Unbusy Podcast Show

Episode #49- Adding Desk Costs- the Full Cost of Employing Locally

When real estate business owners employ someone locally to do everyday repetitive mundane tasks they fail to add up the total cost of employment that includes ‘desk costs’ as well, which are the extra ‘add-ons’ that simply come with having someone based at your location. Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com. Get the 30 tasks list at teamsbydesigntasks.com

Episode #48- SEVEN Red Flags to BEWARE when Interviewing a VA

Michael Sanz has interviewed thousands of Virtual Assistants and outlines SEVEN red flags you must watch out for. Ignore these and you could very well be in for a bad Virtual Assistant experience. Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com. Get the 30 tasks list at teamsbydesigntasks.com

Episode #47- Michael the ‘CandyMan Entrepreneur’ and Thinking Differently

When Michael was ten years old, his parents said “If you want pocket money, go and earn it”...and so he did. Noticing a ‘gap in the market’ at school in Grade 5, he became the school ‘CandyMan’, earning more than his parents were paying their restaurant staff! This story really sets the stage for Michael much later to find new ways to run his property management team leading to Virtual Assistant entrepreneurship. Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com. Get the 30 task list at teamsbydesigntasks.com

Episode #46- The Philippine Annual TBD Christmas Party and Team Culture

Darren Hunter and Michael Sanz recorded this podcast episode while waiting at the Sydney International Airport for their Manila flight, to attend the annual Philippine TBD Christmas Party where we fly our whole TBD team from around the country to converge at an exotic Philippine location. In this podcast episode, Michael explains the importance of team culture and why this investment into this annual event is so important for everyone. Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com. Get the 30 task list at teamsbydesigntasks.com

Episode #45- Beating the Staffing and Salary Crisis- The New Normal

Rent Roll Bosses are calling us saying they no longer can find new staff and when they do, they’re asking for unsustainable salaries as their fees and revenue cannot support this expense. What can you do now to ensure that your rent roll doesn’t crumble under the same crisis? Michael Sanz and Darren Hunter give you real-world solutions of what you can be doing right now to deal with this issue that will affect so many rent rolls.

Episode #44- VA Sweatshops Versus WFH Model

Many don't realise that when you employ a Virtual Assistant their mental and physical health is greatly impacted by the work conditions they’re employed under. Being forced into a cramped work environment under ‘the rod’ of demanding supervisors with a very noisy open plan workspace, and then also having to travel up to 6 hours a day to and from work in very difficult Manilla traffic conditions. In this podcast episode, Michael Sanz and Darren Hunter explain how these models work, how they impact Virtual Assistants and why a ‘work from home’ model is a lot more caring, sustainable and healthy for your Virtual Assistant team member.

Episode #43- EA for Hire: Training Ynna for Meeting Management

Continuing with training Ynna for an EA role with a real estate boss, Michael Sanz discusses with Darren Hunter the third important foundational base- Meeting Management (after email and diary management in the previous episode). Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com

Episode #42- EA For Hire: Training Ynna for Email and Diary Management

Michael is currently training EA Ynna to place under a real estate boss to assist keeping them productive, and in this episode Michael Sanz discusses with Darren Hunter the first two foundations of training- Email and Diary Management. Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com

Episode #41- EA for Hire: How Michael recruited Ynna as an EA

In this podcast episode Darren Hunter and Michael Sanz discuss the Ynna the new EA Michael has recruited to personally mentor train and place under a business owner (Ynna is for hire). In this episode we discuss her background, and what special things Ynna does that makes her a quality EA (and NOT a VA). Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how an EA or VA can work with you and your team @ unbusychat.com

Episode 40 - When BUSY becomes BURNOUT for Business Owners

Get too busy in the business and you stand to lose your mental health, your business and even your relationships with your loved ones. In this episode Michael Sanz from Teams by Design shows you the solutions you can implement right away that will turn around burnout fast. If you’re burnt-out as a business owner, listen to this episode! Contact Michael at TeamsByDesign.com on how this can work for you as well, or just book in direct @ unbusychat.com