Tag Archives: subcontract
Effective Communication With Your Subcontractor
Communication lays the groundwork on which any business relationship is built. This is especially true with your subcontractors or virtual assistant team. Without effective communication, you risk the success of your project, your business and your ability to work with … Continue reading
Subcontractors Can Benefit Virtual Assistants
Virtual assistants offer many services to clients, which may result in a heavy workload. You also may have realized that you don’t have the required skills to complete every task your clients – or potential clients – need. One solution is … Continue reading
Advantages of Service Providers Working With Subcontractors
A subcontractor helps you with work projects, which has a variety of advantages. The relationship between you, as a service provider, and your subcontractors is important for successful. The fact that you’re making your clients happy and your subcontractors are … Continue reading
Show Your Team You Trust Them
If you want remote team members to feel both accountable and authorized to work independently towards team goals, you need to trust them. Saying, “I trust you” to a new colleague is a powerful way to make them feel both … Continue reading
Team Member Personality Types
An understanding of the “personality types” of your team members can be useful for avoiding conflict and promoting effective collaboration among your team members, who may differ in the way they perceive and organize information, communicate, and make decisions. People … Continue reading
Let Team Members Speak Up
Speaking up is a key leadership skill, whether or not you’re officially the team leader. Everyone involved in a team effort should actively look for ways to improve, make recommendations, and generally be responsible to the team for the success … Continue reading
What should subcontractor’s rates be?
Do you believe in paying subcontractors a fair wage, but also believe, as a contractor, getting paid for securing the client and for managing the client as well as managing the subcontractor. So, that being said, most VA subcontractors may discount off … Continue reading
Is it smart to start part-time?
If you won the lottery would you take it in one lump sum or a little at a time? For myself, I want to enjoy it and take it little by little. In my eyes the same things holds true … Continue reading
Create A Team Role List
Team Roles and Responsibility List should be created and share with all team members. It should include documents items such as: Who is on a (cross-functional) project team What cross-functional role they are filling What they are responsible for in … Continue reading
Mindset of A Sub!
Prior to finding my subcontracting niche I must admit I was all over the board with my virtual assistant business. This week we’re discussing joining a team. What comes before that is getting the mindset of a subcontractor. Remember, you’re … Continue reading