We do a number of things here. We discuss management issues from several business view points. We work on small business hiring and firing techniques. We mediate employee/contractor and boss confrontations. We design management systems correctly for your business. I say we because every business owner I work with is an integrated part of the process. Even if you want me to do something for you, you participate so you are more comfortable in the process the next time.

If you manage other people, whether you are a solo entrepreneur tryng to hire your first contractor, a mid-sized company needing to outsource your HR, or a corporate manager needing an outside look or speaker, I’d love to help you. If I can’t help you, I’ll let you know and we’ll find someone who can. I also work with employees and contractors who are having issues with their bosses.

Why The Invisible Office?

The Invisible Office project all started in 2009, when I was laid off from my HR position. I initially started freelancing until I could find another job. Two years later my freelancing has turned into The Small Business Transcriptionist, a successful business to business service provider. The Invisible Office gives business owners a close-up look at my journey from employee to entrepreneur and how I used virtual contractors to make that happen.

Building on my background as an HR manager, I started building a team of transcriptionists in less than 3 months of starting my business after I was laid off in 2008. I built a successful team of about 20 women that all work for me virtually. I’ve never met any of them and I very rarely talk to them on the phone. We use a combination of Basecamp, Skype and Paypal as our primary tools.

I wrote The Invisible Office to help other entrepreneurs leverage the skills of multiple people rather than living chained to their desks day in and day after fielding calls from other business owners asking how I hired, fired, or managed my team. The Invisible Office is not a textbook, but an action guide, and much more than a book to help you as a business owner to build your business to the next level. In addition to the modules in the book, you will receive online access to videos, interview recordings, worksheets, spreadsheets and templates.

Erica Cosminsky, Author

Although I spend a lot of time working in and on my business, I am also a single mom to an almost 4-year-old girl, Riley, almost ready to graduate with my degree in HR, and an almost totally-obsessed Nashville Predators fan.

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What’s Going On At The Invisible Office?

• 25 October 2011 : Gold Star for Office Depot (No Comments)
  

  Three weeks ago, I came into my office on Mondayafter we'd had a party at my apartment over the weekend. As I sat down, my chair flung me backwards, in which I hit my knees on the keyboard drawer. As I'm sure you can imagine, I was not happy. I work from home and I have [More...]

  
  
• 6 October 2011 : Employee Poaching: What It Really Means (2 Comments)
  

  So during this volunteer project I've been working on, a blog post was written about sponsoring the event. In that post, my writer made a comment about networking and "stealing" employees that she connected with. A certain person who was unhappy that he wasn't totally getting his way with the event tried to make [More...]

  
  
• 27 September 2011 : Experiment in Disconnecting (2 Comments)
  

  Over the past few months, I've had two things bugging me. One: how incredibly high my internet bill was and two: How slow our internet was getting. It gradually got worse and worse even after two different service visits. Today my modem finally died and I decided to act on something I'd been thinking about. I cut off [More...]

  
  

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