You know you need the help, there is stuff you would dearly love not to have to do, and you know there is a virtual assistant who could pick up the lot. How good would that be? So why aren’t you doing it? Trust/control – I worry that they’ll screw it up, if you want a...
The gift of time!
Gail Thomas founded Virtual PA Co in 2001 because she needed a secretary to answer her calls, manage her diary and book train tickets. She couldn’t afford to employ a whole one by herself, so she decided to share one with like-minded business people. Thousands of...
It’s Christmas Time!!!
Do you have too much paper work to do? Is your phone ringing nonstop? It’s Christmas, the most festive time of the year yet the busiest too. What with all the work that needs to be done by the end of the year and social events coming up I mean!!! Do you want to be...
I’m A Hopeless Delegator
Delegation and Cleaning Too often I hear this when I talk to - often the most successful - entrepreneurs and executives. 'I'm a control freak' or 'I'm a perfectionist', or 'I can't bear to let go', or 'It's just too complicated to hand over to anyone else', usually...
Afternoon Delegation
That afternoon tea on the tiered cake stand made me think of the layers of a business, from the bottom to the top all very individual, mixing and blending together to make the perfect partners. The Victoria sandwich is placed together - the top then the jam, the cream...
The Cost of Delegation
Gail tells us how much the cost of delegation is and how much of a benefit it can be to your business and your life! Call us today on 01733 297580 for more information about Virtual PA or use our contact form.
The Art of Delegation
A way to get back to what you love Delegation is an art form, getting it right is a master stroke that frees up time and mind space in disproportionate relationship to the work actually delegated. Indeed someone said to me the other day. This particular task takes me...
Control Freak?
Probably a master delegator in the making After 11 years of my business - Virtual PA Co - receiving the results of delegation, I think we can safely conclude that the best delegators, somewhat ironically, are the control freaks. By their own admission, control freaks...
A service for the discerning client…
That's what we're seeing... a shift in the typical client interested in our service. In 2001 there wasn't even a name for what we do, we called it 'secretarial support for small and growing businesses nationwide'. Not a bad description even today. But we now know our...
Do entrepreneurs work harder?
The Virtual PA Co service is engaged by employed departmental managers of big companies, but we also do work for many many entrepreneurs. For some we work so that they can go off and do more (sales, marketing, networking, business!). For others, we effectively run...