I’ve read my fair share of new-client surveys, needs assessment documents and time-management questionnaires. While all useful tools, let’s face it … they’re not much fun. So, let’s boil it down to the basics and find out how busy you really are. When was the last time you went to a networking event? A….
I’ve immersed myself in the social-networking phenomenon of Twitter, and I’m hooked. Can’t get enough. I’m sucked in daily by the a never-ending stream of tweeting twooshes, twellowing, and tweepling to my twaggle of tweeples, and occasionally twigging out after reading too many twittfessionals. You think I’m making this up? There’s an always-growing glossary of…
I was on the phone with a client the other day, and I got to utter one of my favorite phrases of all time. “Let me worry about that.” Most people probably wouldn’t find much satisfaction in my favorite phrase. After all, who would take on someone else’s worry … on purpose?! I don’t throw…
I get up close and personal in understanding the nuances of business process outsourcing, otherwise known as BPO to all you acronym-loving CEO/COO/CFO/VP/EVP/CKO-types out there. My theory is that BPO is quickly solidifying itself as a huge, resourceful, practical tool in today’s market for two reasons. First – and perhaps most obvious – it’s an…
Last spring, I had the good fortune to start meeting with some of my local virtual assistant colleagues for an occasional breakfast gab-fest. It was a pretty small group, but we got along famously and had fun talking about our businesses, sharing referrals and tossing around ideas. It didn’t take long, and we got to…