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The Combination Business & Personal
The Challenge
Portfolio Career Client
Executive PA Support | Multi-sector Portfolio Management
This client initially worked with Jo in a corporate setting, with a single diary and a single set of commitments. When they left that role and took on a portfolio career spanning government, legal, and charity sectors, the demands changed entirely. Multiple diaries, a wide and growing network of stakeholders, and frequent international travel across changing time zones created a level of complexity that a standard set-up could not accommodate. Each commitment required a different level of communication and confidentiality, and the client was frequently unavailable, making it essential to have someone who could act with full authority and discretion behind the scenes.
The Solution:
Jo managed the transition from a straightforward corporate arrangement to the demands of a multi-sector portfolio career. Rather than starting from scratch, the existing relationship meant there was already a deep understanding of how the client works, what they need, and the level of trust required. The support adapted as the client’s commitments changed and grew over the years, with Jo acting as the hub and first point of contact for all key relationships.
The Real Impact:
The support Jo provides goes well beyond standard diary management. Both the professional and personal sides of the client’s life are given equal weight, and the intersection between the two is understood and managed with great consideration. The client knows that when they are unavailable, everything is being handled. There is no need to worry about what has been missed or who needs a response. Jo is the lynchpin that holds it all together.
How They Work Together:
The partnership has evolved over many years, from a shared office to a fully remote working relationship, all of which was handled without drama. Jo has become a valued member of what the client describes as the family ‘team’. Trust is implicit. Confidentiality, particularly given the sensitivity of the government and legal work, is absolute. As commitments have changed over the years, Jo has been the constant, adapting to each new chapter without missing a step.
Why This Model Works for Consultancies
A portfolio career creates demands that shift and overlap in ways that a fixed support arrangement cannot keep up with. Having someone who understands the full picture, both professional and personal, and who can flex with changing priorities over the long term is what makes this model work. It is not about task management. It is about having a strategic partner who knows the client, their contacts, and their world inside out.
The Outcome
A long-standing partnership that has adapted through corporate life, a career change, a pandemic, and a wedding. Jo is known to all of the client’s most important contacts as the person to go to first. The client is free to focus on the work that matters, confident that every thread is being held. What started as a corporate PA relationship has become something far more valuable: a trusted, indispensable part of how this client’s life and career operate.
What Changed...
As the working relationship developed, the scope expanded well beyond diary management. Falcon Cross Ltd now handles:
• Complex, multi-diary coordination across changing time zones and sectors, with differing confidentiality requirements for each.
• First point of contact for all critical professional relationships, known and trusted by the client’s key contacts.
• Organisation of personal activities and events, including coordinating the client’s wedding celebration.
• Pulling together all personal and professional commitments during lockdown, when demands shifted rapidly.
• Introducing new tools and ways of working, from early adoption of video conferencing to current options for working more effectively with technology.
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