Adam Fidler is thrilled to be the guest speaker at the next Hays EA/PA Breakfast Event on Tuesday 23 April 2024, with a topic entitled ‘The Role of the Strategic EA and PA’. The event is begin held at Nottingham Trent University (Newton Building) from 08:30-10:30 hours. For more details, and to book your place, please click here to see the LinkedIn flyer.
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There’s far too much talk about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence! How will it affect business support roles, such as PAs and EAs? In his latest thought-piece, Adam Fidler talks about why EAs - and their leaders - will never be replaced by AI… but only if they hone the right skills. You can read the article here - and it’s one not to be missed! In addition, Adam Fidler and his Alumni will be hosting an exclusive networking event on the 19 June 2024 in central London on the same topic. You can book a ticket to attend here.
Adam Fidler Academy is delighted to partner with the Executive and Personal Assistants Association (EPAA) to create the The Susie Barron-Stubley Memorial Scholarship Fund. Many EAs and PAs, the world over, will remember Susie Barron-Stubley (pictured above with Adam Fidler in October 2014), a world-class EA/PA Trainer, who, sadly, passed away in 2015 - and is very much missed by the profession. To mark her memory, and legacy, The Scholarship will offer two places on our Level 3 Award and Level 4 Certificate programmes, with all course fees paid for. You can learn more about The Scholarship here, and how to apply. Applications close at the end of May 2024, and we look forward to welcoming two very lucky people to our Academy, courtesy of EPAA and The Scholarship Fund.
We’re delighted to announce that The Strategic Executive Assistant is coming to Barcelona on the 6-7 June 2024! In this very special series, over two days, Adam Fidler will lead his unrivalled programme, with an option to attend one or two days, in the glorious location of Barcelona! For more details, and to see the brochure, please email us. You can attend Module 1 - Advanced Management, and/or Module 2 - Executive Excellence. We look forward to seeing you in the sunshine!
Adam Fidler’s article entitled ‘Formal training for PAs and EAs: professional status and qualifications’ is featured in the latest edition of PA Life Magazine. Many of our students, and client organisations, get confused about the various options available when selecting a formal training programme; here is some good advice! And, you can read the article here.
Why settle for second-best? If you’re a career-savvy PA or EA, who wants to learn to be the creme-de-la-creme, then nothing will support you more than our two-day The Strategic Executive Assistant programme. In fact, we’re very proud of this two-day programme, as we know it has supported of thousands of EAs the world over to gain more recognition, higher status and build their earning potential. Our testimonials confirm this. Written and delivered by Adam Fidler, the UK’s most credible EA educator, the course continues to set the bar and raise the industry standard for the EA role. The course will be held next on 21-22 March 2024 in London, and the 25-26 April 2024 in Manchester. Why not join us - and take your career from good to outstanding? You can see more details here:
Adam Fidler Academy were delighted to join Hays Plc at their EA/PA webinar on the 7 February 2024, to share key trends and insights from Hays’ survey of nearly 15,000 employers for their latest Salary and Recruiting Guide. The webinar focussed on the PA/EA industry - and there were just shy of 300 delegates in attendance. What a turn out! If you missed the webinar, you can still download a free copy of the guide here. You can then select ‘PA/EA’ as the industry and see the latest trends, and insights in the sector. It’s well worth a read - and we’d recommend every PA and EA look at their industry for some great advice on skills of the future, salaries and the evolution of the role. Says Adam Fidler: “I am delighted to have written the commentary again this year - and to validate that our perspectives on what’s happening in the EA/PA industry align perfectly with what Hays are seeing in the marketplace. Our qualifications and programmes also match the skills needed, and in demand, for the up-to-date EA role.”
What better way to start 2024 than with sending out certificates to our students! There’s nothing better than gaining a formal qualification, and the ultimate prize is getting a certificate from an official awarding body! We insist on paper certificates - who wants merely a PDF version? - and take great pride in posting them recorded delivery to our students. Here is just a sample, that will be posted later on today! Credible - Confident - Qualified… that’s an Adam Fidler Academy Executive Assistant!
Adam Fidler Academy is delighted to be featured in the January 2024 edition of the North West Business Insider Magazine, the North West’s leading business magazine for CEOs and Leaders. You can see the article here, which summarises, perfectly, what we’re all about!
It was a delight to see some of our Alumni back in Manchester on Friday 1 December for our informal Alumni Networking Day! And, what a great event! With some fresh learning on change management and the ‘inputs and outputs of the EA role’ - as well as a retro office equipment quiz - everyone had a great time! Thank you to all those who attended; especially those who travelled from far and wide to part of it!
Adam Fidler Academy is delighted to announce their partnership with West Suffolk Colleges Group to launch the Level 4 Executive Assistant Programme, commencing on 22-23 November 2023. Classes will be held and delivered by West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, and give new and aspiring EAs the opportunity to gain a formal professional qualification in their field. Says Adam Fidler: “This is the first time Adam Fidler Academy have worked with a large FE College to offer our specialist EA provision to a new audience - not only in terms of geographical catchment, but we also hope to capture an audience who may wish to obtain an EA programme through their local College. It’s exciting to be casting our net further afield, and offering our Level 4 qualification through a new channel.” For more details, including attendance dates, and prices, please email us here.
Adam Fidler’s article, ‘Why you should employ an Executive Assistant’, is featured in the October 2023 edition of the North West Business Insider Magazine - a magazine for CEOs, Leaders and Directors. Surely, a great article to share with a boss, or for any leader, seeking clarity on the role of EA versus a more traditional PA? You can see the article here:
Learning and luxury! We were spoilt rotten again on Friday 6 October 2023 at our annual learning and collaboration day at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester! A huge thank you to all those who attended, and to our guest speakers: Bel Knott (EA to CEO of Border to Coast Pensions) and Leigh Thomson-Persaud (EA to Chairman of SSE and AWE) for their inspiring and heartfelt presentations. With pre-training day drinks at the Dakota Hotel the night before, then on the day, a three-course meal, tour of the stadium and plenty of networking… what else could an EA wish for?
Adam Fidler is featured in the October 2023 North West Business Insider Magazine, and talks about why a busy executive should employ an EA, and not a more traditional PA! The article, in fairness, is about the new competencies and capabilities needed now in the EA role. You can read it using the link here - it’s on the penultimate page.
Adam Fidler was delighted to be the guest speaker at an exclusive PA/EA breakfast event on Monday 8 October, at the University of Derby, in collaboration with Hays Plc. Adam shared his perspectives on the role of the EA/PA, as well as giving advice on how PAs/EAs can continue to evolve in their role. With such a good turnout, despite it being a Monday morning, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the event, and there were many questions at the end from those who attended. A big thank you to Hays for arranging the event, and the University of Derby for hosting us!
We can’t help being a bit retro! Regular students here at Adam Fidler Academy will know we have very trendy premises, that lend themselves only too well to a bit of retro and a throw-back to the office before it was digital! One of our pride and joys is our 1980s British Telecom Herald switchboard (phone system) that is fully working on our modern IP-based telephone lines. To say the phone system is some 30 years old, and still works, is remarkable! Pictured here is one of the original phones from the early 1980s (in mint condition!), that we use in our Academy. The only thing the system doesn't offer is caller display! But, as we teach all EAs and PAs, you don’t need to know who is calling before you answer. Every salutation should be professional and appropriate. “Putting you through now,” we hear you say!
We’re delighted to see more and more students enrolling for our high-quality EA programmes this Autumn. You can see our latest course dates here. As our motto states: we don’t train PAs… we educate Executive Assistants! We look forward to welcoming you this Autumn term.
All students here learn the difference between an EA and a more traditional PA role. In fact, as Adam Fidler states, “The PA job will eventually disappear. Only EAs, who scope and responsibility adds wider organisational value, will survive.” Adam’s views were articulated in a recent article in PA Life Magazine. You can read the article here.
Our success stories really are the true evidence of how education can change lives! Pictured here (left to right) are two current Level 5 Diploma students, Candace Bates and Melissa Dunn, who have recently been promoted away from their Senior EA roles. Candace, now Pensions Manager at NatWest, worked for many years as a PA in the same firm, but after undertaking the Level 4 Certificate and now Level 5 Diploma, transitioned into a new role in the Pensions Department. Melissa, now Learning & Development Business Partner at IMI Plc, took a similar route - starting with Level 4 then undertaking the Level 5 Diploma - and learnt along her journey her passion was learning and development. After working for many years as the EA to CEO of IMI Plc, Melissa took the brave step to move into a new role, where she will be supporting the whole company to embed learning and development across all disciplines. We couldn’t be more proud of Candace and Melissa - whose recent promotions are testimony to how EAs and PAs can make the jump into something else, if they so wish!
