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3 Reasons your time management is broken (and how to fix it)
We all know the common symptoms of bad time management - being late for meetings, juggling too many plates, stress, always rushing. However, if you’re currently struggling with bad time management, it can be difficult trying to ascertain why you’re finding it so hard...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Hire a Virtual PA for better personal & lifestyle management
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...
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3 valuable reasons why NEDs need a PA in their life!
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...
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5 tasks non-executive directors can outsource to a PA
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...
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Everyday habits to improve your listening skills
Listening skills aren’t developed just from learning how to listen better. Your body language, mindset and general manners all come into play. Therefore, if you want to learn how to become a better listener, you need to work on several areas. Here’s ten everyday...
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Social Media Marketing – Should I?
“We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it” – Erik Qualman Businesses large and small are harnessing the power that an active social media presence can bring. But, with social media relatively new to the marketing party,...
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5 Ways to build trust in your team
Trust is a two-way street. If you want a team to do well, you need to trust them but, in order for your team to do well, they also need to trust you. It’s therefore crucial, that you build trust quickly, if you want to maximise your team’s potential - but how can you...
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3 Simple Ways to motivate your team
A motivated team is an inspired and productive team. However, not all managers know how to effectively motivate a team to do well. For some, motivation looks more like dictatorship, whilst others lock themselves away, in the hopes that a team left to their own devices...
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Why personality plays a part in building the perfect team
Personality plays an important part in the initial creation and ongoing capabilities of a team. Both new and existing teams need a good mix of different team members, if they’re to work well together. Most of the teams that fail, do so because personality differences...
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10 tasks to outsource to your PA now!
A virtual Personal Assistant (or PA), can help you and your business become more efficient and organised. However, this can only happen, if you start outsourcing tasks to them! Many new Executives and entrepreneurs, especially when they’re just starting out or are new...
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How to build trust in your Personal Assistant
Trust, it isn’t something that is immediately present, when you first hire a Personal Assistant. However, it IS a crucial component in the business relationship between an Executive and their Personal Assistant. But how can you build trust with a Personal Assistant -...
read more4 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?...
read moreHow to Work Effectively with a Virtual PA
Virtual PA’s are very much a part of the growing network of freelancers who are increasingly in demand as companies appreciate the value, flexibility and cost effectiveness of their services. There has been a shift in mind-set over recent years from the traditional...
read moreTop 5 Tips to Identifying the Right Virtual PA
Are you thinking the time has come to enlist some support within your business? Perhaps you have been thinking about it for a while and are just not sure where to begin. Identifying the right Virtual PA really is no different to recruiting the right PA to be based in...
read moreSimple Diary Management Techniques
When it comes to diary management I am sure your ultimate goal is to use your time as effectively as you possibly can, am I right? Just remember, by being organised and structured in your approach, whether you are using Outlook or Google Calendar, you will achieve so...
read moreStreamline Your Online Filing
Why is what you call and where you store an electronic files so important? I don’t know about you but when someone asks me for an electronic file that was created, whether it was only yesterday or some months ago, it really does reconfirm efficiency when you are able...
read moreGround Rules to Assist with Managing Emails
Following on from ‘6 Simple Ways to get Organised’ over the next few weeks, I want to share with you my best productivity tips on managing emails, using your diary effectively, organising your paper files plus electronically storing your documents. So, this post is...
read more6 Simple Ways to get Organised (Part 2)
Welcome back to Part 2 of '6 simple ways to get organised' 4. Eliminate the clutter I’m definitely allergic to clutter. In my mind, everything has a home and in its home it must be. Minimalistic is great! Organised is even better! If you can, aim to clear your desk...
read more6 Simple Ways to get Organised (Part 1)
To many people being organised comes naturally and yet to others ‘natural’ could not be further from the truth. Personally, I love to be organised and believe I'm a bit of natural, as every corner of my life, not just at work is organised - it's in my make up! Do you...
read moreInvest time to plan your route
I don’t know about you, but one thing I find invaluable when it comes to moving things forward is having a plan, a map if you like, which sets out both career ambitions and personal aspirations. With a plan firmly in place, you know exactly where you are heading and...
read moreIf I can do it, anyone with ambition can……5 years on!
Today, my first ever blog! The first of many I hope...just a little about me and my story. 1st February marks a red-letter event. On this day five years ago, I began a new life as a single parent, I was fully aware that my future prosperity lay in my hands and in...
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