Outsource Made Simple

January 19 2012 Grow with it I have shared before about what I call the parallel journey. It is a principle I have seen in my own life where I am often learning about something as I am doing that job. I am sure it is something that many people can relate to. There is an expression that if often used [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Thoughts
January 18 2012 Focus on your own skills An incorrect mindset that we often establish when setting up our remote teams, and even ongoing, is to focus on the skills of our employees. We look at our team members or our potential needs in regards to staffing and look at those associated skills. The correct mindset that we need to have is to [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management, Thoughts
December 02 2011 Three keys to efficiency If you know my back story then you know that I have been working with remote teams and outsourced workers for quite a few years now, in all the different types and capacities. In any business, or team environment, often the word that is thrown around when looking at finances, budgeting and forward planning is [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management, Training
November 28 2011 It’s the team! “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” -Babe Ruth Babe Ruth knew what he was talking about. One of the greatest baseball players to have ever [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management, Team, Thoughts
November 24 2011 Training Methods One of my great passions has to be training. I love, in a very non-arrogant way, imparting information and experiences that I have and communicating those to others. There are some great resources available that can teach you great training methods and different learning styles that you can use when instructing, training and teaching your [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Training
November 23 2011 Finding your team My last post titled “Getting started today” was really just a brief summary of three things you need to do to get started with a remote team. In this article I want to focus more on the second point which was finding your team, being the whole process of recruitment and interviewing people that potentially [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Recruiting
November 22 2011 Wunderlist I am absolutely and unapologetically, and even unshamelessly a ‘to-do list’ junkie. I have talked so often about the importance of planning and having a to-do list, and my wife would describe me as someone who has a ‘to-do list for my to-do list’. It is how I function, it is how my brain works, [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Reviews, Thoughts
November 22 2011 Getting started today As we head towards the end of the year it is a good time to sit down and evaluate how this year has been, and begin to prepare for the next year. Too often we put things off that we need to do, and if 2011 has been for you as it has been for [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management, Recruiting
November 12 2011 The importance of clear communication There is a story that I once heard that goes like this: “A new hotel employee was asked to clean the elevators and report back to the supervisor when the task was completed. When the employee failed to appear at the end of the day, the supervisor assumed that like many others he had [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management, Thoughts
November 11 2011 Avoid micromanaging Quite a few years ago now my father and I were looking at different businesses to purchase and invest in. These businesses were existing, trading well and they were a physical or ‘bricks and mortar’ type establishment. One particular business that we did seriously consider was a fast food outlet. When we dived deep into [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam | Management