Why Are You Still Just an EA?

Lynn Walder returns to close out Season 10 with Leah Warwick, talking about ASAP's Career Stages Framework and how community drives change in the administrative profession. It's a fitting note to end the season on, with more to come. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Speaker, career coach, and former EA turned Chief of Staff Concetta Green joins ASAP's Lydia Davidheiser for an honest conversation about what career reinvention actually takes. It's a candid look back at her own path from EA to executive advisor. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Jess Gardiner joins Leah Warwick to talk about how executive assistants can demonstrate strategic value in ways their execs and business will actually recognize. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Trainer Laurin Kelly joins ASAP's Lydia Davidheiser to talk about the project management skills admins already use every day, and makes the case for owning that skill set with confidence. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Trainer Jarrod Edge joins Leah Warwick to talk about using the Microsoft stack to its fullest and why governance, including technical governance, matters more for administrative professionals. The conversation ties back to ASAP's take on Administrative Intelligence: AI powered by human judgment and context. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Chief of Staff and trainer Courtney Scott returns to the podcast to talk with ASAP's Lydia Davidheiser about why admins may be underrating their own data visualization and financial acumen skills, and how to own proficiency in these vital skillsets. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

CHRO Angela Cheng-Cimini joins Leah Warwick to share what HR leaders really think about the EA role. She also talks about partnering with Chief of Staff Concetta Green on career progression pathways for executive assistants, a conversation that was also was shared from the EA Ignite stage. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

C-suite EA and AO Planner founder Alisha Overton joins ASAP's Lydia Davidheiser to make the case for systems thinking as a core admin skill. They dig into what it takes to build systems that hold up as executive operations gets more complex. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Lisa De Melogue, EA to the CEO at Marco Polo and an EA Ignite trainer, joins ASAP's Lydia Davidheiser to talk about where AI actually helps admins and where human judgment still wins. It's a grounded look at AI training paired with amplification, not replacement. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.

Leah Warwick and ASAP training advisor Reji Johnson introduce the Strategic Executive Administrator Certification (SEAC), ASAP's newest credential for EAs and senior admins driving strategic impact. They talk through why the certification exists and what it means for the profession. Recorded at EA Ignite Spring 2026 and produced by the American Society of Administrative Professionals - ASAP. Learn more and submit a listener question at asaporg.com/podcast.