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Identifying Your Personal Service Preferences

Select one per visit:  Butler   House Manager   Personal Assistant
Position's living status:   Live-in  Live-out  Living-status choice is pending

Choose the services in each section you would like a butler, house manager, or personal assistant to provide, and then press the send button.
Life Coaching Works™ will get a copy of your choices.

Note: Detailed checklists for any of the following concerns can be created for you.
Example: How To Properly Pack A Suitcase

Would like your butler/house manager/personal assistant to hire and/or to supervise:
Chef, kitchen staff, and/or waiter
Valet and/or limo service
Butler service
Security firm
Assistance for outdoor events: picnics and barbecues
Housekeeping service

To arrange for services provided by:
Life Coach
Food Coach
Chef or food-delivery service
Restaurateur
Grocer
Bookkeeper
Massage therapist, personal trainer, and/or chiropractor
Dentist and/or physician
Hairstylist, esthetician, and/or manicurist
Gardener
Florist
Feng-shui consultant and/or interior designer
IT professional, computer coach, and/or webmaster
Tailor, dressmaker, and/or custom seamster
Airplane pilot and/or boat skipper
Photographer
Electrician and/or home-theatre/cable professional
Researcher for personal/business interests
Air conditioning technician
Gas-system mechanic
Automobile mechanic/detailer
Travel agent

Booking:
Renting or leasing a marquee
Hotels for employer
Hotels for group functions
Dinner reservations
Airline travel

In-person employer-present personal care:
Morning tea tray
Breakfast service for one to four people
Breakfast buffets
Formal lunches/parties
Informal lunches/parties
Formal dinners/parties
Informal dinners/parties
Beverage and snack service
Valet service
Managing a bill pay ledger
Phone messages
Packing suitcases
Caring for employer's wardrobe
Dictation service
Word processing
Sounding board (recommended for Personal Assistant only)
Bodyguard service
Licensed weapon carrier
Martial-arts trained person

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Caring for Others:
Greeting guests at the door
Butler service for guests
Valet for guests
Arranging for child care
Caring for and stocking of guests rooms

Holidays and Events:
Holiday services including hosting holiday gatherings/parties
Hosting functions, receptions
Party planning
Gift wrapping

Shipping, Ordering, and Moving:
Packaging, shipping and receiving of goods (USPS, FedEx, DHL)
Online ordering and receiving of goods
Preparing for seasonal departure from house
Assistance with moving house
Tickets to plays, theatre, sporting events, museums, amusement parks

Learning and Growing:
Learning and advancing knowledge and skills is part of the job
Keeping a journal of lessons is part of the job
Keeping an activity log is part of the job
The employer will pay for some additional training and/or coaching

Miscellaneous:
Will need to care for a wine cellar
Personal shopping

Research and Information:
Web search
General search
Referrals

Errands:
Bank run
Post office run
Library run
Department store for pickup or drop-off
Dry-cleaning pickup or drop-off
Drugstore pickup
Mail pickup or drop-off
Personal item pickup or drop-off
Shoe repair pickup or drop-off

NOTES

Section 1. Calendaring and Availability

1. Work schedule
2. Overtime procedure
3. Time-off procedure
4. Coordination of calendars and briefings

Section 2. Hygiene, Food, Health, and Safety

1. Food service: Will a physical exam regarding communicable diseases be required?
2. Food safety: Pathogens on the surface of a watermelon can be carried to the interior of a watermelon by a knife cut. Would your assistant wash a watermelon's exterior with soap and water carefully before someone puts a knife to it? How will you know if the hired person habitually checks food systems for food safety matters? Will this be part of his or her duties?
3. Safety awareness: Rehearsal of emergency procedures, escape routes, first-aid, first response to fire event, shutting off: gas, water, electricity. Maintenance provisions for disaster. How will the person be tested for their safety awareness regarding: electricity, chemicals, gasoline, turpentine, propane, and candles?
4. Security and Privacy
   1. Will there automatic signals be set up for notifying police and fire departments?
   2. Will there be a declared set of actions for cases of special medical emergencies?
   3. How will the employer respond to the personal emergencies of the employee?
   4. Will the employer demonstrate shared preparedness for the welfare of the employee?
   5. Will the employer be able to respond rightly for any emergency that might directly affect the employee; this is a two-directional relationship.

Section 3. Important Considerations

1. Mechanical actions, skill sets, mindset/psychology
2. Service standards, customs, observances, taboos
3. How well will the employee need to remember guests' and associates' names?
4. Personal guests by employee? Personal sounds, music...
5. Does the employer have desired insurance covering liabilities related to having a employees, visitors, and workers?

Section 4. Successful Relating

1. For a butler to do his job properly, he needs to feel respected. Each person needs different things to feel respected. Some interactions are task orientated. Some are relationship orientated. For a butler to be successful, the employer-butler relationship needs to be about both.
   We offer coaching for this process.
2. Goal: For both the server and the served to experience mutual respect and a
   better quality of life as a result of the relating.

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