BONUS EPISODE: Top Tips for Leveraging an Executive Assistant

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

So you think you think you might need an executive assistant, but you’re not sure where to start? Here’s help! Suzie Barbour, our executive director of operations, and Tricia Sciortino, CEO of BELAY, team up to answer your questions about how to get this done. Fun fact, both Suzie and Tricia were virtual assistants for Michael Hyatt! When is the right time to hire? How do I find a reliable assistant? What competencies should I look for? What character traits should my assistant have? Could a virtual assistant work for me? How do I get started working with an assistant? We’ll answer all these questions and more, plus our Top 10 list of tips for working with an executive assistant. Get an executive assistant! Over-communicate. Empower your executive assistant with information from the very start. Set clear expectations and goals. Be highly responsive. Fill the gap with trust Listen when your executive assistant challenges you. Get to know your executive assistant. Show appreciation. Give ownership. Resources from This Episode Your World-Class Assistant: Hiring, Training, and Leveraging an Executive Assistant by Michael Hyatt BELAY “25 Things You Can Delegate to an Assistant,” free download from BELAY. Text “LEADTOWIN” (all one word) to 31996. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Megan Hyatt Miller, and this bonus episode of Lead to Win is being sponsored by one of our favorite companies, Belay.
0:08.0	Why? Well, we believe two things. First, an executive assistant is simply the most important hire you're ever
0:15.4	going to make as a leader. In fact, my dad is so convinced of this that he wrote a book
0:19.8	about it called your world-class assistant, hiring, training, and leveraging an executive assistant.
0:25.1	We know that this is the one position that's truly vital to the success of your business.
0:30.5	Secondly, we believe strongly in Belay.
0:33.4	After all, they are the premier partner of virtual executive assistants in the industry.
0:38.4	In fact, when he started the business, the one position my dad hired first was a part-time assistant from
0:44.4	Belay and after all these years we still use them to fill the gaps in our staffing.
0:48.8	If you need an executive assistant you have one or you are one. This bonus episode will give you the tools and
0:55.1	tips you need to be successful in the most important hire you'll ever make.
0:59.7	Hi, I'm Larry Wilson, and welcome to this bonus episode of Lead to Win.
1:08.6	And today we're going to answer your most pressing questions about what Michael calls the most important
1:15.6	higher you'll ever make. That's an executive assistant. So I'm joined today by two bona fide experts on the subject.
1:28.4	One is our own Susie Barber, Senior Director of Operations here at Michael Hyatt and Company, and the other is Tricia Shortino, Chief Executive Officer at Belay.
1:41.0	So welcome to both of you.
1:42.0	Hey Larry, good to be here today.
1:44.0	Hi, thank you Larry.
1:46.0	Before we're done with this episode today,
1:49.0	we want you to have all the confidence and the tools that you're going to need to make that very first hire of an executive assistant or if you're already working with an EA
2:00.3	maybe to leverage that relationship a little more effectively.
2:03.8	In fact, we're going to close out the show with a list of Tricia and Susie's top 10
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