Assistants around the globe have been turning to Shelagh Donnelly and her Exceptional EA website since 2013 for professional development. 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. 

Having worked alongside senior executives during economic booms and recessions, a corporate merger, the dissolution of one public institution and its successor institution’s first year, Shelagh is widely recognized for her leadership and her influence in shaping organizational culture. Engaging and positive, she brings pragmatic and uplifting insights. Shelagh’s training is future-focused and grounded in research as well as years of experience with change and with board-level strategy and priorities.