CORA HOLLAND HAFFNER Executive Operations EA & Founder

I've been supporting executives, founders, and leaders since 2005. Long enough to know that the best thing I can do for someone is make sure they never have to wonder whether something is handled.

Most of my clients come to me through referrals. The relationship is with me directly. That's how it's been from the beginning.

What I've found over the years is that the work people hand me is rarely the whole picture. There's always more that needs to happen for a project to land well: the follow-up that didn't get scheduled, the detail that would have caused a problem two weeks later, the thing nobody thought to ask for because they didn't know it was needed. Catching those things before they surface is where I think I do my best work.

Governor Pete du Pont trusted me with his calendar, correspondence, and confidential matters for twenty years. That relationship, and every one since, has been built on the same foundation: discretion, follow-through, and no dropped balls.

I'm a productivity enthusiast, but not in the way the phrase is usually used. I'm not interested in doing more things. I'm interested in the kind of days when you move calmly from one thing to the next, when the details are handled, and when there's room for the work that matters and the life that surrounds it. Fresh flowers on the table, Spanish guitar in the background, and a book in hand… time for the things that make you feel like yourself. That's what I'm optimizing for, for my clients and for myself.

I live and work in Wilmington, Delaware.