Tag Archives: Administrative Support Consultant

Get Your Synergy On

One of the independent experts who supports me in my business is my programmer, who has been working with me for about three years now. My tech guy (as I like to call him) and I are in the midst of several big projects. In working together, it reminds me about how awesome the dynamic [...]

Rethink Your Role: You Aren’t Anyone’s Assistant

If you’re in business, you aren’t anyone’s assistant. Too many organizations are training Virtual Assistants to work with clients like nothing more than contract employees (and a contract employee is an employee). This keeps them from growing and earning better. You will keep yourself stuck if you continue to buy into that thinking.
Your value does [...]

Are you a Non-Listener?

I like what Keith Ferrazzi had to say recently to his mailing list:
“Failing to listen well is rude. I don’t care whether you’re talking to the Queen of England or your intern. It very loudly communicates, Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. And as a master relationship builder, it’s your job to care.”
As [...]