Executive Assistant Congress Melbourne Agenda

17-18 March 2021, Melbourne

Conference Day One – Wednesday 17 March 2021

8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening remarks from the chair
9.10

Taking control of workload and prioritising your time 

 
  • Exploring strategies to deal with continuously large workload
  • Preparing yourself to be flexible and adaptable for urgent priorities
  • Managing distractions to help achieving your goal of the day
  • Discovering effective time management tips and tools    
 

Rebecca Milne, Senior Manager, Office of the Chief Executive, IFM Investors
9.55

Panel Discussion: Making sound decisions independently and strategically

 
  • Taking up the responsibility to make the call
  • Processing information to make better decisions at work
  • Having the confidence in your own abilities to be the voice
  • Understanding what drives your executives in decision making
 

Helen Brailsford, Senior Executive Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Inclusion, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions

Lucy McLennan, Executive Assistant, PwC

Boli Meng, Business and Project Support Officer, Office of the Governor Victoria

Michelle Smith, Executive Assistant, Deloitte Digital
10.40 Morning Coffee
11.10

Positioning yourself for managing up (Virtual)
 
  • Effective approaches to bridge the power gap
  • Strategies and methods to help managing your executive
  • Knowing different ways to raise and discuss problems
  • Learning to disagree in a productive way   
 

Katrena Friel, Australia’s Leading Success Coach for Intrepreneurs, Refresh Your Thinking
11.55

Discovering, building, and harnessing your personal brand for good
 
  • Understanding your brand – we all have one already! 
  • Clear steps to harnessing your brand to show the world what you are made of
  • The importance of authenticity
  • Practical steps for applying this to social media (LinkedIn/Instagram) 
 

Nick Ginsburg, Executive Assistant to Provost and Senior Vice-President, Monash University
12.45 Lunch

13.45

The 3 Cs of successful communication with influence
 
  • How people make decisions and why clarity is the key driver of influence
  • Applying the 3Cs of communication at in the workplace
  • Influencing different personalities and behaviour styles
 

Mariya Radysh, 2 x TEDx and International Speaker on resilience and intentional adaptability 
14.30

Panel Discussion: Forging a collaborative team with your colleagues
 
  •  Working alongside fellow EAs as a team
  • Supporting one another to grow better together
  • Building collaborative relationships with other EAs in your organisation
  • Constructing a strong EA community at workplace
 

TJ Wong, Executive Assistant to CEO, Monash College

Laura Barnett, Personal Assistant to Partners in Risk Advisory, Deloitte

Mina Italiano, Freelance EA Professional and Event Manager
15.15 Afternoon tea
15.45

Finding ways to stop juggling and start balancing your life
 
  • Discovering ways to keep calm in high-pressure situations
  • Be equipped with practical strategies to conquer unhelpful stress
  • Managing and using stress as an opportunity to grow
  • Channelling your mindset to focus more on the wellbeing of mind
 

Fiona Hurle, the BE-ing Coach, Inspired Woman Institute
16.30 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference day one
16.30-18.00 Networking Drinks

Conference Day Two – Thursday 18 March 2021

9.00 Opening remarks from the chair
9.10

Executives Panel: Exclusive insights and advice from executives (Virtual)
 
  • Discovering the qualities that executives find in outstanding EAs
  • Building a positive partnership with executives
  • Setting, managing, and exceeding expectations
  • Giving and receiving feedback from both directions
 

Jacqueline Fox, General Manager, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, NAB

Craig Henderson, Partner & Practice Group Leader, Lander & Rogers

Simone Robards, Director People and Performance, City of Canterbury Bankstown

Lorraine Salloum, Chief People Officer, Achieve Australia
10.10

Enhancing credible communication with strategies and tips

 
  • Take steps to empower yourself and communicate with confidence
  • Explore various language patterns that undermine credibility and learn how to avoid them
  • Understand non-verbal signals and enhance your professional presence
 

Anneli Blundell, Professional People Whisperer, AnneliBlundell.com
10.55 Morning Tea
11.25

Utilising One Note as your powerful tool to allow you to become paperless
 

This session will empower you to take control of your work and optimise the use of technology to take control of your time, productivity, collaboration and work results.

You will get an insight into:

  • Practical tips and shortcuts to save you time
  • Managing large volume of information with simple ways to collaborate with others
  • Making good use of different functions within this powerful tool
  • Discovering ways to take your notes and link them to Outlook
 

Mario Halouvas, National Learning & Development Manager, Priority Management Australia
12.25

Dealing and working with different personalities    

 
  • Understanding and working with different personalities
  • Respecting individuals with different working styles
  • Building interpersonal skills and learn to respond to difficult situations
 

Aisha Aboulfadil, Senior Executive Assistant, Strategy and Performance Division, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
13.10 Lunch
14.10

Panel Discussion: Developing the career roadmap for your professional progression
 
  • Setting performance goals and career aspirations
  • Creating development plan towards your ideal career path
  • Building skills to further your career as professional EA
  • Leverage your EA skillset to transition into a different role
 

Jo Graham, Executive Assistant to Community Programs Director, Banyule City Council

Domenica Inserra, Executive Assistant, Treasury Wine Estates

Adele Selby, Executive Assistant, Lander & Rogers

Boli Meng, Business and Project Support Officer, Office of the Governor Victoria

Louisa Nocera, C-Suite Executive Assistant & Founder of Lux Coaching
 14.55

Managing change in the workplace to thrive
 
  • Understanding change and maintaining a positive attitude
  • Building resilience towards change
  • Supporting your team and executive during constant changing situations
  • Discovering hidden opportunities that change brings
 

Georgia Ellis, Mindset Specialist, Leadership Strategy & Cultural Change Consultant, Blue Chip Minds
15.40

Elements that makes a high-performance partnership
 
  • Building the foundation of trust to form a solid partnership
  • Tips on finding a better way to work together
  • Aligning priorities and setting boundaries with your executive
  • Being supportive and achieving mutual goals

 
 

Samantha Webb, Executive Assistant to CEO, Beyond Blue

 
16.20

Closing remarks from the Chair and End of Conference
   

Get information on our exciting post conference workshops on

Working Smarter – managing your workload and priorities for you and your Executive using Outlook

Effective Communication – minimise misunderstandings and increase performance (and happiness!) in the workplace

 

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