JJRR 60 Brisbane to Cebu - Driving company culture - Outsourcing for growth

Fiona Kesby is a CEO and single mom with a passion for fostering winning culture and leaning into technology. Listen to Ep60 as Fiona shares how, after a 6 month trial in Cebu, PH to manage her brother's company, she agreed to relocate from Brisbane permanently and is now CEO of Go-Va, a 400+ employee global outsourcing company. Setting the standard for company culture and spearheading custom apps such as dothis.to, Fiona has grown Go-VA organically and is innovating outsourcing tech and processes. https://www.go-va.com.ph/ https://dothis.to/ https://www.loom.com/ 07:03s Celebrating Go-Va's monthly culture lunch with the CEO (Fiona) 09:55s Cost effective company culture activities in the Philippines 12:54s Difference between outsourcing and virtual assistants for growth 18:20s Starting small with virtual assistants and scaleing up 23:05s Starting out in the software business with a brother 26:30s Sourcing problems in the software biz inspires Go-Va. 28:30s Getting recruited to relocate to Cebu as a single mom.  32:30s Officially becoming CEO 33:18s Creating a family atmosphere, getting the culture right, growing organically 34:54 Challenges of setting up a business in the Philippines 38:16s Developing www.dothis.to technology solutions for on-boarding and processes 43:30s Developing a custom gratitude app for use with dothis.to 45:44s Keeping health in focus as a driver for healthy business culture 48:25s Be brave. Don't follow the industry standard, be the industry standard 51:06s Believe in yourself.  The importance of mindset. "I thought why can't I do that? You know, why can't I reinvent my life? Do something really different and show my daughters that anything is possible." "Be brave, don't follow the industry standard, be the industry standard." Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Apple or Google Podcasts. Thanks to our Sponsor! Reach out for a free consultation. https://www.mgshlachter.com/  Reinventing architectural services.  https://www.jimjimsreinventionrevolution.com/resources