LEVELS – Inside the Company

#26 - Executive Assistants and Why They Are a Force Multiplier for Our Team | Ben Grynol, Sam Corcos & Michael Mizrahi

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Apr 7, 2023
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ADVICE

Hire Support Staff Early And Build Trust

  • Hire support staff early when senior people face recurring cognitive burdens.
  • Use feedback loops (Looms, task databases) to build trust with remote assistants.
ADVICE

Try Low-Cost Delegation Experiments

  • Start handoffs by recording yourself doing the task and handing the recording to the EA.
  • Worst case you try something and revert; best case they take it fully off your plate.
INSIGHT

EAs Fight Organizational Entropy

  • EAs can act as entropy fighters by enforcing templates, docs, and PR quality before senior review.
  • That first-pass work preserves engineering focus and reduces costly context switching.
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