Erika Zeigyte is the founder of Prosana and a remote teams & operations expert. She is also a certified Asana partner. Asana is a project & workflow management tool that helps ensure lean work management across all team members.

In this episode, Erika shares her expertise in building powerhouse operations inside digital agencies and eComs. She narrates her journey from being a neuroscientist to being a remote business owner and how that shift in her career led her to engage in apps that build work structures. She emphasizes the essence of making actionable plans and maintaining accountability in the workspace. 



Show Notes:

[1:44] Erika's 3 milestones: leaving Lithuania to study; adapting back again after her 5-year stay abroad, and quitting a promising project management job to become a personal assistant.

[3:54] A reminder to always work on building a structure & why it's important.

[4:53] Accountability is a must to make sure people do what they should be doing. She proceeds on the process of goal-setting and dismantling it into smaller short-term and more attainable goals.

[9:44] Improving the process first rather than considering replacing someone is what should be considered first. Erika stresses the importance of having regular performance evaluations and meetings with the team members.

[13:14] A standard operating procedure can be refined through Asana to create actionable agendas and maintain accountability in executing these processes.

[17:07] It takes only 3-6 months to fully get the hang of using Asana as the project management platform. With this, one can ask the right questions about getting the project done.

[19:06] Erika started out with Asana as she needed a better way to manage her admin tasks & later on she found it could be used more extensively for her other tasks. Later on, she collaborated with Asana, and became a part of a strong and innovative Asana's community.

[22:43] She talks about her services offered: a course on ultimate team growth, Asana templates, and consulting program.

[24:38] Her Product-led advice is to always test, learn, adjust and repeat. There is no need to be afraid of failing because it only means you're gonna get better every day. 



About Erika Zeigyte

Erika is a neuroscientist and remote business operations professional. She is the founder of Prosana. This company builds scalable teams and back-end operations. She provides services that include Business Operations Audits, Remote Recruitment, Asana & Processes Consulting as well as 360 Degrees Back-end Ops Consulting. She also shares advice on remote and international recruitment, streamlined process, communication, goal setting, and leadership. 



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