Exactly how to you make your VA (and outsourced workers) work harder?
It’s definitely not about paying them more money than anyone else and it’s certainly not about using clever psychology to manipulate them either (both ultimately fail).
What it is about is treating others as you would want to be treated yourself, it’s the simplest rule of the universe to getting what you want. But often with the pressure of tight deadlines and demanding clients it can be easy to forget this and become an overbearing “ogre” of an employer no one wants to give their best work to.
You see it’s all about adopting the right frame of mind and putting into action these 10 simple do’s and don’ts…
- Do provide continuous feedback
- Don’t fail to acknowledge specific accomplishments
- Do make all criticism constructive
- Do keep them learning
- Don’t create unrealistic expectations
- Don’t overpromise or undermanage
- Do create and communicate a vision of your business that is inspiring
- Do stay positive and upbeat
- Do develop a strategy for managing many projects at once
- Do clearly communicate any changes in a project early on and agree on any new expectations that might result.
Remember this…
Excellent companies are the way they are because they are organized to obtain extraordinary effort from ordinary human beings.
– Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., (authors of “In Search of Excellence”).
If you’re not using OutVeo to help you manage your VA’s you’re missing out on a simple solution to getting the very best results from everything they do for you. .
