#AskForTraining

Everything you want is out there waiting for you. But you have to take action to get it!

Every January I take the team away on a retreat. It’s a time for reflection on the past year and to look forward to what we want to achieve in the next 12 months.

This year we ended up in a beautiful historic house just a few miles from where my EA, Matthew, lives. We spent a couple of days throwing ideas around before celebrating his 30th birthday.

One of the questions that we revisit time and again is how to inspire you to go and ask for the training that you need to futureproof your careers. The world of work, especially for assistants, is changing so fast that within the next five years the role will be all but unrecognisable from the current way that we view it.

This year, our retreat focused on this question and the result is our #AskForTraining campaign.

#AskForTraining takes place over a two-week period from 9th - 20th September. It is a ten-day discovery process, to help you to decide on what skills training you need and how to approach your Manager for the budget to attend. The team has been working hard to build a bank of resources, films, free training and a workbook to help you to source and ask for the training you need.

We are also collating a full calendar of events for the next 12 months with training and networking opportunities right the way across the world, so that you can find exactly what you need, in the location where you need it.

Join our Facebook or LinkedIn groups to follow along with the campaign. You can find both by searching for Executive Secretary Magazine. Or follow me on Twitter @lucybrazier. Our hashtag is #AskForTraining so you can also follow all the action by searching via the hashtag.

This campaign can be the beginning of anything you want but you will need to take action.

We are so excited to bring you these much-needed tools, all in one place. We must keep learning because we need experience, education and an environment of people who will challenge us to be bigger, better, faster and stronger! It’s time to take the bull by the horns and #AskForTraining.

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Lucy Brazier is the founder of the leading global publication for Administrative Professionals - Executive Secretary Magazine - as well as its spin-off international conferences for top-level Assistants - Executive Secretary LIVE - now running annually in London, Johannesburg, Australasia and the USA. Lucy campaigns worldwide to change the perception of the Assistant role within companies and to promote the career progression for Administrative Professionals that they deserve. As a Publisher, Speaker, and Chairperson, Lucy has transformed the way that thousands of Assistants think about themselves all over the world. Lucy has huge experience in chairing and facilitating conferences & networking events and also speaks and trains on many topics relating to Assistants and their role. Lucy has spoken at over 500 events in over 40 countries. For full list of speaking topics or for further enquiries please contact Matthew Want at mwant@executivesecretary.com or visit https://executivesecretary.com/training/