Virtual shop is not virtually impossible

This is the middle of week two and spirits are low. Not because new client acquisition is low, but because we hardly see each other. Don't get me wrong we work well together but our offices are not necessarily right next to each others.

As we began our journey we were committed to strategically positioning ourselves against our competitors because of the one thing that we did not share with them; overhead. Our overhead is considerably lower becuase we don't occupy a physical place. This can be advantageous but also put our selves at a disadvantage.

We have bi-weekly meeting as a whole group to keep everyone accountable but when we miss a meeting or it gets rescheduled we can go up to a month without seeing each other in the physical setting most have grown accustomed to.

So as my schedule started to bog down I began checking in via email and missing the actual face to face interaction I could have had with my coworkers. As time flew by my ambitions became under fire. I lacked that spark that we all helped to keep ignited in each other.

This cannot happen, I said to myself. Calling an impromptu meeting I got the owners together to get that fire started again. Just what I needed, we can become so independent that we never allow ourselves to embrace what it is we were all here for- our clients (partners).




-- Myron Batsa
Executive Account Manager,
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