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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. On top of that, these leaders don’t do a very good job of managing their schedules because they don’t have time to look at their calendar from a holistic perspective. A great executive assistant looks at the entire calendar for a month—what happened last week?

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. They oversee many aspects of daily operations, including hiring new staff and ensuring all necessary duties are completed on time and within the office budget.

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How much can I charge as a VA

Karen Vivarelli

What will be your costs each month to run your business (don’t add paying yourself). We are simply determining your base VA rate and monthly budget. Reverse engineer it – look at how much your expenses are each week – how many hours will you need to work to cover those costs. Or look at reducing your expenses.

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Tap Your Knowledge to Tap Into Income

Step It Up VA Coaching

Potential entrepreneurs may likely decide it is more cost effective to pay for your advice at the beginning, than to pay for you to fix their mistakes later! Have you negotiated some tricky issues with difficult clients or team members, financial snafus, or equipment/technology failures? Business systems and organization.

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Do Bad Bosses Breed Bad Bosses?

The Office Professionals Place

Some bad bosses believe that what they say goes and there is no room for negotiation. How to deal with it: If you keep your bosses calendar, you can ask him ahead of time if he needs anything in particular for the meeting or if you know the agenda you can suggest information your boss can take to the meeting and have it prepared.

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