"They really are "Pearls of Wisdom"!"

I've just completed Your Excellency's digital course "A-Z Pearls of Wisdom for Executive PAs". Lindsay was also kind enough to send me a copy of her book; a great thing to have to hand, to carry with me in my bag and refer to when needed!

I found the course so refreshing, honest and informative. Lindsay keeps it light yet provides so much detail in a variety of ways through her videos as well as documents and links to other resources - many of which will be useful over the coming weeks, months and years.

The only thing for me - and this is totally personal and I wouldn't call it a negative - is making sure I put aside time to do the course. Not having to be there in person or having a set deadline meant I sometimes didn't push myself as hard to login and do the course. But that is on me and by no means a reflection on the course.

A real positive for me - again totally personal - is that I'm a self-employed Virtual Executive Assistant, so taking a full day off work to attend a course or conference costs me the fee but also my income for that day. Of course we need to invest in ourselves but this course gave me the opportunity to do both - work and learn (without financial loss or working all hours to make up for it!).

The amount Lindsay covers in the course is superb and she gives you the tools to go and explore/research things further it you want to. Things like the 3 Vs, SWOT, K.I.S.S, NLP and her numerous analogies and acronyms make things memorable and will stick with me!

Lindsay also shares her experiences and stories, giving a really personal touch to the course too. One of my favourites was her story about her Granny - you'll have to do the course if you want to know more... Fascinating and inspiring!

In short, I would absolutely recommend doing this course! I loved it and will be using the learnings, tools and resources to develop myself, my career and my business further.

Thank you Lindsay! They really are pearls of wisdom!

"5 Things to Up Your Game"

I wasn't able to join the Aspire on the day due to unforeseen circumstances, however have listened back to 5 Things to Up Your Game since! Love, love, love it ... I have come away with so many things to think about 'every expert was once a beginner' and the learning ladder, some really insightful yet simple strategy's for networking using HELLO, putting ideas forward with IMPACT as well as some more useful tools for continuous development in role. Can't wait to join the next session

"SWOT reviews are now firmly in my personal development plan!"

I attended the PA Show in November 2022 at Canary Wharf, whereby I attended Lindsay's session on conducting a personal SWOT analysis. I found the session really insightful and now conduct these on a 6 weekly basis, it is keeping me on track with my personal development. Lindsay was very informative in the session and this is a great tool to have!

"Thank you so much Lindsay for this…"

Thank you so much Lindsay for this wonderful and helpful book! I have enjoyed every single page and written down the pearls.
The ‘M’ Pearl was the one that made me think about a lot of things.
“It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself and to make your happiness a priority. It's necessary.”

"Great training for Admin Professionals!"

Attended 5 things you can do to “Up your game” as a PA (Part Two) - this was an excellent session with some great tips and actionable take-aways I can actually use in my day to day work. The session was interesting and enjoyable, with plenty of opportunity to contribute via the chat. Thank you Lindsay!

"Outstanding communication training"

I very much enjoyed this bespoke communications training combined with a 360° feedback. It was never boring and it was always humorous.
It was a very good mixture of theoretical teaching content and practical application in the team .

"Your Excellency Limited & PA Forum"

I first met Lindsay Taylor & Your Excellency Limited at an event at Le Manoir with Bucks, Berks & Oxon PA Network, Lindsay was delivering a fantastic session to members about the “Hello” strategy for networking

Since then PA Forum have enjoyed a relationship with the Your Excellency team for over 6 years.

Lindsay, Malcolm and Josh have supported PA Forum members with a wide range of learning either at our annual PA Forum Learning & Development Conference, virtually through a variety of lunch & learns and virtual, bi-monthly coffee clubs, Your Excellency is well and truly imbedded and a valuable contributor our PA Forum community.

Lindsay offers her lived and professional experience working as an Assistant to give back and inspire others passing on a wide variety of learning, delivered in such an engaging and inclusive delivery style. Malcolm has a wealth of business experience and has delivered some fantastic sessions around finance and project management to our members and Josh is supporting our PA Forum ASPIRE community with a variety of virtual sessions as together we welcome and celebrate the next generation of Administrative Assistants, PAs and EAs.

Finance is not my strong point and nor something I have personally taken an interest in, it petrifies me but being self-employed it was something I really HAD to understand more of, I attended a 1 day course with Malcolm as part of a cohort, Malcolm smashed through the jargon and helped me understand that a PNL is NOT A P&L and the learning has allowed me to be more conscious and understand budgeting for events, budgeting for business and take control of my personal finances too!

We regularly hold discovery sessions with Lindsay to explain to members about the affordable learning solutions Your Excellency Limited offers, one of the most popular being the Mini MBA. We have had the most positive feedback about this Programme from fellow members who have Graduated and we’ve watched them grow and flourish in confidence and competencies. Having more access to the Programme with pre-recorded content I know will be very welcomed by our community.

Lindsay has also been in to a number of member companies to deliver tailor made training programmes which has inspired change and more recognition and understanding from the business of the training wants and needs of our most valued profession.

Finally, it is an absolute pleasure to work with Lindsay and the team, we are SO excited to deepen our relationship with Your Excellency year on year and we have some very exciting partnership announcements to come!

Thank you Lindsay for all you do to support us and the profession, it is wonderful to partner with you.
 
Testimonial to feature on Thinkific Learning Platform for The Mini MBA On Demand Programme

PA Forum have enjoyed a relationship with the Your Excellency team for over 6 years. They are well and truly imbedded and a valuable contributor to our community.

We regularly hold discovery sessions with Lindsay to explain to members about the affordable
learning solutions Your Excellency Limited offers, one of the most popular being the Mini MBA. We have had the most positive feedback about this Programme from fellow members who have Graduated and we’ve watched them grow and flourish in confidence and competencies. Having more access to the Programme with pre-recorded content I know will be very welcomed by our community.

"Great training day with Lyndsay"

Great training day with Lyndsay, very approachable training being conducted, alternating theoretical content & practice, to help embracing the concepts being taught on the fundamentals to create a good level of communication.

"I have just completed the A-Z Pearls of…"

I have just completed the A-Z Pearls of Wisdom online together with receiving Lindsay's book which I dip in and out of probably most days for inspiration and encouragement. The course was so informative, positive, friendly and easy listening. Lindsay captures your attention during the course too. There were so many useful tools and ideas to assist in my role which I am forever truly grateful for.

"Focused and Informative"

Good fast moving, well targeted training. Inclusive and informative.