5 Tips for Effectively Delegating to a Virtual Assistant

January 11, 2018
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You've hired a virtual assistant, now what? You're doing so much work as a business owner and need help, but what are effective ways to rely on a VA, someone who is not in the office with you or always available when you need them?


Five tips for effective delegation:

1. Identify the task (not the responsibility---get more specific!)
2. Determine which of the 5 levels of delegation this task requires. For more, check out Michael Hyatt's 
Five Levels of Delegation.
3. Determine your communication expectations: how often you want updates, through what medium, etc.
4. Set the groundwork for feedback (in both directions!)
5. Build a Set It and Forget It System.
 

In this 
video, I talk about each of these 5 tips in more detail.

If you need help trying to figure out what to delegate, take our Task Audit Quiz.

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