HireMyVA 2.0 Team and Business Building Podcast

The pandemic is reshaping the way teams communicate and collaborate. While some organizations used to provide remote work as a method to give their employees a more flexible lifestyle, it has now become the norm for most organizations. Here are some important ways to get an employee follow instructions: - First, you’ve got to have them! -Then you’ve got to tell people where the SOPs are, and thus...

Never underestimate the value of defining roles and duties in the workplace, even if it is tough at times. Many individuals wear many hats, performing tasks that are outside the scope of their primary job description. Unfortunately, this can cause a lot of uncertainty within the organization, especially if leadership roles aren't given appropriately. Clearly outlining roles and expectations can be...

Our VA Hiring Process Checklist and Blueprint are available as a free download on our website. It is exactly what it says to be: a checklist of things to think about when hiring someone. After years of successes and a few setbacks, we created this hiring process checklist. Of course, as with all of our tools, it may be used remotely or in person. Remember, you must opt-in on our site to receive it...

This is a VERY special episode as we have a special guest. She is one of the key members of our team here in HireMyVA, and in ProWebsite Creators. Let’s meet Daphne!  RESOURCES ======================== Looking for bite-size nuggets of learning for leaders and high-achievers? Go to  https://yoogozi.com/ Learn more about our course and community, and our White Glove Service: https://hiremy...

As an overview, the course teaches you how to Prepare for, Hire, and Thrive with Virtual Assistants, and so it’s outlined that way. And we’ve got more details in 83, 84, 85 go into detail about the above three parts, but we don’t really show you much about the backend and all the resources we have for you. And I think the first place to start is what we call the Quick start, Rapid Action sections,...

The answer to this is typically any number of hours that you want them to work AND that they find acceptable.  One false belief we need to address is that you won’t be able to think of enough work for someone to do. We’ve talked about this before, but what happens is once you have someone to whom you can delegate, your brain switches into a more strategic mode, and you’ll want to delegate mor...

Entrepreneurship can be exhausting, isolated, and stressful. Wearing numerous hats can have a negative impact on your mental health, from finding clients to forming a strong team, up to facing an unclear future due to events beyond your control, which can lead to feelings of powerlessness, worry, and other mental health problems.  This question is close to our hearts. Because just like most e...

This is part 3 of a 3-part episode, and part 1 and 2 were episodes 129-130, where we went over some great tips on how to avoid or recover from burnout. Thank you for staying tuned and we hope you were able to get a lot of golden nuggets from these episodes.  RESOURCES ======================== Episode 129- https://youtu.be/gTuh3fiLp3c Episode 130- https://youtu.be/dag3FztjgYo Looking for bite-...

This is part 2 of a 3-part episode, and part 1 was episode 129, where we went over 10 things to do to avoid or recover from burnout. We’re going to give you ANOTHER 10 things in this episode, and a few more in the next.  RESOURCES ======================== Episode 129- https://youtu.be/gTuh3fiLp3c Looking for bite-size nuggets of learning for leaders and high-achievers? Go to  https://yoo...

We spoke about how to deal with overwhelm on episode 108. However, this topic is more about burnout, which is described as being distinct from typical overwhelm, which occurs when you have too much to do and don't know where to start, making you want to curl up in bed for the day, whereas burnout occurs when the thought of doing that item, or spending time with it, makes you practically detest it,...

Everyone on the team can be harmed by even just one poor performer. Furthermore, relationships between team members, and with clients, may suffer if you let it continue. Whilst, damage your brand eventually. Some good employees may also even question why those poor performers tasks are being stalled despite getting along well with everyone, especially when it is known that they already received fe...

If you’re a leader or high achiever, you know you MUST build a team to achieve real significance in life, because it’s with a team that you can do great things and release yours, and others, potential. In episode 126, we discussed What Psychological Safety is and why it is important. Now, in this episode, we talk about how to create it.  RESOURCES ======================== Episode 126 - https:...

If you’re a leader or high achiever, you know you MUST build a team to achieve real significance in life, because it’s with a team that you can do great things and release yours, and others, potential. One of those popular terms out there, that is a key ingredient of team success, is “Psychological Safety”.  We’ve got to first define it and then figure out how it got to be so important. RESOU...

In this episode, we discussed work-climate surveys and how we conduct them in our team. This is an excellent topic, which we will continue to explore in future episodes. As we delve deeper into this topic, we have come to the conclusion that one of the BIGGEST MISTAKES is to conduct a survey, identify actions for improvement, and then NOT TAKE THEM! That is a huge demotivator and will CRUSH any ps...

If you want to get the most out of the basic, yet most effective time management strategy, you must list and track all your daily tasks and try our Three Column exercise. You can then get to decide what you want to do with that specific task, whether to Delete, Delegate or Defer.  Organizing a work or project into one of these categories allows you to better manage your limited time and stay...

In this episode, we'll discuss the factors to consider when hiring someone for a role that you're unfamiliar with. This is an interesting topic, and we're going to share with you some of the techniques we've learned during our own hiring process. Resources ======================== Looking for bite-size nuggets of learning for leaders and high-achievers? Go to  https://yoogozi.com/ Learn more...

As business owners or entrepreneurs, we must all wear multiple hats in order for our company to be successful. But how will we ensure that we are working ON the business rather than IN it?  No matter what you choose to start doing to work ON instead of IN your business, the very first step in this is to allocate a non-negotiable block of time where you can work on this. Resources ============...

In this episode, we are going to talk about the most important things that a manager needs to. Well, we’ve got a lot of experience in this, but we also want to reference Charles Duhigg’s book of Smarter, Faster, Better, where he talks about Project Oxygen, which was a project at google that examined why some managers were more effective than others, where they looked at a lot of data. Resources ==...

We definitely need to encourage our team members toward personal growth and development. The big question is why do we do this? And if the answer is yes, then how do we do this? Are there questions we can ask them? Do we reward them somehow? Part of your organization’s budget, both time and dollars, should be allocated towards having your team members grow personally and professionally. RESOURCES:...

In our very first set of podcast episodes, where we start answering questions, and really these were limiting beliefs when it comes to building a team and ultimately a business. If you haven’t heard what I feel is the best definition of a business, I’m going to tell you what it is now, and it’s from Dan Lok, an internet marketer: “A business is a profitable enterprise that works with or without yo...

We’re in the fourth episode in a series where we’re talking about the importance of habits, how to establish them, and which ones to have in our lives for success and significance. Episode 115 was about the importance of habits Episode 116 was about how to create and break habits In episode 117 we discussed the top habits we think are important, otherwise known as keystone habits.. In this episode...

We’ve talked with, and seen, thousands of successful business owners, high achievers, amazing leaders, and have seen our share of failures in those areas as well. So let’s talk about the top 5 good habits to have entering 2022. And of course we’ll be giving you a few more. Several of these are Keystone Habits, coined by Charles Duhigg in his amazing book “The Power Of Habit”. These are habits that...

This is the second part of the Episode Why Are Habits Important? And on this episode, we will answer the question How to create lasting habits?  Again, we’re going to reference A couple of great books, that we’ll link in the notes, are “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg and “Atomic Habits”. The Power of Habit has a great methodology you can run through to not only establish a habit, but t...

In this episode, we’re going to talk about why habits are important. A couple of great books, that we’ll link in the notes, are “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg and “Atomic Habits” by James Clear.  These books have heavily influenced us to establish and work to break habits. Resources ======================== Great podcast, Hidden Brain, talks about this: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...

In this episode, we have shared great insight on how the year 2021 has gone for us. We discussed five of the eight primary areas of life (Leisure and Fun, Mental Health, Spiritual, Family and Friends)  that can help us determine/control healthy boundaries, leading to a more resilient, joyful, and harmonious growth-built life. Resources ======================== What are the top lessons you lea...