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EDITOR ’ S LETTER

APR / MAY 18

I hope you enjoyed your first issue of Chief of Staff and are ready for more , as we ’ ve got plenty of topical and interesting features to get your teeth into . We visited the political hot potato that is Brexit around this time last year but , as every EA worth their salt knows , a drastic amount can change in a year – particularly with a topic like this . So , we ’ re delighted to welcome back Gina Clarke to update us .

As usual , our development pages are bursting with tangible articles from some of the best academics around – Michelle Gibbings provides tips on future-proofing your career , Karen Gately reminds EAs of the common causes of stress and what can be done about them and new Chief of Staff writer Alison Hill dispels some of the biggest myths about pressure at work . Meanwhile , Richard Boston explains how you can make sure your relationship with your exec is thriving and his book , The Boss Factor , features in our book review section , with a rave write-up by Debe Coe .

On that note , reintroducing book reviews has proved popular so we ’ ve doubled the number of pages and , as well as Richard ’ s relationship-focused book , the other fantastic EA-related titles this issue cover customer relations and AI , and confident use of data .

We ’ ve got all the usual favourites too – our career experts look at job hunting

“ Reintroducing book reviews has proved popular so we ’ ve doubled the number of pages and the fantastic EA-related titles this issue cover customer relations and AI , and confident use of data ”

in the digital age and demonstrate how organising a charity event can benefit your development , whilst we head to the lavish and luxurious lands of Barbados for this issue ’ s Ask The Concierge section … bliss !

Claire Muir Editor Chief of Staff Magazine

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