Hi, I'm Emma Shergold, nice to meet you!
I am a highly skilled, organised, practical and efficient person with excellent attention to detail.
I have been self employed since 2007, so I understand challenges associated with time management and self discipline.
I also have over 25 years of office management and administration experience, having transitioned people from manual based processes to fully automated systems.
Why choose me
- I thrive working in the background of an organisation, so I will work away in your business while you focus on being there for your clients, and generally doing what you do best.
- I am a runner – whilst this doesn’t have any direct impact on my work (unless you’re a running coach), I have found that people gravitate towards others with similar interests (plus I’m also super obsessed with most forms of run training so often share my tips with people I know).
- I am extremely passionate about personal wellbeing, my own self-awareness and spending time developing myself as an individual. This means I look after myself so that I can best support other people.
- I am also neurodivergent – autistic with ADHD (AuDHD) – which means I have a pretty unique way of observing and navigating my way through the business world and can often present a situation or solution in ways that many people haven’t considered.
- I have over 25 years of working experience across several different industries, including: Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Construction Consultancy and Accountancy.
- I listen attentively and combine my real life experience with my understanding as a business owner. I am also like a sponge when it comes to learning new information, systems and software.
- I can provide an alternative approach to the way ‘it has always been done’ and I inherently look for ways to improve the efficiency of a business.
- I am very experienced in many areas of running a business, and have a wide variety of business expert connections that I have learnt from and continue to recommend to others.
Benefits to you and your business
As a business management consultant and virtual assistant, I offer flexibility and expertise tailored to your needs without the long-term commitment of hiring a full-time employee.
I can come in with a fresh perspective, identifying inefficiencies that may be slowing you down and helping to implement solutions quickly.
By improving how your business operates, I can help you save time, reduce costs, and ultimately increase your profitability.
My goal is to give you the freedom to focus on growing your business while I take care of the operational side.
Qualifications & CPD
Business Management Diploma
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crime
Mentoring & Coaching Skills
Psychology of Behaviour Change
Life Coaching & Mindfulness Diploma
Advanced Personal Training Diploma
England Athletics Running Coach
Gym Instruction
Nutrition & Weight Management
Nutrition for Sport & Exercise
Circuit Training
Pilates Fundamentals
Pre and Post Natal Nutrition
Pre and Post Natal Massage
Sports & Remedial Massage Diploma
Personal Life
On the whole, it’s quite difficult separating the business me from the personal me. I bring the passions and learnings from my personal life to my business and vice versa. I do switch off from work when I’m not working (mostly) but, because I have similar values in both areas of my life, many people will see the same side of me professionally and personally.
However, I wanted to share a few things that will hopefully help you build a bit of a picture about me ‘outside of work’.
I like reading, so will often curl up on the sofa, listening to music and reading some form of detective series, preferably one that contains at least one murder. I think this relates to the way I love understanding how people think, and why they do the things that they do.
I love being outside, whether that is going for a run, a hike, camping, or getting some fresh air. However, I also love being at home!
Running
I have been a runner since the early 90s when I was 11 years old. I started this ‘career’ with an athletics club, progressing from 100m and 200m onto 400m and the 400m hurdles.
I really wish I had continued track running, but this stopped when I started full-time work. Instead, I dabbled in some parkruns, a few other 5k runs and even a Great South Run (10 miles). I didn’t particularly enjoy this period of running which, with the hindsight of my run coaching experience, was because I didn’t know what I was doing!
Eventually I joined a running club and went on to do a full marathon, a few half marathons, and even completed a half-iron distance triathlon.
During this time, I was running several times a week, a 10-mile run was a regular occurrence, and there was no better feeling than being able to run freely and effortlessly.
Aside from my general wellbeing, running is one of the things that was hit hardest by my burnouts and associated health issues, but it’s still something I love coaching and supporting others with.
PROFESSIONAL BIO
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- Business Management
- Office management
- Process analysis and management
- Business automations
- General business admin
- Extensive experience of online software and systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Xero and FreeAgent bookkeeping
- Database management
- Data management and analysis
- Electronic Filing management
- Identifying and resolving inefficiencies
PERSONAL SKILLS
- Intuitive
- Empathic
- Insightful
- Observant
- Considerate
- Well organised
- Efficient
- Excellent attention to detail
- Highly disciplined
- Good communication skills
- Fast learner
- Self-motivated
READY TO GET STARTED?
If you would like to see if we are a good fit, please complete my work with me form. You will then be directed to book a discovery call where we can get to know each other a bit better.