Executive Assistant Upskilling & High Performance

Grow as a successful executive assistant & business partner

In an increasingly busy and complex world, the role of the assistant is more important than ever. Calm, clarity, and focus are essential for modern executives to perform in their roles. Therefore, it is vital that you have the skills and capabilities as an assistant to support them and help your organisation function at a high level. Join #1 rated facilitator and podcast host Liz Van Vliet in this refreshed seminar series to elevate Executive Assistants to a new strategic and tactical excellence level.

This series is designed to educate you in the skills needed to be the glue in your executive’s network and to empower you with AI tools that optimise your effectiveness (even if your particular organisation is dragging its feet). Through these sessions, you’ll strengthen your capacity to collaborate with stakeholders, and adapt to varied contexts, you’ll become the vital, empowering link within your executive’s network, combining mastery, adaptive communication, and technology-driven efficiency. As you enhance your capabilities, you’ll establish yourself as the indispensable support at the centre of your executive’s success.

Meet your facilitator

 

Liz Van Vliet

Founder and Director,

The Linchpin Assistant

Liz Van Vliet elevates, educates and empowers Executive Assistants to be the little hinges that swing big doors for their executives and organisations.

As one of Australia’s most trusted Administration Profession Catalysts and Strategists, Liz has worked with hundreds of Executive Assistants, Business Support and Admin Professionals over the last seven years. With her E.F.F.E.C.T.I.V.E. Methodology®, they have shifted from underconfidence and overwhelm to empowered, strategic and effective.

As Founder and Director of The Linchpin Assistant and a certified executive coach and corporate trainer, Liz partners with organisations, L&D Professionals and Executives to drive business efficiency, effectiveness, and engagement through her Linchpin Assist Model®, Assistant Competency Model® and the Ten Power Skills for Linchpin Assistants® training modules.

 

Why attend

Cultivate a growth mindset to get out of your own way to reach your full potential

 

Find balance and resilience under pressure and work in a healthy high performance zone

 

Strategies to partner with your executive and move beyond a transactional dynamic

 

Cultivate a growth mindset to get out of your own way to reach your full potential

 

Understand how and where to focus time and energy to create the highest impact

 

Back yourself fully, ditch self-doubt and learn to think and show up like an executive

 

What’s new in 2025:

 

• • The return of crowd favourite facilitator Liz Van Vliet!
  • Multi-sector focus, with valuable takeaways for EAs in the public, private and NFP sectors
  • Slightly extended sessions, reducing the total number of sessions to minimise impact on your work
  • Reviewed agenda to tackle the evolving world of work including AI and automation tools!