How Virtual Assistants Positively Impact Your Company’s Culture

An organisation’s culture is the belief system, core values, and set of behaviours that governs an organisation. It strongly influences everything an organisation stands for, both internally and externally. Your company’s culture sets you apart, helps you attract the right talent, and retain them, including remote and on-site employee. 

In this article, we’ll explore how a VA positively impacts your company’s culture. They include:

• Flexibility and Adaptability: Incorporating a VA into your team strengthens inclusivity and flexibility. It shows a system that is adaptable and open to different work styles. Flexibility isn’t about working from a different location or time zone; it promotes a new way of thinking in the team. For instance, a VA can serve your clients despite the difference in time zone even when your on-site team are off work hours. This system inspires innovative thinking, and encourages your on-site team to think globally when it comes to serving clients. Also, this attracts talents, especially the millennials and Gen Zs who prioritise a flexible work style. It also helps promote work-life balance. 

• Strengthens Core Values and Mission; A VA allows your on-site team to focus on tasks such as developing new ideas for projects, handling clients’ briefs, and other responsibilities that aligns with the company’s culture. For instance, if one of your core values is innovation, outsourcing administrative or data entry duties to your VA creates more time for strategic thinking, team collaboration, brainstorming team meetings, etc. The same goes for customer service. A VA  strengthens these core values by bringing in their expertise and experience. Involving your VAs in team meetings fosters a collaborative spirit and innovation among your team members. 

• Fosters Diversity: A VA can function effectively from any part of the world and this invariably means a different environment. Everyone on your team including your VA comes from a diverse background and culture.  This contributes to a richer work environment that promotes diversity, inclusivity, and creativity. Diversity promotes a forward-thinking environment.

In conclusion, hiring a VA does not only positively impact your business operations, it also impacts your company’s culture. To learn more about our services and benefits, check out our previous articles.