Following on from our groundbreaking conferences
of 2007, 2008 and 2009…
THE 2010 ANNUAL CONGRESS IN SYDNEY WILL FEATURE:
- 9 senior corporate executives
- 15 leading EAs and PAs
- 16 incredible business consultants, executive coaches and business commentators
OVER 2 INTENSIVE INFORMATION PACKED DAYS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
- Ensure you are an indispensable and integral part of your business
- Enhance your professionalism and strategic awareness
- Align your job with the business direction and aspirations of your company
- Build awareness about your company's corporate goals and vision
- Travel the extra mile to understand your executive's needs and wants
- Become a strategic influencer and agent of change
- Rationalise your activities and demonstrate your personal value
- Progress up the career ladder by continually investing in further education and training
- Work with different management styles at all levels of your business
- Think outside the mental confines that block you from realising your full potential
- Instil passion in your work and relationships
- Communicate your ideas and vision to others, while getting things done
- Speak the language of managers when it comes to financial reporting
- Lead and deliver on deadline-driven projects
- Understand the dynamics of leadership and how to apply these to your life
- Invest in self awareness without giving your power to others
- Understand the plasticity of your brain and how you can unlearn negative thoughts
- Add strategic value to your company beyond your day-to-day activities
- Deliver on every task or activity with a sense of flair, style and can-do approach
- Manage your stress triggers while juggling different assignments and deadlines
- Redefine your career track with the help and support of HR teams
- Experience each moment as if it were your last… and embrace success in all its palettes
Click on the links to the left to download the brochure and to register
2010 PROGRAM THEMES
In a recent survey conducted by EAN with over 400 member responses, 73% of respondents indicated that their executives are looking for assistants who can add real value to their teams and to their businesses. And at our 2009 Congress in Sydney, the phrase “of strategic importance” was used by all the executives on our first panel to sum up the future direction the role of the EA must take.
Senior executives are looking for assistants who are active participants in team meetings and understand the direction the company is going as well as what their executives want and need in the short, medium and long term.
They are looking for assistants who anticipate their needs days, and often weeks, in advance and schedule, prioritise, plan and even resource accordingly. They are looking for assistants they can trust and believe in and assistants who are proactive and get the job done irrespective of the task or issue needing to be resolved.
Ultimately, they are looking for strategic thinking and strategic acting EAs with whom they can forge partnerships that will enable them to lead and manage more effectively within their businesses, be more productive, and therefore achieve greater success for themselves and their organisations.
The level of value you can add to your partnership and the degree to which you can become an important strategic partner is influenced by many factors in what we have named ‘The EA Value Spectrum'. Some influencers impacting your value within this spectrum include your executive's management style and their approach to delegating authority and freedom, their perception on value, the level of trust built up within your partnership with your executive and of course the skills, knowledge and abilities you have.
These factors change and grow over time as the partner relationship develops, as the respective individuals develop their own skills, knowledge and management understanding and of course as faith and trust in each other's abilities grows.
Senior executives still require EAs who can handle the fundamental requirements of the role including diary management, handling correspondence, organising travel, drafting papers and organising meetings or events, and your value will be felt and recognised in all these. But even within these traditional areas you can act more proactively and with less guidance and direction, displaying sensitivity to the strategic importance of each action or task, and this is where your value will be really felt and appreciated.
Yours is a business journey that you will never take alone. You will always have an executive that travels with you. How much you seek to have input into the direction of the journey and how much you get to glean and experience from your journey is up to you.
No relationship is set in stone and that holds more true for the unique and extremely complex relationship that exists between EA and executive than any others. The value spectrum is fluid and changes every day. Only you can decide whether you want to develop significantly as a professional business person to fully understand the dynamics influencing the value you add. And only then will you understand what steps you can take to ensure you deliver more and get better results for your executive, your company and yourself every day. 
Click on the links to the left to download the brochure and to register
LUNA PARK SYDNEY
25 & 26 MARCH 2010
FREE ENTRY - Open to visitors not attending the Annual congress
Thursday 10.00am to 5.30pm
Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Your one-stop corporate supplier resource
- Don't rely solely on web or directory based research
- Don't waste time at numerous meetings interviewing potential new suppliers
- Don't miss out on new service or product ideas that could be vital for your company
The past 12 months have witnessed an incredible shift in industry perception about the role of EAs and PAs, your power and authority, and levels of influence in relation to suppliers. Especially in the events and travel sectors.
We like to think that our 2010 Events, Functions & Travel Survey that was written up in numerous industry publications was partly responsible for this shift, but the truth is many suppliers just hadn't kept abreast with the gradual changes that have been happening within corporate Australia over many years and hadn't thought about this until the GFC forced them to evaluate their business relationships.
Now that these numerous supplier organisations have woken up to your areas of influence, many are desperate to start building profiles of EAs and PAs and ultimately to start getting to know you all a lot better.
Our Expo is vital for them but we believe it is equally vital for you.
This is the ONLY exhibition in Australia where every exhibitor is focussed purely on the needs of EAs, PAs and their organisations - so you know you won't be wasting time having to talk with suppliers that aren't relevant to you or your business.
But it is also vital for you to attend because now that you have the authority and decision making areas of responsibility across so many different business and service types, you need to find easy, time effective and cost effective ways to keep on top of the numerous supplier options out there.
Internet and supplier directory research is vital and will always help you to find suitable solutions. But getting out there to meet all the potential suppliers you need so you can ensure they are a correct fit for your business and offer the service levels you require can be very time consuming.
Our exhibition takes away a lot of that legwork and means you can meet and evaluate 50 potential product and service suppliers in one go.
The 2010 expo will feature companies with products and services as diverse as:
Corporate Travel, Event Management, Hotels, Functions & Event Venues, Corporate Liquor, Training or Meeting Room Venues, Massage & Beauty, Office Consumables, Corporate Gifts, Information Technology, Corporate Photography, Design, Baby Gifts, Training, Audio Visuals, Corporate Hospitality, Team Building, Corporate Entertainment, Wine and much much more….
This really is a great opportunity for you and your company and we would really urge you to attend even if the Annual Congress is not suitable for you.
Click on the link to the left to pre-register to attend
WHAT PREVIOUS ATTENDEES HAVE SAID ABOUT OUR CONFERENCES….
“The best yet! Looking forward to next year!”
Rachel Stafford-Gaffney, EA to MD, The Hollard Insurance Company
“Excellent, it is the best EA conference around. I have attended most other EA conferences and seminars only to be disappointed. EAN have created the most professional and informative presentations that are a must for every EA.”
Trish Coltan, Executive Personal Assistant
“The EAN Team are truly fantastic and I believe their passion for what they do. It transcends other EA events.”
Vive Black, EA to MD, Hitachi Data Systems
“There is so much more to an EA than people can see or know. Executive Assistant Network is pure genius and I will be sharing my knowledge gained from them.”
Megan Mulcahy, EA to Directors, Cardinal Project Services
“Fantastic event! Well done!”
Suzanne Palmer, EA to GM, Fdcconstruction & Fitout
“Loved the whole conference and will definitely be recommending it to my work colleagues for next year!”
Hailey Napper, EA to Partner, Pricewaterhousecoopers
“This was my first EAN Congress and I returned to the office on the Monday feeling empowered and enthusiastic! I need to get this ‘fix' a lot more often!”
Valerie Pontikakos, EA to Executive Commonwealth Bank of Australia
“I highly recommend that you attend the next conference. Make sure you don't miss out on an exceptional opportunity.”
Suzette Viljoen, EA to MD, Human Synergistics Australia
Very entertaining, motivating and inspiring!”
Meg Johnson, EA to Executive Director, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
“I was very impressed by the calibre of presentations and the content of the programme….such a positive, reaffirming experience for the EA community.”
Lynne Scanlan-Lamb, EA to Vice President, GE Australia & New Zealand
“This experience has made me even more determined to be the best professional I can be.”
Stephanie Lorens, EA to Director, Wesley Mission
“The EAN Congress was highly motivating. Thanks for the wonderful event!”
Jill Taylor, CSS Group Administrator, Microsoft
“The Conference was fantastic! Inspirational; Engaging; Reaffirming.”
Alison Bagdon, EA to Director Of Corporate Development, Fairfax Media
“It was by far the best conference targeted at our profession I have been to.”
Karen Taylor, EA to Chief Executive, Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd
“Congratulations on a very informative and excellent EA conference”
Stella Bakouris, Manager to MD's Office, Telstra International
“Everyone I spoke to during the congress…said ‘this is the best conference I've attended' because it was aimed at a higher level and was so informative.”
Janine Jongebloed, EA to Partner/Chairman Of Melb Partners, Dla Phillips Fox
“Congratulations…for an amazing conference. It was an incredible two days of learning and discovery.”
Kathie Taylor, EA to Group Executive Operations, ASX Limited
“Thank you for a wonderful conference. I left feeling inspired…. Other people I have spoken to since have felt the exact same way.”
Emma Peachey, EA to Partner, Mckinsey & Company
“Thank you so much for the EAN Congress last week. I found the calibre over the two days a lot higher than anything else that seems to be offered elsewhere.”
Annie Macneil, EA to General Manager, Grain Pool Pty Ltd
“A BIG THANK YOU for organising a wonderful 2 day conference.”
Margaret Toms, EA to Senior VP, Product Development Global, Resmed Limited
“I'd like to congratulate you on doing such a fabulous job of planning, setting up & executing this conference. We all look forward to next year's conference!”
Dena Whitehouse, PA to Manager It Services, MBF Australia
“Thank you very much for a wonderful conference. I loved it. It was the best EA conference I have ever been to.”
Katrina Cartwright, EA to General Manager, Insurance, Zurich Financial Services
“Well done…It was a great conference, both informative and interesting.”
Wendy Swift, EA to Managing Director, Volvo Trucks
“Thanks for a wonderful conference.”
Stephanie Paulissen, EA to Deputy Executive Director, The Pharmacy Guild Of Australia
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