Are you trying to do it all? That’s a mistake. As an entrepreneur, there are two main reasons you should be delegating. Firstly, you simply can’t do everything within your business – it will limit your growth potential. If you try to do everything then your business (and life) will always be governed by the […]
Category: Productivity
Managing a Virtual Team to Guarantee Productivity
Recently, the number of people working remotely in the UK reached over 17% of the population, with 5.6 million people mainly working from home at the end of 2020. Whether managing a virtual team is part of your new norm or having a virtual team is the basis of your business, managing your team’s productivity […]
Common Time-Wasting Traps and How to Avoid Them in Your Business
One thing that all 5.5 million entrepreneurs in the UK have in common is the age-old adage that ‘time is money’. Time wasted is money wasted. The biggest way that business owners can waste money is by falling into common time-wasting traps. Throughout our workday, there are so many opportunities to get side-tracked by spending […]
The Importance of Online Collaboration Tools and Why You Should Be Using Them
Businesses are shifting to a digital workspace. With the influx of remote employees and 1.7 million people working from home in the UK alone, it’s important to have the right online collaboration tools in place to guarantee productivity, quality, and efficiency within your team. Online collaboration tools save time, brings convenience, and encourages growth […]
Why You Need a Personal Assistant to Elevate Business Growth
It’s every entrepreneur’s worst nightmare. Drowning in a sea of tasks with absolutely no end in sight. As the deadlines creep up and the to-do list gets longer, it may be time to consider hiring a personal assistant to lift the load and take some of the most demanding tasks off your shoulders. Freeing up […]
Team Building Ideas for Remote, Distributed Organisations
You’ve done your research on the benefits of virtual teams and by now you should have officially taken the plunge to build a high performing, effective remote team. So, what’s next? Connecting and engaging your employees to help them feel they are part of the bigger picture. Because they are. Being in a remote team […]
How To Be Less Busy and More Productive
We need to stop glamourising this always-on working environment. Being busy doesn’t necessarily mean you are being productive and it’s important to realise the difference between the two. Being busy means you are working hard and not utilising your time properly, which is stressful for any business owner. Being productive means you are working smarter […]
Building Effective Virtual Teams
We know that finding the right virtual team can be a challenge. And there can be quite a lot of resistance to embracing this new way of working in your business. Over the last year, virtual teams have grown by 80% with a multitude of benefits including lower costs, improved production and access to an […]
Looking To Be A Successful Blogger? Here’s How A Virtual Assistant Can Help.
If you write content for a living, whether for your own blog or for clients, we’re here to tell you that there’s a secret weapon you can use to level up your productivity and produce more blogs. For many writers and bloggers, more content means more revenue, and with a virtual assistant for bloggers on […]
10 Skills A Virtual Assistant Can Offer You
Are you feeling the effects of burnout? Wondering where all the hours are running to? It may be time to look into hiring a virtual assistant (VA). According to a recent report, it is predicted that by the end of 2021, 25% of digital workers will use the services of VAs on a daily basis. […]
