Ten Team Members to Have on Board

Posted on February 9th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

It takes a village to raise a child and it definitely takes a village (a team) for most professionals in today’s world to function in a peacefully productive way. Consider which of the following people you need to get lined up for your team.

Significant other. Do you have a significant other and if so, is he/she a part of your team? If you don’t have a significant other, you don’t necessarily need to go get one (ha!), however, if you DO have one, then you want to enlist his/her support. You might just need to ask or you might need some serious conversations around this topic.
Accountant. Maybe you only need this person for a few hours a year, but it’s worth knowing you have one on your team. Be sure to find out whether the accountant is knowledgeable in the area of small business; just because someone can do your personal taxes does not mean that he/she is able to advise you on your entrepreneurial efforts.
Legal advisor. If you had to call an attorney, do you have one on your team or would you be frantically hunting through the yellow pages? Ask friend and colleagues for recommendations, if you don’t already have someone lined up.
Coach. Hire a life coach. This person is always in your corner and will push and challenge you in ways that you can’t push and challenge yourself.
MasterMind group or accountability partners. Do you have one or two trusted people with whom you can think great thoughts, plan big dreams, explore fabulous ideas?
Friend(s). You don’t need thousands, but you need at least one real friend on your team.
Assistant or virtual assistant. For even a few hours each week or month, is there an assistant you can call on to come to your aid (either in person or “virtually”)? There are a multitude of resources on the internet related to virtual assistants (including http://ivaa.org - The International Virtual Assistants Association) where you can learn more.
Someone you can call on quickly for work-related items. In a crunch, you have someone you can depend on for answers, help, listening, or whatever else you might need.
Someone you can call on quickly for family-related issues. Whatever family issues you are part of (parent, child, caregiver, pet owner, or all of these), do you have a person who can lend a hand, an ear, or a shoulder when you need it? In some cases you should pay for this assistance. Your helper will be more likely to say “yes” in the future if s/he was paid last time you needed help.
Computer guru. In today’s world, if your computer hardware or software isn’t working, you are in big, BIG trouble. You need to have someone (a professional) on your team. It’s worth what you pay to have someone who is ready, willing, and able to help in a crisis (be it a crisis or a CRISIS). In the last year, I’ve been using a virtual service to assist with my hardware repair and it’s been fabulous! Even though they are located right in town where I live, they just ‘remote’ in to my computer and we’re set!

Just consider adding one of these that you currently don’t have, and see the difference it makes.

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