Part 2 of my interview with Emma Rhoades from Her Corporate Journey. In this episode Emma shares her 5 tips for managing your manager and how she has learnt from experience the value of each of these tips.

This episode reinforces why I believe the five elements of my Knowing Assistant Framework are vital to helping you develop as an assistant. This episode particularly reinforces the value of Knowing Your Manager and Knowing Your Power Skills (Managing Up being one of them!)

You can learn more about Emma and Her Corporate Journey at

https://hercorporatejourney.net/

 The Being Indispensable podcast is about inspiring and educating you as assistants and OPs and Emma Rhoades is someone I have enormous respect for in terms of her knowledge and expertise in the area of management skills and self leadership.

Emma walks the talk and in Part 1 of our conversation she shares her own experience navigating the career spider frame and how she has arrived at the point of founding Her Corporate Journey.

In the first of two episodes we also discuss:

• The value of noticing and observing the patterns and themes that are present in your work history 
• How curiosity and courage drive Emma and how important self-reflection on her values and value have been to her
• We talk about what drives her and the change she wants to make in the corporate experience of women
• You will hear how Emma has made conscious decisions in the way she has sought to show up as a manager and how she wants to empower and support others to do so
• Emma shares her thoughts on the idea of leading from where you are
• Finally we talk about the value that can be gained from getting clear on your value proposition and your goals.

You can learn more about Emma and Her Corporate Journey at

https://hercorporatejourney.net/

In this episode Liz explains what Attention Management is and how it differs from Time Management and some tools and techniques for being proactive about managing your attention.

There is a school of thought that Time Management is an outdated concept.

Instead it’s about Attention Management - switching your attention to focusing on achieving a specific result.

Maura Thomas defines it as 

“...the ability to consciously direct your attention in any given moment, to be more proactive than reactive, and to maintain control rather than inadvertently relinquish it. It’s about regaining control over your attention and thereby taking control of your life. Attention management empowers your productivity.”

Links to resources discussed:

https://maurathomas.com/

Maura Thomas - Ted Talk

https://youtu.be/Yzp5ZJJOXNc

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/attention-management-for-teams

Decision making and critical thinking fall under the umbrella of problem solving and that is right in the wheel-house of a Linchpin Assistant who is effective and efficient because they possess Power Skills like these.

Listen to this episode to hear how I define decision making and critical thinking, why these two Power Skills are in my top ten and a framework you can use to problem solve in your job and in your life.

This episode is also helpful listening if you want to notice and observe how your manager makes decisions and how you might support them in this process.

Find the free download that I mention in the episode here

https://offers.myeacareer.com/123