In this piece, we break down why Claude works as an assistant to the assistant rather than a replacement, what actually happens to your data when you use it, and how to get started without connecting a single tool.

AI Insights

How Executive Assistants Can Use Claude AI to Save Hours Every Week

August 24, 2026

If you are an EA, PA, or VA juggling four diaries, a scrappy voice note, and an inbox that never stops refreshing, you already know the real problem is not a lack of effort.

AI Insights

Claude vs Gemini for Executive Assistants: Which AI Should You Connect to Your Inbox?

August 24, 2026

If your company already gives you access to Gemini through Google Workspace, or Claude through a team subscription, the hardest part is often just getting started. Craig Bryson, founder of Admin AI Insights and a 20 year executive assistant, ran a live comparison of both tools in a recent Pally Talk training session, using a fictional executive’s chaotic Monday inbox.