What Works
467 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 171 ratingsIt's easy to lose your way in the 21st-century economy. The world of work and business is changing so rapidly that you might start focusing more on how to keep up than how to live a meaningful life. What Works is a podcast for entrepreneurs, independent workers, and employees who don't want to lose themselves to the whims of late-stage capitalism. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to the discourse around business, work, and personal growth.
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EP 367: Moving Into A New Chapter with Darnden Creative Founder Tamera Darden
December 14, 2021 10:27 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBKnowing when to quit is almost never clear cut. When I sat down with Tamera Darden a couple of months ago, we were scheduled to talk about values and how her business has operationalized those values. But in our pre-show warm-up, she told me she’d decided to shut down her business at the end of 2022. So we pivoted. I let her know we were doing this series on letting go & beginning again and offered, if she was ready, to talk about her decision. We went there. I was struck by her willingne...
EP 366: Unpacking Business Grief with Charlene Lam
December 07, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBIn This Episode: * Creative grief worker & curator Charlene Lam shares how grief impacts us—as humans, leaders, and business owners* How she discovered a passion for understanding grief and helping others process after the death of her mother* The practical exercises she uses to process feelings of loss Toward the end of 2020, I started to hear the murmurs of something I’d come to learn was called “ambiguous loss.” Of course, 2020 was full of loss and grief. There were goals, events, and...
EP 365: Asking Abundant Questions To Solve Business Challenges
November 30, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBI always hesitate to talk about practicing an “abundance mindset…” …because it so quickly veers into positive vibes only, charge what you’re worth, girl, wash your face territory. And to my mind, that territory is steeped in scarcity and its cousin, precarity. Abundance isn’t about ignoring unpleasant feelings or people who ask hard questions. When we do that, we’re essentially signaling that our positive vibes are so precarious that something challenging or unpleasant could cause us to...
EP 364: The Abundant Value of Virtual Assistants with Janice Plado Dalager
November 23, 2021 08:11 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBIn This Episode: * Consultant and virtual assistant Janice Plado Dalager joins Tara for a conversation about the unique skill set that virtual assistants and other support professionals bring to small businesses* How VAs end up mistreated by entrepreneurs—and the gendered and racialized components of these relationships that make mistreatment more likely* Why emotional labor is an undervalued skill for support pros, as well as why it should be a key part of how this work is compensated* Ho...
EP 364: The Abundant Value of virtual assistants with Janice Plado Dalager
November 23, 2021 08:11 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBI've seen a lot of entitlement to service without regard for the person doing the work. And that's why I was desperate to have this conversation with Janice Plado Dalager. Janice is a virtual assistant, consultant, and the founder of Janice Your VA. She manages a team of virtual assistants who pride themselves on making the lives on entrepreneurs and small business owners easier. Just like me, Janice has seen some shit. She's also been on the receiving end of that shit and has learned how...
EP 363: Making The Hard Call With 90-Day Business Launch Founder Michelle Ward
November 16, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBIn This Episode: * Why Michelle Ward decided to retire as the When I Grow Up Coach to go all-in on the 90-Day Business Launch* Why a complicated business model (and her peer mastermind) made the decision pretty clear* How she made the transition and the impact its had on revenue* How she’s reprioritizing business & life so she’s focused on what she really values Small business owners are famously susceptible to the sunk cost fallacy. If you’re not a familiar, sunk cost fallacy is the ide...
EP 362: Debunking The Myth Of Scarce Attention
November 09, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBHave you heard? The average human attention span is now shorter than a goldfish’s! Thanks, internet. TV journalists and politicians talk to us in sound bites, assuming we don’t have the attention for more nuanced analysis. Boomers bemoan fast media like TikTok and Instagram. It seems like attention might be one of our scarcest and most precious resources. But I’m starting to wonder whether attention is really a scarce resource. Perhaps what is truly scarce are media and messages worth ...
Debunking The Myth Of Scarce Attention
November 09, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBI’m starting to wonder whether attention is *really* a scarce resource. Perhaps what is truly scarce are media and messages worth paying attention to. When we make work designed to satisfy the demands of the algorithm, we’re rarely making work that satisfies the interests of the people we want to connect with. Just because something gets likes or reach doesn’t mean people are really paying attention. The post Debunking The Myth Of Scarce Attention appeared first on What Works.
EP 361: Embracing Your Whole Identity With Coach & Consultant Angela Browne
November 02, 2021 05:32 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn This Episode: * How Angie Browne‘s career has evolved into embracing her whole identity as a coach & consultant* Why she’s exploring big questions about our identities and how we work* What she did to establish how she wanted to work with clients and companies in this chapter* The story she’s rewriting a personal story she’s been telling for years We all have an abundance of identities. I’m a woman. A wife. A mother. I’m a business owner, a writer, a podcaster. I’m a runner, a yoga pr...
EP 360: Slowing Down To Make Sustainable Choices
October 26, 2021 06:48 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBI am a fast person. I walk fast. Cook fast. Write fast. Talk fast. Work out fast. It’s like I’m always moving towards some urgent need or trying to escape some impending disaster. So I’ve been working on slowing down for the last few years. To do that, I have to be mindful. I have to be present enough to notice that I’m zooming around and get curious about why. Then, I can take a beat and slow down the tempo. I say that like it’s easy, or like I even remember to do it on a regular basis....
EP 359: Operating An Ethical Business With the ethical move Founder Alice Karolina
October 19, 2021 06:56 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIn This Episode: * Why brand strategist Alice Karolina created the ethical move, which helps small business owners navigate building more ethical marketing and sales systems* How the ethical move evolves as they practice reflection and collaboration* Why Alice prioritizes moving slowly when it comes to building the business* What they’re discovering as they incrementally investigate what building a business that prioritizes ethics looks like I had always thought I was running a pretty val...
EP 358: Imagining New Ways To Work With Future Proof Skills Lab Founder Liz Wiltsie
October 12, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBIn This Episode * How Future Proof Skills Lab founder Liz Wiltsie has build her business on her North Star values & the movements she belongs to* How she makes room for difference, both in her own business and in her work with clients* What she’s decided not to do with her business because of her values Imagine yourself sitting at a table. In front of you, there are all your favorite art supplies. Maybe there are paints, crayons, or pastels. Maybe there are stacks of magazines and illustr...
EP 357: Building A Business Based On What Matters With Coach Mara Glatzel
October 05, 2021 06:46 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIn This Episode: * The key values that coach Mara Glatzel has built her business on* How her human-first approach to business gives her a framework for caring for herself and for her clients* The belief systems she’s worked on unlearning to better fulfill her values* How being “well-resourced” gives her what she needs to respond when things get stressful Years ago, I was the trainer at the Borders Books & Music I worked at. It probably won’t surprise you that I loved this role. I poured ...
EP 356: Creating A System Of Care
September 28, 2021 08:16 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBSystems have a reputation. If you’ve ever thought to yourself, as I have, “Oh, I’m just not a systems person,” you might know what I mean. Often, the way we talk about systems is tangled up in talk about software, procedures, rules, and a sort of legalistic structure for “this is how we do things here.” When you say, “I’m not a systems person,” you’re likely expressing the kind of claustrophobic feeling that comes from being confined to a set of rules—even if they’re rules you yourself c...
EP 355: Cash Flow Is A Feminist Issue
September 21, 2021 07:22 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBIn This Episode: * Tara explains how using a system-thinking approach to money makes it easier to invest in the growth of your business* Why cash flow is a 3-dimensional way to think about your business’s money* How the different components of a cash flow system work together to create a desired outcome* Why managing for cash flow creates the conditions to live out feminist values in your business It’s easy to think 2-dimensionally about the money in your business: revenue and expenses. B...
EP 354: Making Sales A System With Coach Pony Founder Christie Mims
September 14, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBIn This Episode: * Why Coach Pony founder Christie Mims uses 2 “competing” sales funnels to accommodate for different ways of buying* How she melds both sales automation and a human approach to produce 7+ figure sales* The nuts & bolts of what both sales funnels entail and how they actually work together* Plus, why Christie’s approach is inspiring but, ultimately, might not be the best approach for you How reliable are your sales? How steadily do new customers buy? How loyal are your ret...
EP 353: Dancing With Systems In Clickup With Lou Blaser & Sean McMullin from YellowHouse.Media
September 07, 2021 08:35 - 59 minutes - 41 MBIn This Episode: * Why Sean McMullin & Lou Blaser, from YellowHouse.Media, switched their project management software from Notion to Clickup (and why it’s not the right move for everyone!)* How they’ve reduced their podcast management procedure from 75 sub-tasks to 11 umbrella tasks* Why streamlining the procedure has allowed them to bring a more customized approach to each podcast they produce* How focusing on the system behind podcast production has helped them create a lot more capacity...
EP 352: Personal Strengths Make Strategy Stronger
August 24, 2021 09:23 - 37 minutes - 26 MBPersonal strengths are like a photo filter. Imagine you’ve got a photo that’s… fine. You upload it to Instagram or VSCO or some fun photo editing app. And then you scroll through the filters until you find one that brings the picture to life. With the tap of a button, you can make the photo go from washed out colors to… black & white, or soft shades of peach and pink, or punchy shades of blues and greens. Your filter might up the contrast or even everything out a bit. Personal strengths...
EP 351: Thinking Differently With Writer Kris Windley
August 17, 2021 07:37 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn This Episode: * Why writer Kris Windley decided to learn how to illustrate her articles* How doodling has helped her work with her ADHD* How she finds the idea or image she wants to illustrate for each piece* The metaphor she uses to think about skill-building I’ve become a bit obsessed with the concept of “sensemaking.” Really, I’ve been obsessed with it my whole life, I just didn’t have a name for it. Sensemaking is the process of taking sensory information and situational knowledg...
EP 350: Slowing Down For Success With Coach Reva Patwardhan
August 10, 2021 07:34 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBIn This Episode: * Why coach Reva Patwardhan counts her intrinsic sense of belonging as one of her top strengths* How “deep processing” allows her to work with high-achieving women in unexpected ways* How she’s learned to work with her ADHD instead of against it* What she’s discovered at the intersection of neurodivergence and being a woman of color I think a lot about belonging. In fact, “belonging” is an ongoing conversation between our community advocate, Shannon, and I. We talk abou...
EP 349: Updating Your Default Settings With Work Brighter Founder Brittany Berger
August 03, 2021 06:01 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIn This Episode: * How Work Brighter founder Brittany Berger leverages her unique strengths to create a custom approach to productivity and structure* Why she tracks her mood and energy to make her working time more effective* How she’s reimagined traditional productivity “rules” through the lens of neurodivergence and chronic illness* How her obsession with pop culture has become a strength for creating compelling content How do you operate in a world that’s not designed for you? How do...
EP 348: Knowing When To Get Out Of The Way With Let’s Do The Books Founder Mark Butler
July 27, 2021 07:51 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBIn This Episode: * Why Let’s Do The Books founder Mark Butler has been working on getting out of the way for his team* How he’s evolved the way he works to take a break from creating chaos while still leaning into his strengths for experimentation and ideation* Why he’s focused on finding the space to quiet his mind* How he’s created an environment where his team members can really thrive in ownership of their work Entrepreneurs have a reputation for having control issues. They also have...
EP 347: Carving Out Space For Creative Work With The Autonomous Creative Founder Jessica Abel
July 20, 2021 07:06 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBIn This Episode: * Why Jessica Abel believes carving out space to work on experimental and creative projects is key* The strategy she recommends for buying the time you need to do creative work* How she measures creative projects in “developmental markers” and “success markers”* And why she’s committed to building a team that helps her make room for big picture thinking and creative projects It’s one thing to get your business to a point that’s stable and sustainable. It’s another to mak...
EP 346: Finding The Right Blend With Financial Behaviorist Jacquette Timmons
July 13, 2021 08:34 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBIn This Episode: * Why financial behaviorist Jacquette Timmons is more interested in finding the right blend that finding a balance between work and life* How she approaches the way she engages with work to stave off burnout* Why rest is part of the work she does* How the structure of a business contributes to whether we’re able to find the right blend for ourselves Reminder, this month, Tara is taking a break from hosting and handing the mic over to her husband & business partner, Sean M...
EP 345: Putting Your Business In Maintenance Mode With ScaleSpark Founder Susan Boles
July 06, 2021 07:07 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn This Episode: * Sean McMullin asks Break The Ceiling host Susan Boles what she’s learned about creating a business that runs itself* Why maintenance mode is key to creating the space to experiment and try out new ideas without breaking your business* How to view your business in smaller pieces to create your own minimum viable maintenance mode* Why creating the systems you need to take a break before there’s a crisis is critical This month’s series is all about “taking a break”—so Tara...
EP 344: Time To Take A Break?
July 01, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBDo you ever get the feeling you’re white-knuckling it through business ownership? Like if you just squeeze the wheel hard enough and focus on what’s in front of you, you can keep your business from ending up in a serious fender bender (or worse)? I’ve certainly felt that way. All throughout 2020, I felt like my extreme vigilance was the only thing between my business and an 8-car pileup. And we didn’t get hit nearly as hard as many businesses. It’s a burden, being able to control situati...
EP 343: 5 Ways To Do More & Better By Teaming Up
June 29, 2021 06:51 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBI did not like group work as a student. I much preferred to take on a project myself. I wanted complete control over the vision for that project, its execution, and all of the details along the way. And when I say I “preferred,” what I really mean is that I still prefer to do things on my own. However, building a business has taught me that I’m not going to build what I want to build without group work. All this month, we’ve been exploring the possibilities for teaming up as we run our ...
EP 342: Getting Help Before The Ish Hits The Fan with Shulamit Ber Levtov
June 22, 2021 06:49 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBIn This Episode: * How mindset & resilience consultant Shulamit Ber Levtov became interested in the mental health challenges women face in entrepreneurship* Why she took a month off from work to prevent experiencing a full burnout last year* The methods she uses to identify what she needs and how she’s feeling* Why she always starts with getting her emotional support needs met first* How she crafts clear boundaries and direct communication about what she really needs When was the last tim...
EP 341: Taking Better Care Of Each Other with Wanderwell Founder Kate Strathmann
June 15, 2021 07:52 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn This Episode: * Wanderwell founder Kate Strathmann and I unpack how our personal values often don’t line up with economic forces—and how that impacts our business* Why rethinking the purpose of your business might help you rethink your goals to be more aligned with your personal values* How expanding your vision to include taking care of others as well as yourself can create a paradigm shift in your business Marketers love to tell you: do this and you’ll make more money. Or, do this a...
EP 340: Managing As An Introverted, Anxious, and Autistic Boss: Tara’s Interview On The Rebel Therapist With Annie Schuessler
June 08, 2021 04:47 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn This Episode: * How I decide what roles to hire for (and why understanding our team structure is key)* When it’s time increase capacity by hiring versus fixing messy operations* Why you don’t want to clone yourself to get more done* How product and operations can overlap to creating some really exciting opportunities When I say I’m an introvert, I mean I’m a hardcore introvert. People don’t believe me when I say that because I’m loud and enthusiastic—but being loud and enthusiastic is...
EP 339: Hiring For The Upside With Small Business Co-Pilot Founder Podge Thomas
June 01, 2021 06:47 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIn This Episode: * Why management specialist Podge Thomas believes your team should be your biggest asset* How to prepare to hire—and how to take better care of your team member through careful onboarding* How our previous experiences with management shape the way we approach the prospect of hiring today Managing has gotten a bad rap. In fact, if I had to guess, I’d say that “not wanting to manage people” is the biggest reason people cite for not hiring. Sure, there might be financial i...
Q&A: What Content Should Be Free? And What Should Be Paid For?
May 27, 2021 09:12 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBHow do you know what content should be free? And, what should be paid for? This month, we’ve been talking all about building an audience and/or finding customers—as well as how those two things are different. And one of the things a conversation about audience-building always comes back to is content. What kind of content do you create? Where do you share it? Who do you create it for? And on & on… The big question I get repeatedly, though is: How do I know what content should be paid fo...
EP 338: Why Staying Small Leads To Big Results
May 25, 2021 05:16 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis month, we’ve explored finding customers and building an audience—which are not the same things. Every business needs to find customers. But not every business—not even most businesses—needs to build an audience. Yet, so many small business owners get hung up on building their following counts or email lists instead of doing the things that actually lead to sales. The drive to build an audience partially comes from the false belief that “scale” is the universal goal for all businesse...
EP 337: Connecting With Stories With Tell Me A Story Founder Hillary Rea
May 18, 2021 05:46 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBIn This Episode: * Why storytelling is good for business and how it can help you build your audience* Why you don’t have to squeeze your story into the hero’s journey* How finding a related emotional touchpoint can lead to telling a powerful story even if it isn’t directly related to the information you’re sharing* How to start your own story bank so you’re never at a loss for a good story to tell Nothing fosters human connection faster than a story. Stories are the most direct way to te...
EP 336: Marketing Without Scale With Brand Strategist Felicia Sullivan
May 11, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBIn This Episode: * Why brand strategist Felicia Sullivan doesn’t bother with using social media to find clients* How she uses coffee dates to make long-lasting relationships* Why she prioritizes consuming remarkable content and how it helps her meet the people she wants to meet* How she uses Medium to deliver remarkable content on the platform her clients are most likely to be engaging with “Do things that don’t scale.” That’s venture capitalist Paul Graham’s advice to new entrepreneurs....
EP 335: Finding The Right Strategy To Market Your Business with Savvy Social Podcast Host Andréa Jones
May 04, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBIn This Episode: * How social media marketing expert Andréa Jones balances two different marketing strategies for her agency and for her membership community* Why she prioritizes feelings when it comes to positioning and messaging* How she incorporates social media marketing into the larger context of a sales campaign* Why promotional content isn’t all that useful for building an audience or finding customers—and what’s working instead Some of the most successful business owners I know sp...
EP 334: Creating Mental Space With Simple Changes
April 29, 2021 06:48 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBWhat’s the ROI on mental space? What would it be worth to you to get some peace of mind? What would you be willing to do to alleviate a bit of uncertainty from your life or business? All this month, we’ve been talking about simplifying and the immense benefits you can experience by building a simple business. We’re going to close things out here by taking a look at how operational improvements can create a profound sense of relief—and open up mental space that you didn’t even know was c...
EP 333: Simplifying Social Media Content Creation With Andréa Jones and Tara McMullin
April 27, 2021 06:05 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBWhat Works is all about exploring what’s really working for small business owners. Because there are a lot of assumptions and misconceptions about what it takes to build a stronger business. This week, I’m bringing you something a little different. It’s an interview that I did for Andréa Jones’s podcast, The Savvy Social Podcast. Andréa and I are both on a mission to bust some of the assumptions that people have about what’s good for business when it comes to social media marketing. For...
Q&A: How Do You Make A Big Change To Your Business Model?
April 23, 2021 18:27 - 11 minutes - 9.44 MBHow do you make a big change to your business model without making it harder than it has to be? How do you navigate sunsetting an old offer (or a few), raising your prices, or shifting your target client? After spending a whole month talking about simplifying on What Works, I’ve had more than a few people wonder what it was actually going to take to make some big changes to the way they do business. This question happened to come up during this month’s Insider Hour—a Q&A session I host...
EP 332: Maybe Simplicity Is Just A Dream…
April 20, 2021 06:30 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBI’m convinced that every entrepreneur has a fantasy business that they daydream about. It’s free from all of the baggage and assumptions that we’ve built up around our existing businesses. And I’m also convinced that that fantasy business—as pie-in-the-sky as it may be—has something to teach us about our existing businesses. They can show us how we’d market differently, set policies differently, and protect our time differently. They show us the kinds of relationships we’d prefer to have...
EP 331: Embracing Simplicity With Brigitte Lyons & Sophy Dale
April 13, 2021 06:46 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBIn This Episode: * How Sophy Dale decided to let go of 2 of her 3 businesses and just focus on one and why figuring out a novel distribution strategy was a key part of the decision* Why Brigitte Lyons paid attention to what would break if her business grew to figure out how things needed to become simpler* Why Brigitte chose to focus on long-term client engagements* How Sophy is actually able to get more support now that her business is simpler* The tools and software that they use to run ...
EP 330: Letting Go Of Complication With Brigitte Lyons & Sophy Dale
April 06, 2021 05:53 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn This Episode: * How Sophy Dale ended up running 3 separate businesses—and what made her realize it was all too complicated* How Brigitte Lyons realized that her PR agency was letting scope creep make it feel like she was still throwing spaghetti at a wall* What both Sophy & Brigitte did to approach simplifying their businesses* And the personal reasons why simplifying was the ticket to creating businesses that worked both for their bank accounts and for their lives What I wish every sm...
EP 329: The Anatomy Of An Opportunity
March 30, 2021 09:31 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBSometimes it can feel like you don’t find opportunity, opportunity finds you. But even then, it’s the fact that you were paying attention—listening, watching, taking it all in—that allows you to act on it. It can make me sick to my stomach to think of all of the opportunities I let slide because I wasn’t paying attention! All this month, we’ve been looking at identifying opportunity and making exciting things happen. To kick off the series, I shared a framework for examining your busines...
EP 328: Navigating The Crossroads With Business Coach Justine Clay
March 23, 2021 08:36 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIn This Episode: * How business coach Justine Clay decides whether or not to pursue an opportunity* Why she starts with feelings first and how she builds a “scaffolding” around those feelings with practical execution* What she did in the midst of the Great Recession to create a new opportunity by generously serving out-of-work creatives* How Justine views working on herself as an opportunity for growth Opportunities always come at a crossroads. Sometimes they’re intersections with big fl...
EP 327: Building A Financially Sustainable Business Model With Systems Saved Me Founder Jordan Gill
March 16, 2021 06:40 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBIn This Episode: * How Jordan Gill used data and experience to set competitive prices for her business operations firm* Why she focused on serving seasonal service-based businesses and how that impacts the way she delivers her service* The stat she used to figure out a new way to offer her services* What expenses Jordan accounts for in pricing her unusual offer Is your business financially sustainable? The answer to that question goes beyond how much revenue your business generates, how ...
EP 326: Creating Sustainable Structures & Systems With Superscript Marketing Founder Anna Wolf
March 09, 2021 08:12 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn This Episode: * Why SuperScript Marketing founder Anna Wolf started her niche content marketing agency aimed at the financial service industry* How learning search engine optimization led to major growth—and a focus on productized service* What prompted Anna to become obsessed with building sustainable structures & systems for her agency* How focusing on SuperScript’s core competency gave Anna a framework for pursuing growth What does your business need to be able to do really, really ...
EP 325: When Opportunity Meets Sustainability With Tara McMullin
March 02, 2021 06:55 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBWhat if your biggest opportunity didn’t involve doing more but doing less? What if scaling back and simplifying wasn’t only a way to make your life better but a way to build a more successful business, too? This month on What Works, we’re exploring opportunity—how we discover it, how we decide to pursue it, and what we do to take advantage of it. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how we are prone to waiting until “opportunity” comes to us nicely packaged and easy to use. We wonder if the...
EP 324: 4 Patterns That Make Relationship-Building A Challenge
February 25, 2021 08:10 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBA big part of how I do what I do is by spotting patterns. As a podcaster, I’m looking for the patterns in the stories my guests tell me. As a business coach, I’m looking for the patterns in how a business is functioning or how a business owner is approaching a challenge. As a community builder, I’m looking for patterns in how people connect and ask for help. As a producer, I’m looking for patterns in content, perspective, and voice. We have a lot of patterns when it comes to our relati...
EP 323: Get To Know Your Neighbors With Rebelle Founder Shannon Siriano Greenwood
February 23, 2021 06:56 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBDo you know your neighbors? Sean and I know a couple of ours—but most are strangers. At this point in time, not knowing your neighbors is pretty common. We mind our own business. We go about our own lives. We rarely intersect with the people around us–which is even more true today when we are not supposed to be intersecting with people outside of our own households! Most of the time this is fine, right? Maybe it’s not ideal. But it’s fine. It becomes a problem when there’s a need. Maybe...
EP 322: Building A Stronger Team With Productive Flourishing Founder Charlie Gilkey
February 16, 2021 07:58 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBI didn’t start a business because I was excited about managing people. I wasn’t dreaming of hiring a team while I was writing blog posts in the stolen moments between nursing my baby and nap times. Truth be told, I’m still not excited about managing people–although, I do dream about hiring more often. Yet, here I am–managing 5 people between 2 companies. If I had to pin down the biggest lessons that I’ve learned about building a business, I think they might all have to do with the relati...