162/096 Best of: Als Teil der Generation Y ist Magdalena Rogl seit über 15 Jahren in der Online-Welt unterwegs. Im Jahr 2016 wechselte sie aus der Medienbranche in die Unternehmenskommunikation von Microsoft Deutschland. Ihr kontinuierliches Engagement für Gleichberechtigung, Inklusion und Vielfalt wurde 2021 als Diversity & Inclusion Lead zu ihrer Hauptaufgabe im Unternehmen.

Für ihren außergewöhnlichen Karriereweg von der Kinderpflegerin in die Digitalbranche wurde Magdalena unter anderem mit dem Digital Female Leader Award und als eine der „25 Frauen die unsere Wirtschaft revolutionieren“ ausgezeichnet.

Magdalena ist Wertebotschafterin für die gemeinnützige Bildungsinitiative GermanDream und Rolemodel bei BayFid, dem Nachwuchsförderungsprogramm des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Digitales.

Im Oktober 2022 erschien ihr erstes Buch „MitGefühl – Warum Emotionen im Job unverzichtbar sind“

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161/093 BEST OF: Getting to know Agnes and Matthew:

Matthew Chapman: President of Sales & Marketing, Automotive Sales

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-chapman-2397065

Matthew is a dynamic and trusted global sales and marketing executive with extensive experience in strategic planning, sales process development, global intercultural leadership, and sales execution.

Confident, self-motivated, bi-lingual leader who is able to recognize cultural differences and resolve problems across cultures.

Proficient at managing multiple complex projects and focused on building strong customer relationships to profitably grow both the top and bottom lines.

Strong technical communicator proficient at delivering complex ideas in a clear manner with experience engaging and collaborating at executive management levels.

Driven by a desire to continually grow, learn and motivate others using a management style that balances motivation with data driven results.

Agnes Spohn: EA to Matthew Chapman and Founder of FST Assistant Community

https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-spohn-4b647b35

Agnes was born in Berlin where she also lived until 2013.

Her background is hotel management and during that time she learned being a multitasking person and enjoyed working with different nationalities & humans.

After many years in the hotel operations day to day business, she moved on to a Sales position in charge of the DACH region corporates and the entertainment industry.

By planning her sales calls, she discovered the world of being a frequent traveler which helps her today planning business trips for her manager.

Her network to the hotel industry is still huge and that helps a lot by planning meetings and negotiating contracts.

Agnes moved to the South of Germany in 2013 working in Frankfurt in the financial industry. During that time, she was mainly in charge of planning investor meetings and roadshows as well as huge investor conferences in Frankfurt and Paris.

After her parental leave she started with Freudenberg in 2018. Today, she combines a lot of her skills learned in the past to the daily business of being an Executive Assistant.

She loves working with an international global based team and so it is no surprise that her manager is located in the US but Agnes is located close to Heidelberg.

Further links:

Habit List: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/habit-list/id525102168

YearCompass: https://yearcompass.com/

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160/077 Best of: Vera Marie Strauch studierte BWL in Deutschland und Neuseeland und absolvierte ihren Masterabschluss als Fulbright-Stipendiatin in den USA. 2015 wurde sie als eine der ersten Frauen in der Branche mit unter 30 Jahren Geschäftsführerin eines mittelständischen Bauzulieferers. Drei Jahre hat sie 100+ Mitarbeiter*innen an mehreren Produktionsstandorten geführt und stark männlich geprägte Führungsumfelder kennengelernt. Sie hat wertvolle Erfahrungen gesammelt und durfte erleben, was Großartiges entstehen kann, wenn Andersartigkeit angenommen wird und Menschen sich auf Vielfalt und Veränderung einlassen. Sie weiß auch, wie herausfordernd es sein kann, seinen ganz eigenen Führungsstil zu finden – vor allem, wenn die Vorbilder in deinem täglichen Umfeld sehr anders sind als du.

Heute denkt Vera Wirtschaft und Arbeit neu. Das tut sie als digitale Unternehmerin, Podcasterin und Gründerin der Female Leadership Academy. Seit 2018 begleitet Vera gemeinsam mit ihrem Team in der Female Leadership Academy vor allem Frauen in ihrer beruflichen und persönlichen Entwicklung. Mit ihrem „Female Leadership Podcast“ stieg sie in die Top 5 Wirtschaftscharts in Deutschland ein und erreicht wöchentlich Zehntausende Hörer*innen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

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Links zu Vera: https://verastrauch.com/

Business Journal: https://verastrauch.com/business-journal/

Vera's Podcast: https://verastrauch.com/femaleleadershippodcast/

Folge mit Vera und Diana: https://verastrauch.com/2019/06/11/diana-brandl-assistenz/

TEDx Talk mit Vera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQufMrjY9Qw

Themen aus dem Podcast:
Afghanischer Frauenverein e.V.: https://www.afghanischer-frauenverein.de/

Buchtipp von Frederic Laloux: https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/

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159/063 Best of: Patrick and I did a live Expert Talk interview in December 2020 which was a huge success. We had assistants from all over the world attending. Some, however, could not make it because of time zone difficulties, so I promised I will interview Patrick again for my podcast. Here we go - I trust you will love the stories he is about to share.

A little information on Patrick first:
For eight years Patrick Jephson was Princess Diana’s private secretary (chief of staff), responsible for every aspect of her public life and private organization. He travelled with the Princess to five continents, working with officials up to head of state and encountering unforgettable figures in politics, philanthropy and the arts such as Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Mother Teresa, Bono and Luciano Pavarotti. Under relentless media scrutiny, his tenure covered the period of Princess Diana’s greatest popularity as well as the constitutional controversy of her separation from Prince Charles.

He is now a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington DC. His byline has appeared in every UK national newspaper and international titles as varied as TIME magazine, Vanity Fair, People, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Paris Match.

A published authority on corporate and personal branding, Patrick equally enjoys coaching C-suite executives, advising UHNWIs on reputation management and addressing PR conferences worldwide. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman, he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, protocol, gender and communications issues.

He also writes, presents and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major US network. He is currently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown.

Check out his website: https://jephsonbeaman.com/

So, it is time to log in now and enjoy this talk. So many take aways will be waiting for you. Let us know how you liked it and give us a review on Apple Itunes.

Thanks and best from Diana xoxo

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158/030 Best of: Katharina Krentz started her career as an assistant and climbed up the ladder fast. She now works as Corporate Human Resources Transformation Team & Collaboration Crew at Bosch in Germany. She is a vocal ambassador when it comes to New Work, Working out Loud and Female Leadership. A woman full of energy and many talents. I enjoyed the talk with her a lot and I know you will as well. Get to know the world around Working out Loud - get to know the wonderful Katharina Krentz. Make sure you leave us a comment.

Thank you, Diana xoxo

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157/056 Best of: Reggie Love is a Senior Advisor at Apollo Global Management. Reggie’s responsibilities include supporting and developing strategy for human capital, public engagement and DE&I initiatives.

Reggie previously served as Partner at RON Transatlantic EG from 2012-2019, an international financial holding company with interests in the financial services, logistics, energy, industrial and beer sectors in the United States, Latin America and Europe. The group, via its portfolio companies, encompasses assets under management and revenues of over $14 billion. Mr. Love’s work at the firm focused on financial services and energy investments.

Prior to joining Transatlantic, Reggie served at the White House as personal aide to President Barack Obama from 2009-2011, where he was responsible for assisting with the coordination and completion of the President’s daily schedule as well as coordinating with other White House offices to set up long and medium range planning. Love moved to the District of Columbia in 2006 to work for then Senator Obama after short stints in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.

Love is a graduate of Duke University, holds and MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, Power Forward, My Presidential Education, which is a collection of stories and principles learned during his time working for President Obama and being a captain for the all-time most winning NCAA coach, Mike Krzyzewski.

Love also serves on the boards of Cox Media Group, National Summer Learning Association, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Organizing for Action, MilitaryBowl Committee, Team Works, and The New Renaissance.

Reggie's book: https://www.amazon.de/Power-Forward-My-Presidential-Education/dp/1476763348

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156/019 Best of: Als Digital Transformation Managerin gestaltet Katrin Schwartz den Wandel bei der KPMG aktiv mit. Sie begleitet seit 2013 die Etablierung einer eigenen fachlichen Assistenzorganisation für ca. 750 Mitarbeiter*innen deutschlandweit.
KPMG hat mit „Office Excellence“ eine eigene fachliche Serviceorganisation etabliert, die alle Stakeholder unterstützt sowie eine konsequente fachliche Ausrichtung und kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklung des Assistenzbereichs gewährleistet. Eine sehr spannende Folge ist das geworden, die ich im Februar bereits aufgenommen habe.

Viel Freude und lasst uns eine Bewertung da.

xoxo Diana

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155: Diana takes you on her 2024 review and reflects on how her year has been.

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