Assistants around the globe have turned to Shelagh Donnelly and her Exceptional EA website since 2013 for professional development and the international community she’s nurtured. Authentic, expert and inspiring, Shelagh helps you thrive and amplify your value as you perform at a high level, whatever your job title

A career EA who spent much of that time in the C-Suite, she’s also been a governance professional and a corporate software trainer. With a career spanning economic booms and recessions, a corporate merger, the dissolution of a public institution and more, Shelagh brings insights that are both pragmatic and uplifting. During her decades as an EA, Shelagh established internal networks, led teams and multiple projects, initiated annual staff conferences, had the benefit of her own assistants, and chaired a national board of directors. Now, she shares her insights and expertise internationally. Shelagh’s presentations have taken her throughout North America and to Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, South Africa and the UK.