Why Choose You?
I have over twenty-five years of handling the administrative support needs of between three and six executives. I have worked with a broad range of personality types with a broad range of management styles. When you can understand and emulate a particular management style, only then can you become someone’s “right arm”.
It is then your priorities are clear. The way you adapt to shifting situations mimics how they would have handled it. Truly seeing things through the eyes of the person you’re supporting is an integral part of my past success and an important part of finding new opportunities that are a good fit with my skill set.
To achieve this, there needs to be a comfort level. Sometimes, getting to that comfort level is easy. Other times, not so much. The point is, managing multiple executives only works if its working well with ALL of them. Working cohesively with four out of five doesn’t cut it. It is pass/fail and that is a fail.
I have learned how to open myself up to being adaptable in this respect. Being completely open to drastically different management styles rather than invoking my own style has helped me gain a competitive advantage, become indispensable and allowed me to absorb tremendous amounts of knowledge from incredibly intelligent executives.
I look forward to my next opportunity to do this. Will it be with you?
Where are you located?
I live in Mesa, Arizona. My home has reliable, solid gigabit internet service that rarely experiences any difficulties. You will also frequently find me working from the metropolitan Phoenix area if I have business downtown. I have a mobile office set up in my SUV and have full capabilities no matter where I am.
What Sets You Apart From Other Virtual Assistants?
What makes my service unique in the market is my broad range perspective. While some VA’s have had specialized training in a particular area (i.e. accounting or human resources), my experience developed on a much broader basis. Starting my career on the ground floor of a small business, I had to wear many hats. There weren’t departments or even individuals whose exclusive focus was on a particular aspect of running the business. You had to be able to manage things on a multitude of different scales.
An example of what I mean is preparing payroll, whose deadline every week was Tuesday at noon. There were also union dues and reports, which were managed on a monthly basis. On the flip side, at any given time there were outstanding invoices for clients, which could have terms anywhere between C.O.D. to net 30. All these things had to be managed so there was enough cash to cover the weekly payroll, the additional monies that had to be sent with union reports by the tenth of the following month and enough cash to purchase materials for upcoming jobs.
Like many industries, seasonality can be a factor in the volume of business coming up as well as the size of open receivables. Someone without a broad perspective on how all these things work together isn’t going to manage the situation the same and see the ripple effect of a decision with any clarity.
Ideally, there aren’t many times when cash needs to be monitored so closely. However, when you’re growing a business, you want every available dollar working as hard as possible for you. That means knowing what you need now, but also knowing what’s ahead a week, month or even a year from now. Anything less and you aren’t informed enough to make the best decision possible!