What’s in a Name? How to Choose a Job Title for Your Assistant
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How to Improve Your Leadership Skills By Asking Better Questions
Leaders don’t have many tasks on their to-do lists. Their responsibilities are few in quantity, but large in scope and impact. A leader’s job impacts the organization, the team, stakeholders, clients, customers, and sometimes, entire industries. Leadership is about making a few high-quality decisions each day, while continuously casting your vision and keeping your team […]
13 Books Every Founder (or Executive) Should Read
Thousands of business books are published each year, spanning topics from entrepreneurship to management, finance, marketing, and leadership, and more. Approximately 81 million business and economics category print books were sold in 2021 alone. With so many options out there, from classics like Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill to relative newcomers like James […]
The 5 Daily Accountability Questions
The 5 Daily Accountability Questions is great communication tool we use with all of our team members. I have all of my direct reports email me their questions at the end of every day. In turn, they have their staff members email these questions to them, and so on, throughout the organization. It creates a […]
Finding the Right Force Multiplier
Learn to Lead, First One of my first jobs after graduating college was as a financial controller. The new job was great! I mean, I even had an assistant right away! Of course, I wasn’t exactly sure how to navigate that relationship, and often had her fetching me coffee, filing, and faxing documents for me. […]
8 Ways to Create a Positive and Powerful Relationship with Your Executive Assistant
You may have seen or heard of successful long-time leader/Force Multiplier (a.k.a. Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff, Executive Business Partner) partnerships such as Conan O’Brien and Sona Movsesian, President Obama and Reggie Love, Eric Schmidt and Ann Hiatt, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and RoseMarie Terenzio, Sara Blakely and Kenya Graham and Lisa Magazine, and of […]
4 Reasons You Should Never Miss a Meeting With Your Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff
“My Executive canceled our weekly 1:1 meeting… again.” This might be one of the most frequent frustrations we hear from Force Multipliers. These weekly 1:1 meetings between a leader and their right hand partner are often the only dedicated time that an EA or Chief of Staff has to meet with their Exec during the […]
How to Know If Company Decisions Should Be Public or Private
It’s like the wild west in the workplace these days. Mass layoffs continue to make headlines, employees are more burned out than ever, and inflation is causing businesses to make tough decisions about headcount and new hires. Just like in spring of 2020, we need leaders to step up and lead with strength, transparency, and […]
How to Bounce Back and Beyond After a Layoff
It’s no secret that layoffs are at the top of the news cycle right now. Every other day, it seems that companies, large and small, are laying off staff and eliminating positions. While we aren’t going to get into the state of the economy today, we are going to talk about resilience and how you […]
2022 Emerging Leader: Adam Hergenrother
FROM REAL TRENDS – Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Livian is paving the way for consolidation in real estate, by showcasing how “together we achieve more.” An initial adopter of, and executer around, real estate expansion teams, Hergenrother is focused on the infrastructure that will guarantee agent and team growth in a shifting market. His strategic […]
Think Big with Adam Hergenrother
FROM THE LEARNING LIFE PODCAST with Jon Tota – This week Jon sits down with Adam Hergenrother to discuss how business can be a conduit for personal growth. Adam is the founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies, which became a $1 billion organization in 2019 and has been a five-time winner of the Vermont […]
What Business Metrics Should Entrepreneurs and Executive Assistants Track?
Think of the last time you missed a sports game that you wanted to watch. Maybe you were at a wedding and missed an NFL playoff game with your favorite sports team (go Steelers!) or maybe you just missed your kid’s soccer game because you were out of town on business. Either way, what’s the first question […]
MOMENTS WITH MELINDA: INTERVIEW WITH ADAM HERGENROTHER
FROM TOWN MEETING TV – Adam Hergenrother is the Founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies. Adam is passionate about using business to transform lives and believes that when you focus on growing and leading yourself first, the business results will follow – always. He wrote the book The Founder & The Force Multiplier which […]
The First Person To Hire In Your Real Estate Business: A Force Multiplier
FROM THE AGENT GRAD SCHOOL PODCAST – Do you ever daydream about somebody helping you in your real estate business to do all those tasks that never seemed to get done or you don’t enjoy, or frankly, maybe you just don’t even have time for because you’re doing everything else. If, so this episode is […]
What is a Stay Interview? 8 Questions to Ask Your Key Employees
Between the Great Resignation and the Great Reshuffle, the United States workforce saw over 38 million people quit their jobs in 2021. Some simply switched to a new company or industry, some decided to work for themselves or start a business, and still others decided to leave the workforce altogether. Right now, there are approximately […]
A Day in the Life of a CEO & Founder
One of the big lessons I learned in 2021 was that at the end of the day (or the end of my life), all I really want is peace. I think that’s what most of us are after—happiness, peace, joy. I believe that finding the life hacks, the daily habits and routines, that contribute to […]
How Founders and Leaders Buy Time: Outsourcing, Virtual Assistants, Interns
You may not be able to buy happiness, but you can buy time, and in my book that is just a hop skip and a jump from happiness and freedom! As a Founder & CEO (heck, as a human!), time is really all I have. And what better way to invest your money than into […]
How Leaders Truly Succeed Through Others
Two summers ago, I traveled to Austin to teach a leadership course and attend one of Keller Williams’ annual conferences, Mega Camp. Now, I’ve been attending these conferences for about 10 years and often get asked to present on a panel, teach a class, or host a breakout session. I love it. I love sharing […]
The Biggest Challenges Leaders Face in 2021
We all know that 2020 was a challenging year, but the challenges didn’t stop just because the clock struck midnight, the ball dropped, and we entered a new calendar year. Challenges are a part of life and we’ll have our share of challenges in 2021 too. The word “challenge” tends to have a negative connotation. […]
How Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff Can Help Their Executive Overcome Decision Fatigue
It’s been quite a year. 2020 has pulled no punches. Many of us are stronger, more resilient, more centered and more clear because of it. And, at the same time, I am starting to see fatigue set in with my team. They have been running hard all year, doing what needs to get done for […]
5 Ways to Create a Strategic Partnership with Your Executive Assistant
This post first appeared on the Herg Life blog by Adam Hergenrother on April 28, 2016. Several years ago, I had a very real conversation with my Chief of Staff. She needed her next growth opportunity and was not sure if her needs could be fulfilled with me and at our company. That conversation has […]
Then & Now: 10-Year Transformation of a Founder & Force Multiplier
Last week, Hallie celebrated her 10-year anniversary of working by my side at Adam Hergenrother Companies. We have both grown a lot over the years in our leadership and have learned a tremendous amount about how to build and scale companies (hint: it’s about hiring the right people and then organizing them in the most […]
Think Twice Before Laying Off Your Force Multiplier
It’s that time of year, as the third quarter winds down, where business owners and executives are taking a good hard look at their P&Ls and ruthlessly cutting expenses and evaluating their budget for the year ahead. As they should. It’s been an incredibly interesting year with the unprecedented global health crisis, shifting markets, skyrocketing […]
How Much Should I Pay an Assistant?
So, you’ve decided it’s time to hire an assistant? Smart move. Decision made. Time to get to work, right? Not so fast! Inevitably, the next series of questions I get from our Founder & Force Multiplier community or from coaching clients is, “What do I pay an assistant? What is a good salary for a […]