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Meet Alex, and the team behind Connected Assistants
Short, practical videos on the skills that matter most for Executive Assistants, Chiefs of Staff, and ambitious support professionals. Featuring Alex, our claymation character whose stories are inspired by real workplace challenges from our blog, plus insights from founder Meg.
Boundaries That Stick: The Power Skill Every Executive Partner Needs (5:25)
Alex learns the hard way that saying yes to everything doesn't make you indispensable, it makes you invisible. This episode explores why boundaries erode in high-pressure roles, what it costs you, and how to rebuild the ones that actually hold.
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Boundaries That Stick
What the heck is Managing Up (5:08)
Alex thought managing up meant sucking up. Turns out it's the opposite, it's about understanding how your leader thinks, communicating in their language, and making yourself easier to trust. This episode breaks down the skill nobody teaches you but everyone expects you to have.
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What the Heck Even is Managing Up?
What Makes You Irreplaceable at Work (5:13)
Alex discovers that the rise of AI doesn't shrink your role, it reveals where your real value lives. This episode explores why judgement, trust, context and emotional intelligence are the parts of your work no technology can replace.
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The Part of Your Role AI Will Never Replace
Nobody Was Ever Promoted for a Risk Register (5:19)
Alex builds a beautiful risk register.
Nobody reads it. This episode looks at why traditional registers rarely change decisions, what the surgical safety checklist research actually proved, and how a pre-mortem and a simpler format can turn risk management into something people use.
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Nobody Was Ever Promoted for a Risk Register
You Already Have a Mentor. Probably Several. (4:21)
Alex assumes mentoring means finding one senior person willing to take you under their wing. Turns out the research says something different, most career development happens through informal networks, not formal programmes. This episode explores what a developmental network actually looks like and how to recognise the mentors you already have.