Ep72: Getting Real About Your Executive’s Calendar

Welcome to The EA Campus Podcast Ep72: Getting Real About Your Executive’s Calendar. In this solo episode, host Nicky Christmas tackles one of the biggest challenges assistants face: managing jam-packed Executive schedules without carrying the guilt or blame for every back-to-back meeting.

Building on the EA Campus blog and newsletter series “Carrying the Weight of the Calendar Wasn’t in Your Job Description,” Nicky shares why your Executive’s stress isn’t your failure and how to start meaningful conversations about time management. In The EA Campus Podcast Ep72: Getting Real About Your Executive’s Calendar, you’ll learn how to nudge your Executive towards better scheduling choices while protecting your own time and energy.

Listeners will walk away with:

• 10 powerful conversation starter questions for discussing time management with your Executive

• How to guide scheduling conversations when your exec says “I don’t know”

• Smart ways to identify high-value vs. low-value meetings

• Techniques for freeing up strategic time and protecting energy peaks

• Why guilt around overloaded calendars doesn’t belong to you

Whether your exec thrives on back-to-backs or struggles to say no, The EA Campus Podcast Ep72: Getting Real About Your Executive’s Calendar will give you the language and confidence to influence their diary for the better.

Tune in to The EA Campus Podcast Ep72: Getting Real About Your Executive’s Calendar and start transforming the way you and your Executive think about time.