A skilful Assisting Professional is more than a set of learnable hard skills. It’s the person behind the title that is making all the difference. A lot is expected from us nowadays; fast-paced environments, tendencies towards managerial duties, complex team dynamics and level up executive thinking processes.

Undeniably, our hard skillset is important to take on the excellence challenge. But it’s who you are inside that delivers on external expectations and fulfils this role to the fullest. It’s time to pay attention to the core values that make us who we are today and make them stronger, bigger and better - from within!

GPA workshops focus specifically on understanding and excellerating Indispensable Mindset and soft skills, delivering essential theories, methods and practice to the art of professional self-mastery and awareness.

Our practical assignments will result in controlled personal development. Small group setting will contribute to accelerated learning. Unformal nature and dialogue opportunities will fasten the process of improvement and insight. A chance to learn from each other will enrich your experience.

We celebrate your growth mentality. As your workshop master, I guarantee you will gain understanding, insights and valuable experience every time you join us. Our goal is to groom you to become that Indispensable Professional!

Your attendance and commitment will accelerate your job performance and transform your personal branding and positioning. Expect to benefit big and gain a strong self-confidence, supported self-awareness and ambition, effortless external acknowledgement and comforting inner pride.

Our professional state of mind is challenged to the max, won’t you agree?!
The reality of modern work environment is challenging. Demanding requests and meticulous quality standards challenge our ability to deal with various levels of authority, managing people's expectations and spotless execution. But we always find ways to cooperate with countless parties, to negotiate best terms and to smooth any trouble along the way …and where are YOU and your branding in this process? Do YOU and your positioning suffer a little (or a lot) along the way?

What makes it possible for us to excel in our actions while bravely taking on the responsibility of being the new generation ‘leaders from behind’?

It’s our own MINDSET STRENGTH AND TALENT POSITIONING! It's our ability to follow and express our values and talents while being the face of an organisation!

How to achieve all that? By becoming a master at PERSONAL BRANDING and PROFESSIONAL POSITIONING. It's a tricky art of influencing the elements around you so all can benefit. Your soft skills and your trusted mindset are extremely important in this process. You need to be familiar and in control of your personal branding if you want to get noticed. We often forget and sacrifice our positioning... and oh boy do we pay the price. The longer you linger on - the higher the price of low self-esteem you pay.

At GPA, we want to make the valuable content available to as many (Assisting) Professionals as possible. Therefore we are happy to offer an option to join us via Replay Recording in case travelling to The Netherlands is not an option for you.

Choose your preferred way of participation and consider additional packages to your liking. We look forward to meeting you and start this journey together.
Join us at the GPA Events, LIVE or via REPLAY, at Castle De Hooge Vuursche!

eXperience.
To know how to get to your destination you need to know your current location and be aware of your habits that brought you there. In this section we’ll dive into the depths of our current mindset presets and understanding of our familiar ways of doing.

eXplore.
Before you learn how to run you need to walk. This practical section is about discovering new ways of doing and thinking, followed by practicing the art of self-mastery. Under our executive supervision you will set first steps in the desired direction.

eXpress.
For your new ways of action to work for you – you need to get extremely inspired to follow through. In this section we’ll focus on quick wins and success stories. Arm yourself with ready-to-use techniques and take-away guidelines.

Every Assistant has these skills by design. We just don’t use them consciously and don’t pay attention to the levels of their maturity. We expect them to grow with time, gaining the experience as we go. Why leave all of that to chance?! Mastering your soft skills is the ultimate purpose and focus of these series of events!

Every W.A.N.T.E.D. skill deserves a spotlight attention. To eXplore their fundamental meaning and impact on your abilities we have chosen perfect topics to help us eXperience and accelerate the full potential of their nature.

It's essential to advocate the powers of those skills in real life, while coping with challenges and conquering the odds. Being an Assistant is a job we love to do, and by cultivating your mindset with these qualities will make it exciting and extremely fulfilling to be in your role no matter any current circumstances.

To be proud, content and confident about yourself and your abilities is a blessing to experience. To accomplish that, we need to understand, be aware of the essence, be willing to grow and develop our mindset & soft skills.

SIX SOFT SKILLS OF INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANTS is the first book for assisting professionals targeting soft skills and the needed mindset. To be able to grow and develop beyond your current levels of professional maturity you need to profoundly understand the importance of the W.A.N.T.E.D. skills - they are a direct multiplier of your hard skills.

Practical tools, check lists, methods and scientifically proven theories will help and assist you in your ability to create and control your daily doings in any variation of being an outstanding Assisting Professional.

Main focus of this book is on self-management, self-mastery and self-confidence... ultimately getting you to be a fulfilled, accomplished and happy YOU!
Based on real experiences, it will provide you much needed support to meet and exceed the expectations of the most demanding executives and entrepreneurs.

Catch a glimpse of the book! Get your FREE download of the first few chapters here (click on the cover below) – we dare to guarantee it includes something that will catch your eye and spark your curiosity. Out in online stores in June 2016.

• Core skill Willing is of crucial importance for 'Positioning' yourself as an expert Assisting Professional.
• Being Available means being true to your 'Personal Integrity' while being well prepared, adaptive and responsive to challenging circumstances.
• Application of being Nice is the core ingredient of 'Relationship Intelligence' and represents the need to master it with all its complexity and variety.

• Being Tenacious means you can operate in 'High Performance' mode with indomitable focus and energy.
• Effectiveness is your ability to 'Balance' elements around you and make them work in your favor so you can deliver on required results.
• Audacious Dedication has the power to transform and generate 'Change Manifestation', compelling objectives to take on shapes that you aim for.

W.A.N.T.E.D. events will boost your mindset, perfect your attitude, elevate your performance levels, reinforce your drive, nurture your core values and most of all … celebrate, pamper and pay much needed attention to the most important person behind any assistant – YOU!
Assistants often forget to support and care for themselves. We often lack time and energy to have a full personal life outside the ‘office hours’. A well-known occupational hazard. We, too, need to take a break, to ground ourselves and to express ourselves freely in a trusted circle of likeminded professionals.

GPA provides targeted educational and inspirational modules to master your mindset and polish your Soft Skillset. That's what Global PA Academy stands for! It’s all about YOU for a change. Who we are matters and we need to focus on what makes us superb at what we do – it’s our values, our character qualities and our attitude, all resulting in the exceptional fulfillment of our roles.

It's about our Assistant-state-of-mind, the art of self-mastery and the skill of self-management!

Your mindset is a hidden multiplier of your skills. What starts within your core qualities directly translates into your soft skills, therefore quickly and unconsciously converting your hard skills into reality. Your mindset has a significant impact on your accomplishments and your level of excellence. Having a strong soft skillset is essential. We all know it, we all use it on a daily basis – now it’s time to pay serious and dedicated attention to make your soft skills stronger, bigger and better. Join our events and let our value packed programs excel and groom your expertise, your character, your superiority!

Get a motivated, energized and supportive MINDSET

Elevate your confidence, groom your branding and self-image

Get reinforced in your beliefs, values and personal integrity

Indulge in the magnitude of trusted company of likeminded professionals

Master the art of gracious service providing with pride and dignity

Get inspired by touching life stories of extraordinary individuals

Get pampered in ambient surroundings, enjoy soothing extras and experience well-deserved attention on YOU

Execute your role with unshakable security and belief in your value

Be encouraged to advocate merits you and your executive strive for

Feel supported by the community of likeminded at your convenience

Use your indomitable spirit to execute your development to new levels

Achieve acceleration by using new tools and knowledge accordingly

Explore your skills in excellent interpersonal communication

Lead by example of virtues, results and consistency

Encourage others to perform, be and act to the best of their potential

Experience a profound sense of pride and dignity in your role and your life

Be the trusted go-to person by positioning yourself as a true professional

It’s our pleasure to be your host at GPA W.A.N.T.E.D. events and make you as comfortable and excited as possible. You are daily dealing with never-ending list of issues and tasks, so let us unburden you for one day. Every detail is important and we aim to make your pre-event experience simple, smooth and convenient.

We'll be pleased to receive and deal with any questions, feedback or propositions that might arise. You’re welcome to contact us directly in case your question is not covered in the FAQ below. Our GPA Dragon Team will be present for any guidance or questions during the event, too, we'll make sure we are visible.

The setting of GPA events is meant to pamper your senses and indulge your beneficent mindset. Exclusive and soothing ambience, far away from the usual busy business environment, we invite you to join us at majestic Castle De Hooge Vuursche!

Located in Baarn, it has a rich history dated from 1912. This monumental heritage breaths calmness, grace and comfort. offers great hospitality, combined with top-class service and delicious culinary offerings.

Modern amenities in combination with classic elements make this a perfect place to relax, unwind, get comfortable and work on the delicate nature of your Indispensable-state-of-mind!

The Castle is easily accessible by car and public transportation and offers free private parking on site. For your convenience, this location has internal hotel rooms available.

No matter what the title is: EA, PA, Administrative Assistant, Head Butler, Estate Manager, family assistant or any other variation of assisting professional… it’s who you are at the core that makes you good at what you do. At some point we reach a level of professional maturity, our hard skillset is up to the required standards. What now?!

There is a lot out there on personal development but not much that is especially tailored to what we Assistants have to deal with. It’s expected from us to look past the challenges, seek solutions and do whatever it takes. It’s all about our inner ability to reinforce ourselves to do more, be more and achieve more in order to get things done. That requires a specific personality and, being an Assisting Professional, you have those skills by design.
Truth is, we don’t pay much attention to the source of our super powers. Those soft skills are simply expected, but rarely praised as the reason for our excellence.

W.A.N.T.E.D. event series are born out of mere necessity. We need to polish our soft skills to be able to deal with complicated interpersonal relationships, have a higher sense of knowing how to behave in certain situations, being able to quickly switch and flex our mindset and be very aware of your own state of being while providing superb support to our executives.

Joining W.A.N.T.E.D. events is a way for you to grow on your journey to self-mastery and to excelerate from within! We bring together the world's best experts in their field of personal development, skill elevation and mindset stimulation. Those renowned experts will provide us with strategies, tools and methods to make us perfectly fit to deal with anything that is requested of us with ease, wisdom and grace.
At Global PA Academy we aim to unite Assisting Professionals who are on the quest to become and stay up on top of their abilities.

GPA Dragon symbol tells all about who we are and what we stand for as Assistants. The focus meaning of GPA Dragon:

• A dragon is always a combination of species – a perfect metaphor for Assistants as we are required to tailor our set of skills to complete any task.
• Dragons have a life-giving capacity – which is true as we often create something out of nothing and we achieve the impossible.
• In Chinese daily language, excellent and outstanding people are compared to a dragon – that is exactly how we would describe Assistants.
• Dragons often bear a pearl which perfectly balances on his breath – a balance we Assistants constantly strive for.
• Some dragons represent justice. They guard against danger, injustice, deception and betrayal. Always ready to help and rescue, but the pearl of welfare is only reserved for the chosen ones – this justifies our role as gatekeepers of our executives and the people we support.
• More than any other symbol, dragons master all elements of nature. A dragon can take many forms and can be victorious in any circumstances - which is very convenient with what we do as Assistants.

Exceptional application belongs to the Dragon of Ambition, who has ultimate perseverance skills and strong ambitions. Ancient Chinese legend tells a story of a goldfish that conquers a great amount of complications and challenges on its way to the Dragon Gate, then jumps over it and as a reward is turned into a mighty dragon. This stands for great potential in all of us as long as we are committed to work hard and honestly for what we want. The dragon of Ambition is constantly on its quest to improve, acquire knowledge, stimulate progress and secure results.

In addition: GPA Dragon stands for wisdom, strength, goodness, dignity and alertness. He entails qualities of future growth and expansion. He guards positioning, reputation and career. With wings he can soar high above, giving him a panoramic perspective. He has the ability to see the “bigger picture” as well as the ability to see danger looming in the distance or foresee future developments.

Dragons usually possess some form of supernatural power. Yes, we do!
Dragons are the most complex and universal creatures on earth. Yes, we are!

At GPA, we connect likeminded professionals which makes us all grow further and faster, assisting us to perform with unquestioned determination and ease, finding support that is hard to find. It’s important to be understood when nobody gets us and find answers that are tailored to our challenges.

We battle our wars together, discover new ways to flourish, expand in dimensions. Together we advocate excellence, impossible results and high performance in demanding surroundings. Take the quantum leap with us and contribute to the community of superb Assisting Professionals.