Mar 8, 2023 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Getting Started with an EA, Mental Health, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
What does wellness mean to you? To the Leadership Team at Athena Executive Services, Wellness is more than one’s physical fitness or simply not being sick. WELLNESS is a core value of our company, with a laser focus on both health and personal happiness....
Oct 22, 2022 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Delegation, Getting Started with an EA, Mental Health, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
Athena CEO Gina Cotner does a household purge pretty regularly, going through closets and adding things to the giveaway pile. Recently she noticed that a lot of what she was sorting through represented who she was five years ago. Some of this had to do with the...
Sep 28, 2022 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Delegation, Financial Advisor, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
We will always take the opportunity to sing the praises of our high-caliber Executive Assistants. The role of an EA is so much more complex than many people realize! This article gives some great examples of the types of things an EA actually does – and the...
Jul 26, 2022 | Accountability, Business, Mental Health, Productivity, Remote Work
Is it important to let customers and colleagues know you are out of the office? Yes! Letting people know you won’t be able to respond to their email until you return to work is not only a courtesy, but is also a huge stress reliever for you. The bones of...
Mar 25, 2022 | About Athena, Business, Delegation, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
For the first few years of owning and operating this business I didn’t have an assistant. I was running a firm centered around the great benefits of having an Executive Assistant, but I had never had an Executive Assistant myself. It wasn’t really a problem,...
Mar 3, 2022 | About Athena, Business, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
If you’ve listened to any of the podcasts where I’m interviewed about our company and the VA industry at large, you’ve likely heard me answer the question, “So, how did Athena come to be?” And then I tell the tale. In the tale you learn that the first two people on...