Carmen Williams from Global Teams on partnering with Virtual Assistants to grow your business.

@CarmenWilliams is the #founder of @GlobalTeams which has grown into a business consisting of 82 #VirtualAssistants. For Carmen (controversially :)) outsourcing isn't about businesses handballing a problem elsewhere for it to be “magically solved.”  At #globalteams they help client's get more from a fuller understanding of #outsourcing and how to best manage finding and working with #businesspartners.  

In this discussion, Carmen shares more on how they support businesses through having a #va as a #teammember. We also cover;

• her own experiences starting various businesses
• quitting a ‘stable’ job to start a business from passion and interest
• How #changingcareerpathways often brings invaluable experience, background and “transferable skills”
• the future of outsourcing
• the different roles Virtual Assistants can play in your business
• how to get the most out of a Virtual Assistant
• the need for a #collaborativeapproach and how that makes it easier for your VA to become a part of the team
• the importance of support to #growabusiness
• Carmen’s experiences of knowing what she needed to do verse what someone else could do
• why #outsourcing   is just as important for #smes as it is for #largebusiness 
• getting to a better #worklifebalance
• the importance of time and effort in the initial set up with a Virtual Assistant 
• the steps to organising a #virtualassistantforbusiness 

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