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Looking for PA training that goes beyond traditional Personal Assistant skills? The Executive Assistant Productivity Architect Programme teaches experienced PAs and EAs how to redesign real workflows using Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI and automation.
This is practical, live professional development for Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and senior support professionals who want to reduce manual work, improve visibility, strengthen follow through and support senior leaders more strategically.
You will be taught by Paul Pennant, Microsoft MVP in Microsoft 365 and Copilot, former Executive Assistant and founder of Today’s PA.
Professional development assurance for learners, managers and organisations through Today’s PA’s CPD accreditation.
Live online PA training programme
10 live half day sessions • CPD accredited provider • View current dates, availability and prices below
Personal Assistant work has changed. Organisation, communication, judgement and relationship management remain essential, but experienced assistants are increasingly expected to understand technology, improve processes and help senior leaders work more effectively.
Yet many PAs and EAs are still working inside systems that were never properly designed.
EAPA teaches you to understand the work, identify friction and design a better workflow before deciding which Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI or automation tools should support it.
By the end of the programme, you will not simply know more about individual Microsoft applications. You will understand how to use Microsoft 365 as a connected productivity, communication and automation system.
Today’s PA is a CPD Standards Office accredited provider, providing additional professional development assurance for learners, managers and organisations.
This can help when positioning the programme with your executive, manager, HR or Learning & Development team where investment in PA training needs to demonstrate clear workplace relevance.
This is not a certificate for simply attending training.
To graduate, you complete a practical Productivity Architecture Project based on a real workplace workflow. You identify what is not working, redesign the process and demonstrate the improvement you have created.
Your project considers:
Successful participants are awarded the EAPA Grad designation, recognising completion of the Executive Assistant Productivity Architect Programme.
EAPA gives you a repeatable eight stage framework for improving work before reaching for technology.
Discover, Map, Diagnose, Design and Govern happen before Build. You learn to understand the work and design the better process before deciding which technology should support it.
Each module connects Microsoft technology to real PA and EA work so you can improve control, communication, follow through and decision support.
Live teaching with practical implementation throughout the programme.
Guidance for workflow audits, design, AI guardrails and implementation.
Practical starting points you can copy, adapt and apply.
AI support based on Paul’s Microsoft 365 and productivity resources.
Cohort and alumni support with Paul answering questions directly.
Revisit sessions as you review and implement the learning.
Professional recognition following successful completion.
Additional professional development assurance for learners and organisations.
EAPA is designed for practising assistants and senior support professionals who want to modernise how they work.
You do not need to be an advanced Microsoft 365 user before joining. What matters is that you are willing to apply the learning and rethink how work gets done.
EAPA is professional development for people already working in Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, Executive PA or senior business support roles who want to increase their strategic and technological capability.
AI runs throughout the programme, but the objective is not to automate everything.
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.
Today’s PA has trained professionals from more than 4,000 organisations worldwide and has been recognised as Best Assistant Training Provider in the UK for seven consecutive years.
The programme combines Microsoft 365 expertise with first hand understanding of executive support, stakeholders, priorities, pressure and the practical reality of getting work done.
EAPA develops support professionals who can improve workflows, reduce manual effort and help organisations make better use of Microsoft 365, AI and automation.
Yes. EAPA is designed for experienced Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and senior support professionals. Microsoft 365, AI and automation are taught through practical assistant workflows rather than generic examples.
No. This programme is professional development for Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and senior business support professionals.
No. You do not need to be an advanced Microsoft user. The programme develops your understanding of the tools alongside your ability to apply them to real workflows.
Yes. The programme includes 10 live half day online sessions with teaching, practical exercises, implementation and support.
Yes. Today’s PA is a CPD Standards Office accredited provider, giving learners and organisations additional professional development assurance.
Yes. EAPA is designed around practical workplace outcomes that can be positioned clearly with executives, managers, HR and Learning & Development teams.
Yes. Organisations can enquire about dedicated team and in-house delivery.
Develop practical Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI and automation capability and learn how to redesign the workflows behind modern executive support.
Complete your Productivity Architecture Project and earn the EAPA Grad designation.
View the live dates below for current availability, prices and booking options.