Diana Brandl
Trainer | Speaker | Consultant | The Future Assistant Podcast Host
About
Diana Brandl holds a Degree in International Administration and Management, specializing in Office Management. Throughout her career, she has worked successfully for C-Level Executives within global corporations such as Sony.
Diana has a strong background in Communications and is a dynamic networker. She joined the professional network IMA (International Management Assistants) in 2006, and is an active member proudly looking back at her involvement as Board Member and Chair of Regional Group of IMA Berlin. She is also a member of IAAP.
She continuously supports the role of the management assistant by speaking at international events and publishing various articles in Germany and abroad focussing on Digital Transformation, New Work, Personal Branding, Strategic Networking and Leadership. Diana created The Future Assistant podcast in 2020 and interviews assistants from all over the world such as the former assistant to Jeff Bezos and Barack Obama.
Diana Brandl describes herself as Digital Native and has worked in the start-up world, where she rediscovered her role as a management assistant with nearly 20 years of professional experience within the New Work generation. She teaches first-hand what it means to work with Millennial Managers and how important an agile mindset is in sharpening a future-proof profile.
Diana was named as Woman of the Week by the Global Digital Women and has been nominated for the Digital Female Leader Award.
Mindset – Skillset – Toolset
Executive Support in the Agile Office
- October 18, 2023
- 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. PT
The tasks of assistants are becoming increasingly demanding in our working environments. Enjoying change and acting proactively are important core competencies. At the same time, the complexity of tasks and challenges is increasing, and your implementation and competence is in demand: creating clear structures, supporting your manager and your team plus staying agile and innovative.
In addition, the success of your own business model depends on how key resources are found and leveraged. It is important to use key resources to create your value proposition by making the best use.
This talk touches on many of the skills named as core skills in the Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum in order to stay future-proof.
Mindset
- Establishing a growth mindset and how to best support your management
- Your innovation challenge: Introduction into Business Model Canvas
Skillset
- Creativity techniques for you and your team
- Collaboration and community management in hybrid working structures
Toolset: to be continued Thursday.
Mindset – Skillset – Toolset (Continued)
- October 19, 2023
- 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. PT
Following Diana’s initial talk on mindset and skillset, she brings us now into the toolset discussion. In this brief session, she will cover tools and methods for agile working such as Scrum, Kanban, and Design Thinking.
In this session:
- You will learn about methods of agile working.
- You will learn how to work even more efficiently in your role.
- You will receive impulses on how to increase your creativity.
- You will position yourself as a future-oriented, agile office expert in a rapidly changing, increasingly digital working world.
