IMA Global upcoming events

Emotional, Cultural and Artificial Intelligence as Your Differentiators (18 Nov 2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Emotional, Cultural and Artificial Intelligence as Your Differentiators

As people increasingly rely on GenAI in the workplace, you can differentiate yourself by balancing your AI skills with old fashioned human intelligence. Think about the people you most admire and respect. Their effectiveness and impacts are in great part a result of human-centric skills that help people connect with others and achieve progress through influence.

Plan to explore a trio of intelligences. You’ll gain insights on the state of AI in 2026 before we look at cultural and emotional intelligence (CQ and EQ), often referred to as “soft” skills that help us succeed. Plan to apply these skills with awareness of the priorities and pressures today's boards and senior leadership teams are facing. IMA Training Partner Shelagh Donnelly will wrap up this session with a series of challenges to help you thrive and amplify your value in 2027 – which will be here before we know it!

Learning outcomes:

Gain an update on the state of AI in 2026 in the assistant career, and what your counterparts have to say about its impacts.
Focus on emotional and cultural intelligence (EQ, CQ) skills and their relevance in your career.
Identify decision makers’ pressure points and priorities, and consider accepting challenges Shelagh’s designed to help you thrive.

Get to know more about Shelagh Donnely here.

Sharing knowledge: Adaptability in action: building your inner supports (15 Dec 2026)

Tue, 15 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT

Adaptability in action: Building your inner supports

There is nothing more constant than changes.

And what we can often hear is "You need to adapt".

But what does it really mean and how to do it in practice? What exactly do we need to do, to adapt without losing ourselves and not tolerating what we do not have to.

How to keep your resourceful state, motivation and move on no matter what? And win.

High adaptability skills has always been my competitive advantage (I even have it in my CV :) ), and at this webinar I will share with you how to develop it, grow and build your inner supports to feel more adaptive and easier navigate in the flow of changes and external circumstances.

Speaker: Elena Gritsko

Integrative mentor for admin managers, PAs / EAs, HR BPs
Founder & Trainer of PAs School, IMA member since 2019.

"I started working as a PA when I was 18. And during my 16 years experience working with GMs, CEOs, business owners, and being the Assistant-Consultant to the Members of Ukrainian Parliament, I had to adapt to different bosses, cultures, environments and circumstances. Not only to adapt, but to succeed wherever I was. And grow.

Later on, I was managing the Team of PAs of TOP Management in “Danone Ukraine”, and then was in charge of Change Management during SAP implementation in the same company.

In 2019 I decided to go for more, and founded PAs School, teaching PAs to GMs in multinational companies, national holdings and the President's Office.

In 2022, I had to leave home in a few hours. I reached Spain with my family, and started life from scratch.

I worked in a couple of companies in global positions, and after the position I loved and enjoyed was cut, I had to rebuild my life again :)

Now I'm helping admin professionals & HR BPs to level up the job they do by working deeply with mindset, psychology of relationships and conflict resolution, building internal and external supports, self-confidence. Adaptability, change management, resourceful state as a key inner support, CAN DO attitude are all the topics we tackle. And this is where I feel I'm in my place."

Participants: IMA Members Only

IMA 30th International Training Day 2027 - Upskilling (24 Apr 2027)

Fri, 23 Apr 2027 22:00:00 GMT

22 April 2027 - Welcome reception and Welcome dinner

23 April 2027 - IMA Spring Council Meeting for national committee members

23 April 2027 - Training Day Dinner & Party

24 April 2027 - International Training Day

More information will be revealed mid-November 2026.

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