Who Needs a Personal Assistant?

Should you hire a personal assistant? How difficult is it to delegate responsibility and trust someone else to take on the tasks that you don’t want to do?

In this episode, you’ll hear Alisa and Ayesha discuss who can use a personal assistant or chief of staff, what someone in that role does, and how to think about hiring and training them.

Listen to the episode to hear what they have to say about how hiring someone to take on less meaningful tasks can help you focus on what you love, how to find the right way forward with that first hire, and some important tips to consider when you’re deciding who should fill that role. 

Topics Discussed in This Episode

• [00:00:48] Whether it’s OK to hire a personal assistant
• [00:01:02] Asking yourself what the highest and best use of your time is
• [00:01:41] What a chief of staff does
• [00:03:53] Why you need a chief of staff kind of person
• [00:04:58] What prevents a person from passing on tasks to an assistant
• [00:05:21] Replacing yourself so you can focus on what you love
• [00:06:24] Why you’re your own worst enemy in delegating
• [00:07:23] How delegating makes you more efficient
• [00:08:01] Hiring and training the first person 
• [00:09:35] Figuring out the right way to do things with the person you hire
• [00:09:57] Checking your ego at the door during hiring
• [00:10:17] Working with moms who have children

Resources

Smart Boss Media
First Steps Financial

Hamilton Law Firm