Unfulfilling executive career? Transform it before it traps you.

When a family crisis took me out of school at 14 to get a full-time job, it sparked a journey across many industries, roles, and nations.
 
Office work, construction, and self-employment in Australia. Study in the UK. Ministry in Africa. Sales and executive roles in the US. And yet others.

I led the transformation of Arby’s to become one of the world’s fastest-growing restaurant chains. Rated in the Top 10 of over 3,000 franchise systems in the US, with a new location opening every 39 hours. 

When a takeover harmed the culture, I resigned to find a meaningful new path. But then my income was nearly tripled and I stayed on. 

Two years later, I resigned again, to buy or create a business aligned with my values.
I sought strategic, executive-level career support. And couldn’t find it. 

In that gap, I finally recognized my calling. So in 1992, I became a pioneer in this field. 

In 2014, a failed project left us with inadequate capital, and I turned the business over to a consortium of colleagues and clients. They closed it in 2016. In the meantime, I had created and launched a more resilient model. 

Today, our stressed societies desperately need more leaders motivated and able to reform management structures that undervalue higher needs and promote lower ones. 

If you’re ready to reimagine what your career can be, and to align it with your best contributions, there has never been a better time to do so. 

Let’s explore what’s possible. 

📅 Schedule a conversation: https://rjacareers.com/schedule-a-call-rj/

Russell Johnson

We did not set out to run a VA company.

You see, we were running a business supporting people to communicate really well and build relationships and it just sort of happened…

You see…we grew our team to help spread the word about our communication business.

And as we got more clients, we grew our team and also the scope of support they provided.

And it sort-of just worked.

I had heard horror stories around VAs. But that wasn’t our experience.

Sure, we had the odd minor hiccup, but other than that they were awesome.

And then our clients started asking us to do the same for them.

We ummed and ahhed. I mean, we were not a VA company. And we did not really want a distraction. We were on a role!

But we did it…to help our existing clients.

And it worked!

And then we got asked again…and again…

THAT is when we realised that our secret sauce around communication and relationships is what made the difference.

Eventually the demand got ridiculous. And we looked at each other and decided to go for it.

Global Teams was born.

With a strong focus on support, communication and relationships we continue to thrive and support more business owners and VAs to grow together.

We help people get great team members from the Philippines (Administration, Customer Service, Social Media Marketing, LinkedIn Marketing, Bookkeeping, Executive Assistants) and also from South Africa (Account Managers, Business Development Manager and Operations Managers). 

Check us out here: globalteams.com.au

To find out all the ways a VA can support support you in YOUR business, download Maureen's free book "What a VA can do your you" here: https://globalteams.com.au/book

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