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Every action with an outsourcer costs you money?
ByTime is money. Correct?
Well time is our most valuable currency and if you are serious about living the four hours work week then it’s vital that you trim down the interactions that you have with the outsourcers you work with.
There is a fine line between asking pertinent strategic questions and being needy and seeking approval too often.
If you’re interested I’ll show you an elance job description from James Brausch, he spends no time at all interacting with his Outsourcers. You might not like it but he’s not wasting his time.
2 Comments
April 25th, 2008 at 7:38 am
hey gavin,
sounds good. bring on that example for sure. i for one could def use some tips on being perhaps a little more “brutal” with my outsourced staff. man, you think you’ve explained it well enough but they still need hand holding (and trust me, i’m a nut for audio, screencapture and camtasia explanations to make sure they *get* it — plus it’s useful if you need to get someone else in on that same project too.) is it possible that being too much of a nice guy in this whole outsourcing business can bite you on the butt?
May 29th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I would love to see that elance job description from James Brausch.