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Ep 188: Joanna Mitchell – Author of The Healthy Virtual Assistant

Joanna Mitchell is the author of The Healthy Virtual Assistant, a book she authored from her experience founding a virtual assistant service for the health and wellness industry. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Joanna talks about the process of becoming a virtual assistant/freelancer, choosing a niche, tips for improving your written communication, and making the transition from corporate to freelance. Also, [...]

2023-09-30T19:31:47-05:00October 9, 2022|Avoiding Burnout, Podcast|

Ep 168: Kira Bennett on Becoming a Virtual Assistant

Kira Bennett joins The Leader Assistant Podcast to talk about her assistant career and becoming a virtual assistant. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Kira shares why she took the leap, how she found clients, and other tips for becoming a virtual assistant. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Anyone, anywhere can make a positive difference. – Mark Sanborn CONNECT WITH KIRA Kira's LinkedIn Kira's Website [...]

2023-09-30T16:02:57-05:00May 22, 2022|Podcast|

Ep 145: Molly Rose Speed on Leading Virtual Teams, Building a VA Business, and Working Remotely

Molly Rose Speed is the founder of Virtual Assistant Management, which provides solutions for virtual assistants. In this episode, Molly Rose shares a ton of insight on working remotely, leading a virtual team, building a virtual assistant business, and more. Enjoy our conversation! THIS EPISODE'S FEATURED SPONSOR Stressed about holiday gifting? Don’t be. With Loop & Tie, giving great gifts is simple. Here’s how [...]

2023-09-30T14:55:20-05:00December 12, 2021|Podcast|

Ep 115: Suzie Flynn – Mindset & Business Coach for Virtual Assistants

Suzie Flynn is a motivational speaker, international mindset & business coach with years of experience as an executive assistant throughout her career. In this episode, Suzie talks about whether or not becoming a remote virtual assistant is the road for you, how to shift your mindset from being an employee to being a business owner, tips on working remotely and finding clients, and more. [...]

2023-09-29T20:16:20-05:00May 16, 2021|Podcast|

Ep 109: Melissa Smith – Bestselling Author and Founder of the Association of Virtual Assistants

Melissa Smith is the Founder & CEO of the Association of Virtual Assistants and The PVA. She’s also the bestselling author of Hire the Right Virtual Assistant and Become A Successful Virtual Assistant. In this episode, Melissa shares her story of transitioning to a remote executive assistant long before working from home was trendy. We discuss tips for leading well while working remotely, how [...]

2023-09-29T20:03:50-05:00April 4, 2021|Hiring an Assistant, Podcast|

Ep 105: Kathy Goughenour – Founder of Virtual Expert Training

After finding the courage to say "bye-bye" to her corporate marketing career, Kathy Goughenour built a 6-figure virtual assistant business from her tiny house in the middle of a forest. In this episode, Kathy shares her story about leaving a fortune 500 company to start her own virtual assistant business. She has a lot of great tips on working remotely, running your own business, [...]

2023-09-29T17:06:41-05:00March 7, 2021|Podcast|

Ep 104: Dayne Shuda on Written Communication, Working Remotely, and Fighting Burnout

Dayne Shuda has worked with executive assistants for about 7-8 years and has had a full-time remote assistant since 2015. His assistant happens to be in Australia, but he’s in Wisconsin. Over the years, he’s learned a few things about organization, burnout, and working with a remote team. In this episode, Dayne shares tips on written communication, working with a remote assistant on the [...]

2023-09-29T17:05:19-05:00February 28, 2021|Podcast|

Ep 103: Anne-Marie Staples – Executive Assistant to CEO

Anne-Marie Staples has over 20 years of administrative experience supporting business professionals from the director to CEO level. She models a work hard-play hard ethic as founder of the company classroom instruments band and ringer of the office cowbell because, as SNL taught us, who doesn't need "more cowbell!" In this episode, Anne-Marie shares some tips on cultivating company culture, growing your internal network, [...]

2023-09-29T17:03:57-05:00February 21, 2021|Podcast|

Ep 102: Angelic Veasman on Event Planning, Productivity, and Being a Virtual Assistant

Angelic Veasman has more than 23 years of experience in business operations and currently runs her own business supporting executives, coaches, and entrepreneurs. In this episode, Angelic shares tips on managing email, how to be productive, becoming a virtual assistant, specializing as a VA, event planning, project management, and more! LEADERSHIP QUOTE This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life [...]

2023-09-29T17:00:45-05:00February 14, 2021|Podcast|