Coaching is a word that has become more and more common in our daily lives over the last decade. While once reserved for sports teams and executives, coaching is now a powerful tool to help people reach their full potential. Not only is coaching fantastic for business development, but it…

There is a misconception in business that being a leader is about authority and being direct. However, this approach would not necessarily be the most effective for many businesses. It could even pigeonhole and hold back some potentially great leaders. For the most part, leadership is often about balance —…

Giving and receiving feedback is essential to any team-based work environment, whether within a workplace or when working with a VA. To help you, we’ve put together a short guide on one particularly useful tool: the AID model. When you provide constructive feedback, it encourages communication, collaboration, and a culture…

Social media is a part of our everyday lives, and this is also the case for small businesses. Whereas in the past, marketing would have involved things such as advertising in a newspaper, leaflet drops, or simple word-of-mouth, now it’s more common to rely on social media. The type of…

As a business owner being in charge means that you often need to be able to juggle multiple responsibilities simultaneously. While it’s typical in business, this can sometimes make you feel a bit spread thin with your time and attention. By outsourcing and delegating tasks, particularly to someone with a…

Growing and managing a business is tough. There are days you feel on top of the world, yet there are others when you feel paralysed and unsure where to turn next. …

It seems almost too good to be true — that something as simple as body language can have a profound and measurable impact on our lives and businesses. However, this is precisely what Harvard Lecturer Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk, “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are”, so compellingly demonstrates. …

As a business built on remote flexible working it is often surprising to us at Virtalent that our way of working isn’t always considered to be the “norm”, so we have been delighted to follow the pioneering four-day week trial, the largest of its kind, that has just drawn to…

Marketing is a vital part of growing your business, but finding time to give marketing the attention it deserves is challenging. Did you know that you can hire a dedicated marketing VA to help you? They can take your ideas and help to bring them to life. …