UNLOCK YOUR FULL POTENTIAL

THE ELITE EA ACADEMY.

You want to be a respected, business partner to your executive, instrumental in driving organisational success.

This is the course that will help you get there.

Created and delivered by someone who has been an executive assistant and who can tell you what your executive needs that they can’t articulate.

Join the waitlist for the January 2025 intake.

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A COURSE FOR EAs WHO DARE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

Success as an administration professional is often not a linear journey.

Those who succeed are the ones with the somewhat intangible soft skills, the special something that can take an entire career to develop.

Training and handovers frequently miss the mark. They share the ‘how’ and not the ‘why’ and this is is a huge disservice to all administration professionals.

It doesn’t truly set them up for success. It slows the process of reaching full potential. It creates career plateaus. It limits earning capacity. It impacts confidence and self-belief.

The Elite EA Academy is the missing link.

The learning and development within will enable you to elevate the support you provide and stretch your thinking.

It will help you pave a career runway that will bring you satisfaction, fulfilment, longevity and stay relevant in a changing world.

The program is created and delivered by someone with deep Executive Assistant experience, a proven track record of high performance and who has the tried, tested and proven strategies, processes, disciplines, tips and tools that get results.

This course is for you if:

  • You’re ready to step into your full potential and elevate your career to new heights.

  • You want to be seen as talent—not just a resource—recognised for the unique value you bring to your executive and organisation.

  • You’re done with the status quo and ready to create your own path, leading with strategy, confidence, and influence.

  • You’re committed to designing a career that is authentically you, playing to your strengths and creating impact in your own way.

It is NOT for you if you want a cookie cutter approach to learning and your career.

Be first in line when we reopen the doors in January 2025.

5 PILLARS DELIVERING RESULTS.

THE RESULTS.

  • RADIATE CONFIDENCE

  • PEAK PERFORMANCE

  • DRIVE PERFORMANCE

  • MORE INFLUENCE

  • STAND OUT AS TALENT

THE RECEIPTS.

  • I really can't overstate how useful it was to have, essentially, the bones of the EA profession laid out and explained from top to bottom. In a field where we are often dropped into the job with little to no training, EAs are usually people who are used to "figuring it out" in isolation, or in a bubble of only our company or domain. That experience has often left me feeling like I am working with blinkers on. Having the perspective from someone who has worked across a broad range of organisations and found the throughline in all of them - and outlining the WHY behind everything we do as EAs - was extremely illuminating.

    Naomi

  • The Elite EA Academy – a wonderfully thoughtful, insightful, and valuable program for EAs of all levels, no matter where they are on their EA career journey. Rachael’s extensive depth of knowledge and experience shines through as she shares relevant insights, techniques, and crucial confidence and development tools all EAs should have in their toolkit. Our EA team undertook the program at the same time so we could develop our skillset together and incorporate best practice learnings, as taught by Rachael, into our workplace in the same fashion. The suite of modules, all of which have relevance, no matter if you are new to the EA profession or not, are current to what is happening in the corporate world today. Whether you want to up your strategic game or be exemplary in your more traditional, transaction EA role, this course will benefit you!

    Lisa

  • "I have 20+ years of experience and have taken different webinars/classes, and can honestly say that yours is by far the best of all. I am learning so many things that I can practice right now! All the details and passion that you put in your materials and recordings is clear. I am so glad I got to be part of The Elite EA Academy".

    MANDY

  • I am not exagerating when I say that completing this course has changed my life for good, Rachael. I am armed with confidence and knowledge, and this is just the start.

    Miryam

  • The EA Elite Academy has given me the tools and confidence to navigate a challenging work landscape with current redundancies, reminding me that I am talent and not a resource.

    Kira

  • This course has been an absolute gem. I registered for this course in a really low point during my career where I was struggling with my mental health (but didn't really acknowledge that) and was 'lost'. This course popped up in my life like a beacon of hope. I came for the wellbeing content, stayed for the best practice hot tips and left with greater confidence in myself and what I can offer as an EA. Thank you Rachael.

    Beth

  • "I realised in this course that I spend so much time thinking about others that it is quite uncomfortable to think about myself.  I have started the conversation with my Boss about my career progression and identifying experiences I want or development I need to get where I want to be." 

    Kristi

  • I found this to be a really worthwhile course and I am so proud that my organisation felt I was worth the investment. I am looking forward to working on and prioritising myself a little more and using the learnings, particularly around understanding my value, what I can contribute and how I can be a cultural beacon to the workplace. From a technical perspective there have been some really great teachings for me to implement regularly and refer back to continually to help make use of my time more efficiently, which will in turn benefit all those around me. Thank you for continually advocating for administrative professionals and for giving us the tools to really continue reshaping people's mindsets of what an EA is.

    May

  • The biggest win has been the confidence boost the course has given me. It has given me the tools advocate for myself, believe that what I am thinking is worth saying, and I have started to show others that I am a leader.

    Fiona

  • “I would highly recommend all Executive Assistants within a business complete The Elite EA Academy together. At our company, the Executive Assistants are spread over multiple states and will mainly converse regarding diary management. By completing this course together we felt like an actual team. It provided a unique opportunity to focus on our development and support each other along the way ”

    ASHLEIGH

  • I’m really glad I did it, and it has refreshed the way I look at my role and how I show up.

    Sophie

  • "Not only was the content informative, but Rachael’s support and delivery throughout was above and beyond! I’ve taken so much away from the program. It’s given me the motivation and the confidence I needed to apply for a promotion"

    Renae

  • "For me it has been a real lightbulb moment how much "power" or authority an EA can have. Being fairly new in my role, I didn't understand how much you can actually take control and lead, being an EA."

    Johanna

  • “Rachael has the ability to dive into what is holding her clients back, equip them with the confidence and tools needed and send them off to conquer the world. She’s warm, compassionate and has a rock solid depth of corporate knowledge that helps her truly understand the issues faced by administrative staff at all levels, from Team Assistants to C Suite Executive Assistants”.

    Kylie

  • Rachael's insight and experience is second to none, she brings such a passion to the training and content that whoever you'd considered to be your mentor before this, will be swiftly replaced by her! The course is perfectly structured and paced giving you real time results, it is so exciting to feel the immediate benefits of self-development! I can't thank her enough for providing this to the EA community, it is so rewarding and absolutely is 'everything you wish someone had told you before you started'! THANK YOU!!!

    Dani

  • "As a C-Suite Executive Assistant, I found myself in a position where I was looking for additional learning and training and even sometimes just some guidance on navigating certain complexities of the role, but felt that there wasn’t really anything out there that fit the bill as a lot of it is aimed at upskilling the entry-mid level market. It is sometimes lonely in this position, you can’t share and confide in just anyone and at the end of the day no-one can really “get it” more than someone who has been in the trenches so Rachael’s insight is invaluable”.

    Suzanne

  • I am very grateful to you and the opportunity I have had to participate in the course. I am thankful for all the content shared and for your honesty and being so authentic in really speaking the truth just as it is, to fill in those gaps. The EA world can be a guessing game, with other EA’s not wanting to share knowledge, tips, and advice, so to hear your feedback was so valuable. I am so glad that you get the EA world! I have thoroughly enjoyed all your tips and advice and can’t thank you enough for your presence, positivity, and proving me with all many tools to support me in my journey ahead. I think we get so caught up in LIFE, that the thing the matters the most is our health and wellbeing, staying healthy otherwise everything can fall apart in a flash, burnout. I am so grateful for the reminder and wake up call! Thank you Rach.

    Angela

  • "There is more to being an EA than traditional transactional support, and following this course I can now see a remarkable and varied career in my future."

    Ashleigh

  • your class should be mandatory in every single company. Even for the ones that have a well structured onboarding in place, they will never be as as granular and complete as what you show and explain. I can’t thank you enough for all the love and effort that you have put into it.

    Maeve

  • “Rachael is a leader in the EA coaching field, she is highly professional, personable and someone we highly recommend”.

    Danielle Loader, Director, WeRecruit Group

  • “It was exactly what I needed to reignite my motivation, reset my mindset on how I show up at work, and get clarity on the areas I need to focus on and lean into to get to where I want to be in my career as an assistant. It’s perfect for those looking for admin specialised personal development. I found the group discussions empowering and interesting in sharing our experiences, challenges and insights which we could all relate to”.

    Liz

  • I didn’t think a course like this existed and am very grateful to have found it.

    Emma

  • I would 100% recommend this course to EAs of all levels/experience. Putting perspective onto future goals and aspirations has been a real game changer for me.

    Jackie

  • “After years as a C-Suite EA I was looking for a reawakening of the ‘whys’ and the ‘hows’' of what I do. In this program Rachael uses her years of experience and insight to dig deep into the big question of identity, vision, boundaries and goal setting (plus more). Her perspective is empowering and her content gives you real, actionable ideas you can use today. Being able to come together with other admin professionals with common goals is invaluable. Do this course! Rachael is the real deal. You won’t look back!”

    Anne

  • “This was a valuable opportunity for me to join like-minded peers from different industries, and participate in a quality program where we have challenged and developed our thinking about how we perform as Executive Assistants”.

    Sarah

  • “I thought I’d let you know, that my CEO ended up giving me that pay rise I really wanted and I didn’t even have to ask for it. I started using techniques from the program and just pushed hard and he recognised my hard work and rewarded it. With an almost 40% increase to my salary and I have your help to thank for it”

    Sandra

  • "I have come away with a lot of helpful and thought provoking information about my work and how I show up each day to support as a C-suite Executive Assistant. However the greatest takeaway I've had from participating in this course is the boost to my confidence. After listening to Rachael's wealth of advice coming from her years of experience supporting at the highest levels of business, I know I am on the right track"

    Sarah

  • "This is a great course for Executive Assistants to help them understand they do more than just 'do things', to know their impact. If it was not for those working hard behind the scenes, no organisation would function as well."

    Debbie

  • I would recommend the course to any EA looking to further their skills and find strategies to have a healthy mindset. It definitely makes you stop and think about how you approach your work/life balance.

    Jess

  • I am so thankful for the Meeting Prep Discipline guidance and templates! It had a tangible and instant impact in my work, as it let me and my leader focus in the big picture.

    Bella

  • All of the modules, information, level of detail, advice and support is excellent. It fills in so many gaps that no one ever shares on the job and it is often very difficult to figure out without some support.

    Sasha

  • A big personal win was realising that with all this new context and information about the how and why of an EA's potential, I do actually think I might enjoy being a C-suite EA in the future. Before the course, I lacked information on how to actually be successful and what specific skills to apply in higher roles, and that lack of information led to a lack of confidence in myself. That, plus seeing quite a lot of the things I already do well reflected in the course content, has left me feeling more empowered about my potential and feeling like I have a better idea of the steps I need to take / skills I need to focus on to grow in that direction.

    Vicki

This course builds solid, sustainable foundations to understand how executives think and the level of support that drives success.

This course is designed for executive assistants who are ready to elevate their careers by becoming trusted strategic partners to senior leaders. Whether you're an experienced assistant supporting top executives or someone with a solid foundation in administrative support, you'll gain the tools and insights to take your influence and career to the next level.

Prior alumni includes:

  • Executive Assistants to Senior Leaders: You have a strong understanding of the role but want to transition into a more strategic partnership with your executive, contributing to business decisions and organisational growth.

  • Seasoned Executive Assistants: You’ve supported leaders for years, but now you’re looking for strategies to operate at a higher level and increase your influence across the organisation.

  • Corporate Professionals Seeking Elevated Roles: If you're ready to step into roles that focus more on strategy and decision-making, and less on day-to-day tasks, this course will provide you with the tools to lead with confidence.

What You’ll gain:

  • Strategic Mindset & Leadership Skills that align you more closely with executives, empowering you to contribute to key business decisions.

  • Tools, Tips, and Strategies to implement best practices, disciplines, and ways of working that deliver results—efficiency, influence, credibility, and opportunities.

  • The confidence and influence to cut through challenges, ease organisational friction, and earn the respect and trust of senior leaders.

  • A clear path to greater impact, with the skills to become an essential, high-performing leader who drives results and creates long-lasting change.

If you are ready to make a change, feel excited about your work, to shake things up, and to do the work - then you belong here.

YOUR LAUNCH PAD TO TRANSFORMATION.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF

  • You'd like support from someone who has personally done the work and ‘get’s the unique, weird and wonderful challenges admin professionals face every day.

    You want to hit reset on your career or in your current role and explore a fresh approach to doing what you do.

    You’ve had to figure everything out as you go and it’s worked so far because you’re resourceful and motivated, but you want to go from good to GREAT.

    Your goals read as doing your job and it’s keeping you stuck in the middle-of-the-road bracket of performance ratings, limiting salary increases and bonuses.

    You want to expand your earning potential.

    You are new to C-Suite support and want help to lean into higher value, more strategic support vs tactical or transactional support.

    You want to elevate the support you provide to Senior Management, Executives and Leadership teams to increase your impact.

    You and your executive or team are caught in a cycle of reactivity that is creating pain, overwhelm and frustration or anxiety.

    You want a safe space to fine tune the essential skills all highly regarded, high performing EAs have in their toolbox, the dots EAs are left to connect alone as they move through their career.

    You fell into this career and aren’t clear on your career options or what’s needed to progress.

    You haven’t had grass roots training or on the job mentoring to help develop the thinking and mindset required to provide high performance, high value support.

    You've lost your confidence, are held back by self doubt or have trouble stepping out of your comfort zone.

    You have trouble backing yourself and going after what you want most in your career or workplace.

    You want to be regarded as a leader, have increased influence, credibility, respect, recognition and reward.

    You’re transitioning between admin careers (eg TA or PA to an EA role, or from senior management support to Executive or CEO support).

    You feel a bit stuck or that you’ve plateaued in your current role or organisation.

    You don’t know how to stretch the breadth of your role, adding more value to your employer and more career satisfaction for you.

    You’re not sure of the value you bring to an organisation, or you know but have problems articulating it.

    You don’t know what your strengths are, or you do, but can’t leverage them in your current role.

    You wish you understood how connecting to your purpose and values helps set you apart in your role and career.

    You feel stuck in a constant cycle of burn out and stress and need help to show up as your best self in work and life.

    You’ve tried really hard to be proactive but can’t seem to make a true partnering support relationship click with your team or Executive.

    You frequently don’t feel seen, heard, respected or valued in your role.

    You want to find YOUR unique EA blueprint, to do things YOUR way and have an impact and contribution that’s meaningful to YOU.

THE TOPICS AND THEMES YOU’LL EXPLORE IN THE PILLARS:

  • Confidence foundations for EAs

    Why many EAs often suffer from a lack of self belief and confidence

    Strategies and practices to build confidence and support a sense of empowerment

    Speaking up in meetings (and in general)

    Backing yourself

    Articulating worth

    Handling challenging people

    Using elevated language

  • Business Writing

    Governance 101

    Aligning focus to strategic objectives

    Pitching your ideas

    Business cases 101

    Tools and disciplines to ease org friction

    Crisis management

    Best practices and ways of working

    Conflict resolution

    Being a change agent

    Soft skills

    Sets of templates, full processes and best practices to support you to hit the ground running.

  • Why mindset is the foundation to career success

    Tools and strategies to nurture a healthy mindset daily

    Career / workplace resilience

    Developing a growth mindset

    Hallmarks of a limited mindset

    Changing internal narrative to support unshakeable self belief

  • What it takes to stand out as a candidate of choice in the external market

    Qualities and attributes to be regarded as talent internally

    Increasing earning capability

    Stand out CVs

    Clever interview questions

    Highly regarded experience and skills

    Leveraging your uniqueness

    Leading development discussions

    Create goals that propel you forward

  • Maximise on-the-job learning

    Get on the radar for internal opportunities that will expand your experience and skillset

    Creating opportunities for yourself in your role and workplace

    Conversations to drive your development

  • How to develop strategic thinking as an EA and why it is important

    What it looks like in practice - how to apply it day to day

    How to recognise where you are already working strategically

    Learn to think like an executive and understand what priorities they focus on and why

  • What leadership looks like for EAs, regardless of hierarchy

    Showing up in the small moments that matter daily

    Shaping culture through actions

    Different leadership styles

    Leading from behind in practice

    Building credibility and respect

    Leading teams

  • Raising your internal profile

    Developing executive presence

    Defining and leveraging your personal brand

    Elevated language and communications

    Showing up in a way that commands respect, recognition and reward

    Influencing, relationships and becoming a trusted advisor

  • Detecting and connecting to purpose

    Bringing values into work

    Integrity and ethics

    Showing up as a cultural beacon

  • Your vision for your career

    Meaningful goal setting

    Leading development conversations

    Elevated performance review conversations

    Staying relevant in an evolving landscape

    Developing specialist skills

    Leveraging strengths

    Soft skills awareness, development and appreciation

    Understanding career progression pathways and how to fill the gaps to get there

  • Providing elevated support

    Creating free time where there is’t any

    Building trust , becoming a trusted advisor

    Efficient, succinct communication

    Managing expectations

    Managing up AND down

    Communicating how your work directly contributes to the success of the people you support (tangible, measurable data)

    How to understand what work should be prioritised when scheduling meetings and forward planning

    Ways to communicate effectively when there isn’t space to meet

    Influencing for impact

    The extra mile - what it looks like

    Creating first drafts of CEO reports to the Board - the information nobody tells you to be successful doing this

  • The warning signs of burnout and what to do if you reach that point

    Why EAs are at risk of burnout

    Strategies to avoid burnout

    Prioritising wellbeing (yours and your Executive’s)

    Shaping a well workplace culture through ways of working and best practices that everyone benefits from

    Resilience for EAs

    Healthy boundaries

    Caring for your nervous system

    Retaining your sense of self in a service based role

COURSE STRUCTURE AND ACCESS.

  • ACCESS AND PACE

  • LIVE COACHING

  • APPLIED LEARNING

  • RECOGNITION

AUD $1200

Payment plan is available: 3 x monthly payments of $410

If you are self-funding, remember your career development is a tax deduction in Australia.

If you are outside Australia check your local tax entitlements.

Need a business case for employer funded development?

Get one you can tailor here

YOUR INVESTMENT.

HAVE QUESTIONS?

  • Some modules are longer than others, but the beauty of a self-paced course is that you can hit pause and complete it in the time frame that works best with your lifestyle.

    As a guide below is the watch time for tutorials:

    Module 1: ~2 hours

    Module 2: ~1 hour

    Module 3: ~ 2 hours

    Module 4: ~2 hours

    Module 5: ~1.5 hours

    Module 6: ~1.5 hours

    Module 7: ~2 hours

    Module 8: ~10 minutes

  • As a self-paced course you are in control of how and where you do the work.

    I recommend building in a couple of hours a week. Over the course of a week, this isn’t a lot of time.

    It comes down to deciding to prioritise your development and then make the choices of how you want to spend your time to support you to do this.

    Consider where your time leaks are. Maybe it’s wasting time on socials or watching Netflix and you can create free time by curbing these pass times for a short while.

    You may also want to speak with your manager to tell them you are working on career development and see whether you can have study time out.

  • Absolutely!

    We can share suggested impactful wording for you to use as inspiration and tailor to suit your needs and objectives.

    Why don’t we give you ALL the words to say?

    Because that doesn’t create a high impact business case that will resonate for the person you support.

    The wording is a great framework to start. Through personalising you’re demonstrating how doing the course will benefit your executive and your organisation and YOU.

    Email Rachael at hello@rachaelbonetti.com to receive support with this.

  • You have access to the course for 6 months from your enrolment date with the option to extend.

  • Some elements of the course are downloadable for you to keep beyond the course live intake.

    There is a bank of downloadable cheat sheets, best practices and mapped out processes you can download to keep.

    The instructional videos with the slides shown are not downloadable.

    You have a workbook to help you capture key insights you want to note as well as a closing module checklist to help you stay on track.

  • Yes I do.

    At the checkout you can opt to pay in full for a discount, or over 3 payments.

    The initial payment is made upon sign up.

    The following payments will be deducted automatically 4 weeks after the first and second payments are made.

    IMPORTANT: the payments system doesn’t issue a reminder that the debit is happening so please be sure to make a note of this yourself.

More Questions?

If your question hasn’t been answered in the FAQs hit the button below to chat about whether this program is for you.

ABOUT RACHAEL.

The Elite EA Academy was founded and is delivered by Rachael Bonetti, a former career Executive Assistant, now EA educator, advocate, podcast host and international keynote speaker.

Learn more about Rachael’s background, credentials, mission and expertise here

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