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Our work anniversary virtual celebrations are also opportunities to reflect on our work relationship with our clients. Here, for instance, is Hana, who works as an Admin Assistant for an electrical contractor in Brisbane.
If you’re curious about joining a work tribe that encourages an attitude of gratitude, do visit www.go-va.com.ph/home for a list of our career opportunities!
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We want to thank Christine for her hard work, for sharing her talent (you should hear Christine sing!), and for acknowledging a GO-VA teammate who leads by example! Christine works as an Accounts Receivable Specialist for a fast-rising property management and corporate housing business in the U.S.
We have several open career opportunities for accountants and bookkeepers, among other finance professionals. Do check out www.go-va.com.ph/home and you may find the opportunity that would be a great fit for you!
There’s just so much to be grateful for that I had to make this second post for Day 12 of the #12DaysOfGratitude challenge. I am grateful for all the kind team members who have joined GO-VA and for the range of their career experiences and talents.
Find out more about the varied skills your very own GO-VA team can add to your business here: https://www.go-va.com.au/available-team-members/
Today is Day 11 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
Something tells me we will find it easier this year to write 2021. That we won’t have so many of those early days in a new year when we keep writing down the previous year in our messages and notes, out of habit. Because who doesn’t want to put 2020 behind them as quickly as possible, right?
One thing I will remember fondly from last year, though, was the opportunity to catch up with the http://www.go-va.com.au tribe and keep working on our culture.
Thanks to virtual platforms and lots of coordination by our Chief Happiness Officer Michelle, we could keep up our tea sessions with new team members and those who had successfully completed their probation period! We also celebrated GO-VA work anniversaries online and pulled off some virtual birthday surprises.
Here’s hoping we’ll get the chance to hold in-person events safely again this year. In the meantime, I’m grateful to see and listen to the tribe every chance I get, even if it’s only on a screen.
One of the many moments I am grateful for this year was hearing the motivational speaker and leadership coach Adrian Ding say: “You have one of the best onboarding systems and processes that I know.”
I hope our new GO-VA team members felt that they belonged and were truly cared for, even if many of them joined us after about 80% of the tribe had already started working from home for most of the week.
Grateful for the opportunity to welcome new team members this year and excited to welcome more people to the tribe soon! Today is Day 9 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
How well did your huddles go with your distributed team this year?
Daily huddles are great for inspiring accountability and teamwork in distributed teams. When about 80% of us in the GO-VA tribe began working from home last March, some of our weekly or twice-weekly meetings became daily (but shorter) huddles. That helped us execute and, more importantly, stay connected.
And that’s what I’m grateful for today, Day 8 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
We believe you, too, will benefit from daily huddles with your team in 2021. Here’s how we make our daily huddles work well: https://go.globalofficeph.com/huddle-board
Day 6 of the #12DaysOfGratitude: Grateful for digital platforms that allow businesses and recruiters to search for qualified candidates from anywhere in the world, without waiting for applications to come in.
This year, Rembrand Koning, Ines Black, and Sharique Hasan surveyed more than 13,000 workers in the United States for their study “Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America.”
Among their findings: almost 18% of workers had been recruited by their current employer or a recruiter working on their behalf, and that’s the highest it has been in 30 years.
If you’re looking for exceptional candidates to help your business scale, the Recruitment Team in GO-VA would be happy to assist. Message me here!
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What’s the best advice another business leader or mentor has shared with you about encouraging openness in your team?
One of the many opportunities I am thankful for this year was the chance to have a conversation with Adrian Ding, who is a motivational speaker and CEO (Chief Empowering Officer) of a leadership training business in the Philippines.
This is Day 2 of my 12 Days of Gratitude challenge.
The pandemic stopped us from having a big celebration of GO-VA’s 6th anniversary last May. We won’t let it stop us from choosing to be grateful for each day of this entire journey.
For about 9 weeks in late March to the end of May 2020, a strict lockdown was in place in Cebu. While some businesses like export and IT-enabled services were allowed to keep operatingーsomething we are grateful for in the GO-VA tribeーenhanced community quarantine (ECQ) made it very difficult to cross from one city to the next.
Over a 6-week period last summer, our developers designed and built a remote video support software (quicklook.to), so businesses could provide support even if they couldn’t make site visits yet.
Who would gain from this? Well, for starters, repairs and maintenance teams, rescue services, builders, inspection teams, and health care providers.
What a difference a combination of skills, teamwork, and determination makes. That’s what I am grateful for on Day 12 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
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Fiona Kesby is a CEO, public speaker, and mother of 2 teenagers. She has built a track record in recruitment and sales and is a firm believer in the power and fulfillment of learning for life.
Originally from Brisbane, Fiona moved with her 2 daughters to Cebu, Philippines in May 2015 to lead Go Virtual Assistants (GO-VA) as it scaled from having fewer than 20 full-time team members at the start to more than 400 as of May 2020.
She loves to learn about and share ideas, all tested in the businesses she and her brother Matt Kesby have built, about:
* The importance of organisational culture
* Unleashing human potential
* The game-changing advantages of outsourcing, when both the people and technology pieces are done right.
She has enjoyed public speaking engagements on these subjects in events hosted by Asia CEO Forum, Google Business Group-Cebu, and Payoneer.
There is a world of talent that can lift your business beyond your expectations. Fiona and the entire Global Office team would love to help you find them.
Book a Call With Fiona: http://globalofficeph.com/fionakesby/
About GO Virtual Assistants (GO-VA)
GO-VA Inc. is a registered Australian-Filipino owned company growing in the heart of Cebu City, Philippines. Situated in an IT complex with modern facilities, GO-VA's Managed Operations & Streamlined Services provides scalable opportunities that spell sustainability, growth, and success for any business venture. As your offshore workforce, GO-VA's goal is to create winnable games and strategies across all the work that we do, knowing that your success is our long-term fulfillment.
GO-VA helps Australian, NZ, US, and UK businesses to increase revenue, reduce costs, and scale through outsourced offshoring.
If you need to build or expand your virtual assistant team, we can help you. Schedule a meeting with us: https://calendly.com/klein-serrano
Send your resume to careers@go-va.com.au or create your profile here: https://go-va.com.ph. Come join our tribe!
AU (+61) 2 7227 8809
US (+1) 302 207 2767
PH (+63) 32 410 7523
9th Floor, i1 Bldg, Jose Maria del Mar Street, IT Park, Apas
Cebu City, Philippines 6000
Website: https://go-va.com.au
Blog: https://blog.go-va.com.au
sales@go-va.com.au
About Fiona Kesby
Fiona Kesby is a CEO, public speaker, and mother of 2 teenagers. She has built a track record in recruitment and sales and is a firm believer in the power and fulfillment of learning for life.
Originally from Brisbane, Fiona moved with her 2 daughters to Cebu, Philippines in May 2015 to lead Go Virtual Assistants (GO-VA) as it scaled from having fewer than 20 full-time team members at the start to more than 400 as of May 2020.
She loves to learn about and share ideas, all tested in the businesses she and her brother Matt Kesby have built, about:
* The importance of organisational culture
* Unleashing human potential
* The game-changing advantages of outsourcing, when both the people and technology pieces are done right.
She has enjoyed public speaking engagements on these subjects in events hosted by Asia CEO Forum, Google Business Group-Cebu, and Payoneer.
There is a world of talent that can lift your business beyond your expectations. Fiona and the entire Global Office team would love to help you find them.
Book a Call With Fiona: http://globalofficeph.com/fionakesby/
About GO Virtual Assistants (GO-VA)
GO-VA Inc. is a registered Australian-Filipino owned company growing in the heart of Cebu City, Philippines. Situated in an IT complex with modern facilities, GO-VA's Managed Operations & Streamlined Services provides scalable opportunities that spell sustainability, growth, and success for any business venture. As your offshore workforce, GO-VA's goal is to create winnable games and strategies across all the work that we do, knowing that your success is our long-term fulfillment.
GO-VA helps Australian, NZ, US, and UK businesses to increase revenue, reduce costs, and scale through outsourced offshoring.
If you need to build or expand your virtual assistant team, we can help you. Schedule a meeting with us: https://calendly.com/klein-serrano
Send your resume to careers@go-va.com.au or create your profile here: https://go-va.com.ph. Come join our tribe!
AU (+61) 2 7227 8809
US (+1) 302 207 2767
PH (+63) 32 410 7523
9th Floor, i1 Bldg, Jose Maria del Mar Street, IT Park, Apas
Cebu City, Philippines 6000
Website: https://go-va.com.au
Blog: https://blog.go-va.com.au
sales@go-va.com.au
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