Working With A Virtual Assistant
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5 Daily habits to improve your productivity
As an entrepreneur, NED or CEO, your life is constantly busy! With so much on your plate, it’s understandable that focus and productivity are key to getting everything done. But is working longer hours the only solution - or is there a better way to stay on track and...
How to pick the right Virtual PA for your business
Picking the right Virtual PA for your business isn’t a decision you should make lightly. However, it is a decision you need to make, if you’re currently looking for the right person to delegate tasks to. For many though, it’s a decision that is often delayed until it...
Feel the fear – how it benefits more than just you
Fear is something we all experience, at different stages of our working life. For me, being asked to host a workshop at a Women in Business Conference that’s coming up in May, has bought up those familiar feelings of fear. But in the spirit of essential business...
What a NED needs to consider, when working with a Virtual PA
Working with a Virtual PA is something most NEDs need to consider, if they want to have consistent administrative support during their working life. It’s fair to say everybody needs support and assistance in differing forms – and your individual role will dictate how...
Are you managing time – or is your time managing you?
Time management is something we can all tighten up on. Regardless of whether you’re an executive or a Virtual PA, time is, and always will be, your greatest commodity. But how you manage your time says so much about who you are and how seriously you’re taking your...
Is procrastination always a bad thing?
Procrastination is something we often see as a bad thing; something we do, to avoid doing the work we should be doing. This can be as a result of feeling overwhelmed by what we have on our ‘to-do’ list or simply because we don’t feel like doing work that work at all!...
5 tips to break overwhelm
Overwhelm is something we’ve all experienced at one stage or another. Whether you’re a business owner or an employee, we’ve all experienced the rising panic and worry, as we look at our ‘to do’ list and begin to feel a bit lost and weighed down by what we see. That...
5 Executive Search Tasks for August
Late July, and August especially, do see the momentum in search quietening down due to the summer holiday season. Clients, candidates and key decision makers are heading off to spend quality time with their families and the process surrounding recruiting/hiring can...
10 Executive Search Tasks to Delegate Today
The step-by-step process of executive search assignments is routine driven. Of course, it is adaptable however, having a process from beginning to end, in our view, is beneficial. To ensure you are working ‘in your flow’ you need to be focusing on the stages within...
4 Easy Steps to Help You Let Go and Delegate
Running your own business often requires you to wear many different hats at any given time, or at least switch which hat you are wearing on a regular basis. This is perfectly normal and comes with owning your own business but…is it the most effective use of your time?...