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What’s in a Name? How to Choose a Job Title for Your Assistant
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What is the Difference Between an Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff?
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How to Transition from Executive Assistant to Chief of Staff
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What it Means for an Executive Assistant to Think Like a CEO
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How to Create an Awesome Elevator Pitch for Executive Support Professionals
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10 Questions to Ask Your Leader to Help Prioritize and Execute Projects
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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
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
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The 5 Daily Accountability Questions
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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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
HIRING A FORCE MULTIPLIER
Who do you need on your team?
Force Multiplier Job Descriptions
As Founders look to hire a right hand to help them achieve more, they must first determine who they need in their world. Consequently, Executive Assistants (EAs) often emerge as one of the following positions — Chief of Staff, Executive Assistant, or Personal Assistant. Entrepreneurs and leaders must understand who they want by their side and EAs must understand who they are and where they want to be in their career.
Download this free PDF for sample job descriptions for each role before determining who you need to hire or where you want to grow in your career.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
ABOUT ADAM HERGENROTHER
ADAM HERGENROTHER is the Founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies, which includes KW Vermont, Hergenrother Realty Group, BlackRock Construction, Achieve Freedom Coaching, KW Three Bridges, KW Premier Properties, The Founder and The Force Multiplier and the Hergenrother Foundation. Adam has built a $1B organization in less than ten years by creating a culture where personal growth and work-life integration come first.
Adam thrives on taking on physical challenges including Bikram yoga, hiking, Ironman races, white-water rafting, skiing, and more. He fuels his mind and spirit with 40 minutes a day of meditation and spends as much time as possible outdoors with his family and friends.
He believes all of this is simple, but not easy. Life is hard. Business building is hard. There are daily struggles to overcome. It’s about finding the gift in all of life’s experiences and understanding that you have the power to unleash joy!
Adam lives in South Burlington, Vermont, with his wife, Sarah, and three children, Sienna, Asher, and Madelyn.