Being Indispensable

Liz has developed a 5 step process to identifying the skills, values and behaviours that will make you an indispensable Assistant to your business leader. Step 1 is to conduct a personal skills audit. In this episode, the first in a five part series to be released over coming weeks, Liz outlines two different approaches to conduct a personal skills audit. Liz also discusses how the results of this exercise will form the basis for Step 3 which is to identify what indispensable looks like to your business leader and how Adam Fidler’s Executive Assistant ‘manifesto’ which he formulated through his coaching and training work with EA’s may serve as a useful conversation starter.  Resources discussed in this episode '5 Steps To Being Indispensable' Factsheet - download on the website www.beingindispensable.com Adam Fidler Executive Assistant role description Vickie Evan’s Tech Savvy Assistant diagrams Tools like MBTI, Strengthfinder and the DISC profile are also valuable to helping you ‘flesh’ out the total pictur