A chat with Founder & CEO Douglas R. Conant plus team Conant Leadership
Release Date: 09/06/2023
CEO Assistentin Migros Fachmarkt AG: Ein Gespräch mit Italo-Schweizerin Carmela Schuler
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115: Carmela Schuler ist Retailkind, Dienstleisterin, Vertrauensperson, Gastgeberin, Botschafterin und Kommunikatorin. Nach einer kaufmännischen Ausbildung hat sie ihre Weiterbildungen und folglich ihren beruflichen Weg im Marketing- & Kommunikationsbereich absolviert, wo sie 20 Jahre in leitenden Funktionen tätig war. Dazwischen wagte sie einen Abstecher in die Assistenz und sie wusste, dass sie diese Funktion irgendwann wieder wahrnehmen möchte. Seit dem 1. Dezember 2020 ist Carmela Schuler Assistentin des CEO der Migros Fachmarkt AG (mit den Brands Do it + Garden, Melectronics,...
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News from the Global Skills Matrix: A chat with WA-Alliance Chair Helen Monument
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114: I trust you enjoyed my podcast with Helen from 2022. This time she came over in her role as WA-Alliance Chair to speak of the current status of the work of the alliance, the upcoming summit and most importantly the new Global Skills Matrix Survey. Make sure you have a voice and check out the survey. Links: WA-Alliance Council Vacancies: Subscribe to the WA-Alliance Monthly Newsletter: Global Skills Matrix Survey: Global Skills Matrix:
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A chat with Founder & CEO Douglas R. Conant plus team Conant Leadership
The Future Assistant
Founder & CEO: Douglas R. Conant Douglas R. Conant is an internationally renowned business leader, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his leadership craft at the most senior levels—first as President of the Nabisco Foods Company, then as CEO of Campbell Soup Company (), and finally as Chairman of Avon Products. In 2011, he founded ConantLeadership—a mission-driven community of leaders and...
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Founder of The Celebrity Personal Assistant Network: My talk with Brian Daniel
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112: Brian Daniel is the founder of The Celebrity Personal Assistant Network, a headhunting firm for celebrities, high-net-worth families, and billionaires. As a former personal assistant, chief of staff, and confidant to some of the world's wealthiest families, Brian knows firsthand what it takes to make it in the private service industry. Since its inception, has been featured in dozens of high-profile media outlets worldwide and has been visited tens of millions of times. In addition to household staffing, CPAN also offers resources for those in private service, including but not limited...
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Head of the Director General’s Office of the European Spallation Source (ESS): A chat with Karin Hélène from Sweden
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111: Karin Hélène is Head of the Director General’s Office of the European Spallation Source (ESS), a European intergovernmental research facility under construction in Lund, Sweden. ESS will probe materials and processes down to the atomic scale using beams of neutrons, with a wide range of applications from engineering to energy to the life sciences. Karin is Swedish and has an extensive international background, having lived, studied and worked during a period of almost 20 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Thailand. She started her career as Executive Assistant in...
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Office 365 Experte Florian Sandmann-Reetz und Team ArtReich über Digitalisierung, Personal Branding und Social Media
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Florian Sandmann-Reetz Der Microsoft Office 365 Experte Seine Begeisterung steckt an! Florian liebt es zu unterrichten – und das seit mittlerweile mehr als 20 Jahren. Als Gründer, Geschäftsführer und Lead-Trainer hat er aus einem kleinen Ein-Mann-Betrieb eine der erfolgreichsten Schulungsagenturen für Office-Anwendungen in Deutschland gemacht. Der Softwarespezialist kennt sämtliche Tipps und Tricks rund um das Microsoft-365-Paket. Aber nicht nur das: Wie kein Zweiter schafft er es, Outlook, Excel oder Microsoft Teams so interessant zu erklären, dass du bei ihm innerhalb von nur einer...
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Former Personal Assistant to Archbishop Tutu: Live from Cape Town with Atrayah Janhe
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109: Born in Rhodesia, departed Zimbabwe and settled in South Africa in 1981. From Secretarial Studies to Police Woman during the Rhodesian Bush War, Atrayah became the Personal Secretary to an executive in the travel sector, thereafter relocating to South Africa. From admin & fitness instructor to PA & Campaign Manager to a Member of Parliament during the 1989 General Elections leading up to the release of Nelson Mandela from Robben Island, she has worked as a radio presenter; facilitated corporate workshops in Emotional Intelligence; lived in the UK as a PA Carer to high profile...
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CEO and Australian industry advocate Michelle Bowditch
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108: Michelle Bowditch is the CEO of the Australian Assembly of Administrators (formerly Australian Admin Awards) and the multi-award-winning agency Door 20A. A powerhouse who facilitates bespoke workshops and keynote presentations as an in-demand business strategist, podcast expert, speaker, and event chairperson. Global brands consistently seek her expertise, including Optus, American Express, Deloitte, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Executive Support Magazine, APA Group, Qantas, and News Corp Australia. Through Door 20A, Michelle runs a mentoring program, 'Be YOU, Do YOU, Amaze YOU,' that aims...
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Chefredakteurin w@o und Podcast-Host dreikommadrei: Annette Rompel im Gespräch
The Future Assistant
107: Annette Rompel ist Journalistin, Moderatorin und Podcast-Host. Als Chefredakteurin, Content Creator & Podcast-Host nutzt sie ihre Reichweite, um über eine menschenzentrierte, sinnstiftende Arbeitswelt und Female Empowerment zu sprechen. Sie ist wichtige Stimme der New Work und hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Frauen in allen Hierarchiestufen von Unternehmen sichtbar zu machen – auch jene, die in der allgemeinen Wahrnehmung oft vergessen und nicht gesehen werden. Sie wirbt dafür, Frauen in der Lebensmitte gezielt für die neue Arbeitswelt zu qualifizieren und unterstreicht mit ihren...
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Oprah's former Chief of Staff: My conversation with Certified Life Coach Libby Moore
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106: Libby Moore is a Certified Life Coach, speaker/story teller, adventurer, and creative connector, who loves inspiring people to reconnect to Possibility in their life and career. Prior to this, Libby served as Chief Of Staff to Oprah Winfrey for 11 years, through the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She also worked as a consulting Producer with the original team that created the Emmy award winning Super Soul Sunday on OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network. Prior to her years with Oprah, Libby was an executive assistant to Jann Wenner of Wenner Media, publishers of Rolling Stone, US Weekly,...
info_outlineFounder & CEO: Douglas R. Conant
Douglas R. Conant is an internationally renowned business leader, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his leadership craft at the most senior levels—first as President of the Nabisco Foods Company, then as CEO of Campbell Soup Company (https://conantleadership.com/the-campbell-soup-story/), and finally as Chairman of Avon Products. In 2011, he founded ConantLeadership—a mission-driven community of leaders and learners who are championing leadership that works in the 21st century. Today, Doug, among his other board commitments, also serves as Chairman of CECP (http://cecp.co/about/) and as Chairman of the Higher Ambition (https://www.higherambition.org/) Leadership Alliance. Learn more about Doug here: https://conantleadership.com/about/doug-conant/
Chief of Staff: Mara Katsikis
Mara is an enthusiastic developer of people and a seasoned leader of high-performing small business teams. She delights in helping contributors to grow their skill sets and thrive in a fiercely complex marketplace. With a background in negotiation, public relations, business development, human resources, and training and development, she is the perfect “Jack(ie) of all trades” to steward the small but hearty leadership team to ongoing growth. She is responsible for contributing to the management of all organizational operations including strategic planning, board of director work, finances, marketing, speaking engagements, publishing efforts and the advancement of a substantial not-for-profit agenda.
Executive Administrator: Diana Hansen
Diana is so essential to the day-to-day operations at ConantLeadership that she has earned the alternate job titles of “Chief Logistical Officer,” “Right-Hand-Woman,” and “Planning Goddess,” depending on the scheduling, business, and administrative challenges of the day. With a long career supporting executives at the highest levels of Fortune 500 companies, Diana is tenacious, detail-obsessed, creative, whip-smart, and clairvoyant. She anticipates and addresses what is needed to support and advance the operations of the enterprise oftentimes before the company (or even CEO) is aware. It’s no surprise that her professional excellence has been recognized throughout the industry: She is a distinguished winner of the 2022 Admin Awards (https://www.adminawards.com/philadelphia/#winners), the highest honor in the administrative profession.
Save the date:
2 Day Virtual Boot Camp (Nov 8 & 10, 2023): https://conantleadership.com/bootcamp/
Free Summit (Sept 25-29, 2023): https://start.conantleadership.com/blueprint-leadership-summit/