Work processes are often talked about in business, but seldom truly understood. However, once you know what a process is, you can ensure you’re using them to help everyone in your business work more effectively, so your business runs more smoothly and to the standards...
Filing, it’s the one thing that can bring many of us out in a cold sweat! We all hate feeling disorganised, especially when it comes to our filing system. Equally, we want to feel that we have everything under control and know where everything is, so we can easily...
Summer can be a quiet period for many businesses. Clients and contacts may be spending time away from their business, making the most of the weather and/or the school summer holidays. Production, orders and even meetings, tend to go quiet during this period. But this...
One question I’m frequently asked by potential new clients is Why do Virtual PAs track out time? If you’ve not worked with a Virtual PA before, you may feel that you should just be able to give them a list of jobs and they’re just completed - you’re just informed when...
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...
If you’re looking to hire a Virtual PA, the chances are you’re either in business for yourself, or are in a position of authority within a company, such as a CEO, NED or Managing Director. As anyone in those kind of roles will testify, a PA, whether virtual or...
As an NED, I’m sure you can list the benefits a PA can bring to your working life. However, helping you avoid burnout and overwhelm may not have been top of that list. The worry of working too hard and getting overwhelmed isn’t something most of us want to even think...
Many non-executive directors use the services of a PA to help ease their workload, ensure they are organised and most importantly, to guarantee they are where they need to be when they need to be. Basically, many non-executive directors rely on their PA to take...
