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Alignment – An executive assistant (EA) who believes disruptive CEOs drive significantly disproportionate value to society, shares the CEO's vision, has a personality match that mutually energizes, and believes that enabling the CEO is an effective way to maximize their own fulfillment, self-interest, and social impact.
Mindset – An EA has a 24/7 mentality and a necessary long-term view of the role. They have a modest ego, prefer to work behind the scenes, thrive under pressure, and love to win. They’re a diplomat with an integrative thinking style and both operational and emotional intelligence. They’re an innate supporter yet have an entrepreneurial mindset that enables them to put themselves in the mind of the CEO to anticipate needs, optimize time, protect focus, and ultimately maximize the CEO’s impact and well-being.
Approach – An EA is eager to absorb any low-ROI tasks and simply get things done. They operate with minimal work boundaries and directives, identify points of failure, and embrace radical proactivity, extreme ownership, and attention to detail. They aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. They have a hyper-awareness of confidentiality and the CEO’s image/personal brand, with a passion for building personalized systems and being at the forefront of holistically integrating tech/AI into the CEO’s workflow and personal life.