Managing Your Online Team
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6 Ways to Manage Your Virtual Team Effectively
Managing a growing virtual team can be challenging. As your team expands, it becomes difficult to maintain open and effective communication, especially if you don’t have a skilled virtual assistant. Often, ineffective team management leads to decreased productivity, miscommunication, or missed deadlines. Fortunately, with the right approach (and a little help from a skilled virtual…
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3 Reasons Why Delegating Is Important for AU Business Owners
“If you really want to grow as an entrepreneur, you’ve got to learn to delegate.” This quote from Richard Branson couldn’t be truer. Business owners have a lot on their plate and adding more won’t help. Ironically, the more tasks you take on, the less efficient you’ll be. Hence, almost all successful leaders who’ve reached…
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Time Management Tips: Maximising Your VA’s Productivity
Many companies and entrepreneurs employ a virtual assistant (VA) to be as productive as possible. A virtual assistant can handle most of your repetitive administrative tasks, freeing more time for planning and executing your business goals. The key to improving your VA’s performance is to work alongside and provide them with the means to accomplish…
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A Quick Guide on How to Hire an Admin Assistant from the Philippines
Meet the administrative assistant—someone who works in the background to ensure things go smoothly in the office. Here’s everything you know about them – and how they can benefit you and your business.
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Work-from-home Etiquette: Tips on How to Fire Your Remote Workers
Firing an employee is easier said than done. However, there are a lot of reasons why you need to let go of some people. It might be a performance issue —or worse, unethical behaviour. Or sometimes, you just need to lay off people because of business reasons. It’s a necessary evil. Whatever you do, just…
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7 Tips to Avoid Collaborative Overload in Your Business
Collaboration is easier today than it was before. With the internet and communication tools, the world is getting more connected. Now is the time to help each other build your business, regardless of where you are in the world. But did you know that too much collaboration can damage your productivity? What is Collaborative…
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Should You Be Friends With Your Employees?: 4 Tips on How to Make It Work
As business owners, we hire people to help us reach our goals. After all, you can’t do it alone. But some business owners distance themselves from their subordinates, and with good reason. After all, being overly chummy with your staff can lead to complications. To be clear, being friendly with your employees isn’t wrong. We’re…
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Work Email Etiquette 101 for Business Owners
Communication is key in remote working. Efficient communication leads to better performance and more growth for your business. Email is one crucial communication tool for business owners. Whether for clients or for the internal team, it provides easy tracking of conversation threads for different purposes. But there actually are email etiquette rules you should follow…
