When you've recently hired a Virtual Assistant, you may wonder where to start. Indeed, you could assign various tasks to your VA, which would make sense. But that's missing one critical element - establishing trust.
In this blog post, we'll talk about the impact of what happens when you trust your Virtual Assistant (and how to make that happen.)
Stephen Covey famously said, "an organization moves at the speed of trust." If you don't trust your Virtual Assistant - everything slows down. Tasks take longer to complete, and costs rise due to increased redundancies. In a nutshell, when trust is lacking, everything takes longer and costs more. Conversely, speed increases and costs decrease when trust is high—in a relationship between a client and a Virtual Assistant. Everything happens faster and costs less because trust is present. It’s straightforward, authentic, and predictable.
Trust is the foundation of all healthy relationships between clients and Virtual Assistants. When you lack trust in your VA, you (inadvertently) sabotage your efforts, leading to slower, more uncertain, and more complicated growth and transformation.
If you hire an experienced Virtual Assistant team like Virtual Assist USA, the VAs will know the best practices for building trust at the outset. For example, they're always looking for ways to be proactive and demonstrate their reliability.
Without trust, you’re merely shifting the workload instead of lightening it.
Here's how to build that trust from the start with your Virtual Assistant:
1. A Recurring Meeting or Regular Cadence of Meetings: These initial meetings help align your working styles, priorities, and communication expectations. It's understandable that you've hired a top Virtual Assistant because you're busy, and it seems counterintuitive to add one more meeting to the calendar, but this is one to amke time for.
2. Start Smaller: Allow your VA to learn your preferences and priorities with smaller tasks. There are likely many tasks that have been carrying over on your to do list for weeks. While they may be important to complete, they haven't been able to make it to the top of your priority list - these are the "small tasks" to outsource to a Virtual Assistant right away.
3. Be Forthcoming With Feedback: Consistent and clear feedback is essential, particularly at the beginning. Conversely, ask the VA for feedback on you, as well. Reciprocal feedback is important.
When you trust your Virtual Assistant, micromanagement becomes unnecessary, and they can proactively tackle issues before you even know about them.
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