05/28/2026
🖊️What’s really happening in today’s workplace? That’s the question the Executive Assistants of the world are trying to puzzle out. It is my 1:1 conversations with EAs that inspired this article for Executive Support Magazine called “Workplace 2026: Making Sense of Contradictions and Mixed Messages.”
If there’s any group of people who need to know the real deal, it’s the EAs. They are the detail people and the implementers. There is no room for ambiguity. Here is my perspective on the head-spinning state of work in 2026.
Here’s how I begin.
“Have you heard that we’re headed toward a four-day or even three-day workweek? Or that work itself may become optional in the future? Really? These clickbait headlines collide with the reality that employees are burning out at record rates. The contradictions are dizzying, and they raise legitimate questions:
What should workers actually believe? Are robots and algorithms really coming for our jobs? What will people do with all this supposed “extra time” created by AI? What’s actually true?
Administrative professionals, in particular, are right to be skeptical. Their response is often the most grounded of all:
This might be true for some, but it will never be true for Executive Assistants.
Staying sane, clear, and grounded in today’s demanding workplace is no small feat. But administrative professionals have always been the ones who bring order to chaos. You’ve done it before, and you’ll do it again.”
For the full article, click here: https://executivesupportmagazine.com/making-sense-of-contradictions/
For other articles that I have written for the magazine, click here: https://executivesupportmagazine.com/?post_type=post&s=low-kramen
