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Comparing Personal Assistant courses? The Executive Assistant Productivity Architect Programme is advanced, practical development for PAs and EAs who want to redesign real workflows using Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI and automation.
Rather than simply learning more assistant techniques or individual software features, you will learn how to reduce manual work, improve visibility, strengthen follow through and create better systems around the leaders you support.
The programme is delivered live 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 Personal Assistant development
10 live half day sessions • CPD accredited provider • View current dates, places and prices below
Organisation, communication, discretion and judgement remain essential PA skills. But experienced assistants are increasingly expected to understand technology, improve processes and help senior leaders work more effectively.
Many Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants are still working inside systems that were never properly designed.
You learn how to understand the work first, identify the friction, redesign the workflow and then choose the right Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI or automation tools to support it.
EAPA focuses on applied workplace change. By the end of the programme, you will understand how Microsoft 365 can operate as a connected productivity, communication and automation system rather than a collection of separate applications.
Today’s PA is a CPD Standards Office accredited provider, adding external professional development assurance to a programme built around practical workplace outcomes.
This can make the programme easier to position with managers, HR and Learning & Development teams where investment in Personal Assistant development needs to demonstrate clear organisational value.
EAPA is not based on passive attendance.
During the programme you identify a genuine workplace problem, redesign the workflow 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 understanding and improving work before reaching for technology.
The first five stages happen before Build. You learn to understand the work, identify friction and design the better workflow before choosing Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI or automation.
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 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 Personal Assistants, Executive 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.
If you are already working as a PA, EA or senior support professional and want practical development in Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI, workflow design and automation, EAPA is designed specifically for that stage of your career.
Yes. EAPA is designed around the work of Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and senior support professionals. Microsoft 365, AI and automation are taught through real assistant workflows rather than generic examples.
No. You do not need to be an advanced Microsoft user before joining. The programme develops both your understanding of the tools and your ability to apply them to real work.
Yes. EAPA consists of 10 live half day online sessions with 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 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 assistant support.
Complete your Productivity Architecture Project and earn the EAPA Grad designation.
View the live dates below for current availability, prices and booking options.