Executive Assistant Productivity Architect
Executive Assistant Course for Microsoft 365, AI and Automation
A practical, live Executive Assistant course for experienced EAs who want to reduce manual work, build better workflows and use Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI and automation with confidence.
Instead of simply learning more software features, you will learn how to redesign the way executive support actually works.
10 live half-day sessions
Practical implementation, not passive learning.
Real workplace project
Redesign a workflow from your own role.
Microsoft 365 + Copilot + AI
Connected to real Executive Assistant work.
EAPA Grad designation
Recognition following successful completion.
CPD Standards Office Accredited Provider
Professional development with practical workplace outcomes.
Designed for experienced Executive Assistants
This is not an entry-level “how to become an EA” course.
Executive support has changed. Has your way of working?
Experienced Executive Assistants are increasingly expected to do more than manage diaries, meetings and communication. They are becoming central to how information, actions and decisions move around senior leaders.
Yet much of that work still depends on manual chasing, disconnected systems and the EA remembering what happens next.
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Actions lost across Outlook, Teams and meetings
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Repetitive manual follow-up
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Information spread across different locations
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AI available without a clear workflow strategy
Design the workflow first. Choose the technology second.
EAPA teaches you how to improve the way work moves before deciding whether Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI or automation should support it.
What will you be able to do differently?
◆ Build clearer, more reliable executive support workflows
◆ Reduce repetitive administration and manual chasing
◆ Improve actions, ownership and follow through
◆ Use Copilot and AI with stronger professional judgement
◆ Identify processes that should be automated
◆ Connect Microsoft 365 tools into better ways of working
◆ Demonstrate measurable workplace improvement
You do not just attend. You implement.
Productivity Architecture Project
Improve a real workflow from your own role
During EAPA you choose a genuine workplace problem and apply the programme to redesign it.
You demonstrate the original friction, the improved process, the technology used and the value created through time saved, risk reduced or better outcomes.
Successful participants earn the EAPA Grad designation following completion of the programme.
What you will cover
Ten live half-day sessions connect Microsoft technology directly to modern Executive Assistant work.
1. Productivity Architecture
Audit work, identify friction and rethink workflows.
2. AI & Copilot
Use AI safely and identify genuine value.
3. Prompting & Agents
Improve prompts and explore practical agents.
4. SharePoint & File Architecture
Build better information structures.
5. Lists & Workflow Control
Make work visible, structured and trackable.
6. Outlook & Teams
Improve communication, meetings and follow-up.
7. Forms & Planner
Create cleaner intake and task processes.
8. Excel & Evidence
Analyse activity and demonstrate improvement.
9. Power Automate & Power Apps
Automate repetitive processes and build solutions.
10. Your EAPA Project
Turn the learning into measurable workplace change.
More than the live sessions
Printed Implementation Playbook
Your practical programme guide and implementation resource.
100+ workflow examples
Ideas to adapt to your own work.
12 months of Ask Paul
Ongoing AI-supported guidance.
Private EAPA Teams community
Support from Paul, your cohort and alumni.
12 months of recordings
Revisit the programme while implementing.
EAPA Grad recognition
Recognition for successful programme completion.
Your Trainer
Microsoft expertise + real Executive Assistant experience
Paul Pennant is a Microsoft MVP in Microsoft 365 and Copilot, former Executive Assistant and founder of Today’s PA.
He has spent more than 20 years helping assistants and office professionals use Microsoft technology more effectively, with Today’s PA training professionals from more than 4,000 organisations worldwide.
Is EAPA right for you?
EAPA is designed for practising professionals including Executive Assistants, Senior Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Chiefs of Staff and Business Support Managers.
You do not need advanced Microsoft skills before joining. You do need to be willing to apply the learning to real work and rethink how things currently get done.
A few questions before you book
Is the course live?
Yes. EAPA includes 10 live half-day online sessions with teaching, practical exercises and implementation.
Do I need advanced Microsoft 365 skills?
No. The programme develops both your understanding of the technology and your ability to apply it to real workflows.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. EAPA is designed around practical workplace outcomes that can be positioned with managers, HR and Learning & Development teams.
Executive Assistant Productivity Architect
Ready to redesign how you work?
Develop practical Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI and automation capability and turn it into measurable improvement in your own workplace.
View the live dates below for current availability, prices and booking options.
CPD Standards Office Accredited Provider
Professional development with practical workplace outcomes.
